ChessKid European Team Festival Region 6 Results!

Region 6 of the monthly ChessKid European Team Festival took place on June 25, with the countries of Portugal, Greece, Italy and Spain fielding teams of four talented young players. In this friendly format, there were two semifinals and a final round.

Each team fielded players from four different age groups (U8, U10, U12, and U14) and were represented by two boys and two girls.

ChessKid Friends: WGM Anastasya Karlovich and IA Marco Biagioli

The first semifinal was between Portugal and Italy, and ended with a flawless 8.0-0.0 victory for Portugal. The second semifinal took place between Spain and Greece. After two very close rounds, the score was 4.0-4.0. To decide who went through, one deciding game was played with a time control of 3 minutes + 2 seconds per move, which saw Greece reach the final!

In the final, Portugal won against Greece with a 4.5-3.5 score. It was an exciting and closely-contested affair, with some interesting theoretical endings. Here is a game in which it was required to checkmate with the bishop and knight:

Team Portugal: Winners of the Region 6 ChessKid European Team Festival

Portugal will be able to play against other top teams from the ChessKid European Team Festival later this year. Additionally, all players from the winning team received free year-long ChessKid Gold memberships. The second place team received six-month ChessKid Gold memberships, and all other players received three-month memberships.

During the broadcast, special guest FunMasterMike made a surprise appearance!

FunMasterMike: "What's going on? Is that checkers?"

ChessKid thanks all the captains for their great support, as well as our commentators: IA Marco Biagioli, WGM Anastasya Karlovich, FM Anastasios Tzoumbas, and WGM Keti Tsatsalashvili. 

Join us in August as the ChessKid European Team Festival continues! The next match will be between Iceland, Norway, Sweden, and Denmark.

See you soon!