Members of European chess academy were very active lately:
Teja Vidic won her second norm for WIM
Current Slovenian woman champion Teja Vidic showed a great performance in international open tournament in Graz. Her final result was enough for her to win her second WIM norm and 16 new rating points. Teja faced many great opponents during the tournament – GM Nevednici, GM Hjartarson, GM Socko Monika. With the last one she managed to make a draw. More detailed results of Teja’s performance can be seen in the following website:
http://chess-results.com/tnr300722.aspx?lan=1&art=9&fed=SLO&flag=30&snr=73
A solid performance in Iceland
Teja also attended a famous open tournament in Iceland – Bobby Fisher Memorial. She finished the tournament with 5 points, which was enough for 79th place among 248 participants.
Teja’s results can be seen in the following website:
http://chess-results.com/tnr304881.aspx?lan=1&art=9&fedb=SLO&fed=SLO&flag=30&snr=89
25. Individual national youth championship U8 – U18
Traditionally the month of February is reserved for Slovenian youth chess championship in different categories. This year the tournament was organized in Portoroz. European chess academy’s two members participated in the event – Jan Marn and Jaka Juvan. Both of them showed a great performance. Jan Marn played in the category of boys U14 and finished both tournaments in standard chess and rapid chess in the 2nd place.
Jan’s results can be seen bellow:
http://chess-results.com/tnr331139.aspx?lan=1&art=9&fed=SLO&snr=2)
http://chess-results.com/tnr336395.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=9).
Jaka Juvan also played very good in the category of boys U16. He achieved a 3rd place in standard chess, while he managed to climb a step higher in the rapid tournament where he won the 2nd place.
Jaka’s results are available in the following websites:
http://chess-results.com/tnr331143.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=9&fed=SLO)
http://chess-results.com/tnr336398.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=9)
Congratulations to all the players!
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