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Daniel Cámpora
Daniel Hugo Cámpora (born 30 June 1957, in San Nicolás de los Arroyos) is an Argentine chess grandmaster and a twice Argentine champion, in 1986 and 1989. He finished runner-up in 1978 and 1987. Chess career In 1975 he became Argentine junior champion. In tournaments, Cámpora took second place at Bogotá 1980 ( Jose Antonio Gutierrez won), tied for 4–6th at the Kostić Memorial in Vršac 1981 ( Gyula Sax won). In 1983, he finished second in Andorra and won in Tuzla. He won the Master Open Tournament in Biel in 1986. The following year, he placed third in the Biel Grandmaster Tournament (Boris Gulko won). Cámpora competed in two FIDE World Championships: in 2001 he eliminated in the first round Nigel Short, then lost to Jaan Ehlvest in the second; in 2004 he was knocked out in round 1 by Russian grandmaster Valerij Filippov. Cámpora played for Argentina in nine Chess Olympiads: * In 1978, at fourth board in 23rd Chess Olympiad in Buenos Aires (+3 –3 =2); * In 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Nicolás De Los Arroyos
San Nicolás de los Arroyos (usually shortened to ''San Nicolás'') is a city in the provinces of Argentina, province of Buenos Aires Province, Buenos Aires, Argentina, on the western shore of the Paraná River, from Rosario. It has about 133,000 inhabitants (). It is the administrative seat of the ''Partidos of Buenos Aires, partido'' of the same name. It is sometimes called ''Ciudad de María'' (City of Mary) due to a series of Marian apparitions that led to the erection of the Sanctuary in honor of Our Lady of the Rosary of San Nicolás that began during the 1980s and were approved by Bishop Cardelli of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Nicolás de los Arroyos, diocese as "worthy of belief" in 2016. History San Nicolás de los Arroyos was founded on 14 April 1748 by Rafael de Aguiar, who gave it its name to honour Saint Nicholas of Bari, now patron of the city. The closeness to the border between Buenos Aires and two other large provinces made the city a natural stage for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIDE World Chess Championship 2002
The FIDE World Chess Championship 2002 was held in Moscow, Russia. The first six rounds were played between 27 November and 14 December 2001, and the final match started on 16 January and ended on 23 January 2002. The Ukrainian Grandmaster Ruslan Ponomariov, aged 18, won the championship and became the youngest FIDE World Champion. Background At the time of this championship, the World title was split. The Classical World Champion, Vladimir Kramnik, did not participate, as well as the previous Classical Champion and world's highest-rated player, Garry Kasparov. However, all other strongest players of the world took part, including the top seed and winner of the previous FIDE World Championship Viswanathan Anand. Playing conditions The championship was a knockout tournament similar to other FIDE World Chess Championships between 1998 and 2004: the players were paired for short matches, with losers eliminated. The field of 128 participants was reduced to one winner over seven ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
36th Chess Olympiad
The 36th Chess Olympiad (; ), organized by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) and comprising an openAlthough commonly referred to as the ''men's division'', this section is open to both male and female players. and a women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between October 14 and October 31, 2004, in Calvià on the Spanish island of Mallorca. There were 129 teams in the open event and 87 in the women's event. In total, 1204 players were registered (some of whom did not play, though). Both tournament sections were officiated by international arbiter Ignatius Leong (Singapore). Teams were paired across the 14 rounds of competition according to the Swiss system. The open division was played over four boards per round, whilst the women's was played over three. In the event of a draw, the tie-break was decided by 1. The Buchholz system; 2. Match points; 3. The Sonneborn-Berger system; and 4. The Median Buchholz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
34th Chess Olympiad
The 34th Chess Olympiad (), organized by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs and comprising an openAlthough commonly referred to as the ''men's division'', this section is open to all players. and women's tournament, took place between October 28 and November 12, 2000, in Istanbul, Turkey. There were 126 teams in the open event and 86 in the women's event. Both tournament sections were officiated by international arbiter Geurt Gijssen (Netherlands). Teams were paired across the 14 rounds of competition according to the Swiss system. The open division was played over four boards per round, whilst the women's was played over three. In the event of a draw, the tie-break was decided first by the Buchholz system and secondly by match points. The time control for each game permitted each player 100 minutes to make the first 40 of their moves, then an additional 50 minutes to make the next 20 moves, and then 10 minutes to finish the game, with an additional 30 seconds devolvin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
31st Chess Olympiad
The 31st Chess Olympiad (, ''31-ya Shakhmatnaya olimpiada''), organized by FIDE and comprising an openAlthough commonly referred to as the ''men's division'', this section is open to both male and female players. and a women's tournament, took place between November 30 and December 17, 1994, in Moscow, Russia. Both tournament sections were officiated by international arbiter Yuri Averbakh of Russia. The record number of nations once again counted some old faces playing under new flags. Yugoslavia was back, but now represented by the federation of Serbia-Montenegro. Another former Yugoslav republic, Macedonia, also made its debut, as did the Czech Republic and Slovakia who competed individually for the first time. Finally, the International Braille Chess Association entered two truly international teams. The Russian team retained their title, captained by PCA world champion Kasparov. Due to a dispute with the national federation, FIDE champion Anatoly Karpov was not present. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
