Day 5 of FIDE World School Championship started with the National arbiters’ seminar, presented by Lecturer IA professor Tania Karalis and Assistant Lecturer IA Michalis Keramiotis. Mr. Panagiotis Nikolopoulos, chief arbiter of the World School Championships, welcomed the participants of the seminar and explained how important and necessary the arbiter’s role is in chess.

After Round 5, four players still have a perfect score 5 out of 5. See, in detail, all the contenders for 1st place by age group.

U07: Elliot McCallum first with 5 in 5.
U09: First Thetas Rithmitha Kiringoda with 5 out of 5.
U11: Four-way tie with 4.5 out of 4 Baver Yilmaz, Danis Kuandykuly, Vlad Petroff and Philippos Oikonomopoulos with 4.5 out of 5.  
U13: First with 5 out of 5 is Uygar Durucay.
U15: First and with an excellent performance (Performance: 2358!) with 4.5 out of 5 is Inayat Bolat.
U17: First with 4.5 out of 5 is FM Adar Tarhan.
G07: First with 4.5 out of 5 is Tsogtgerel Gerelt-Oyu.
G09: First with 5 out of 5 Alanna Berikkyzy.
G11: Daliya Diaskyzy and Batpelden Buyankhishig are tied for 1st place with 4.5 out of 5.
G13: Evangelia Siskou and Liennys Ferrer Naranjo are tied for 1st place with 4.5 out of 5.
G15: First with 4.5 out of 5 is Davaademberel Nandin – Erdene.
G17: WIM Amina Kairbekova and WFM Zeynep Ciftci are tied for 1st place with 4.5 out of 5.

Round 5 produced many interesting and instructive games. A very nice smothered checkmate was put up by Garg Hriday against Rares Foral in the under 7 category.
Another classic checkmate idea – cooperation of Knight and Rook (Hook Mate) was nicely executed by Edward Jackson against Kiril Kostov

As for the Greek results, Filippos Oikonomopoulos (U11) and Evangelia Siskou (U13) are tied for first place with 4.5 out of 5. Grigoris Tamiolakis (U09) also remains undefeated – tying for 3rd place in his category – with 4 out of 5, while in the first 10 places are Dimitris Papaioannou (U15 – 7th), Nikolas Poupalos (U15-10th), Marianda Lambou (G11 – 9th) with 3.5 out of 5 and Katerina Argyro Goutzouki (U15 – 7th) with 3 out of 5.

The top five boards in each category are broadcast on chess24.com and chess.com.

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The championship is a joint event of the Rhodes Chess Club “Ippotis” with the South Aegean Region and the Municipality of Rhodes through the Municipal Organization of Culture and Sports (DOPAR) under the auspices of the World Chess Federation (FIDE) and the Hellenic Chess Federation (ESO).

The organizers express gratitude to the sponsors of the event.

To facilitate transportation, Mr. Nikos Xenakis (Xenakis Cars) as the sponsor of electric mobility, provided 3 modern cars (electric–hybrid) covering the needs for the transportation of the organization’s executives. Beekeeping of Dodecanese, J&D Rent a Car, Rodos Palace Hotel, Radio Taxi Diagoras, Accounting Office of Papadimitriou and Associates (Papadimitriou Panagiotis), AtHolidays, Cafe Auvergne & Restaurant Romaio, Tropaion, Odeon of Dodecanese.

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