Connections

     Here I am in the rainy Warsaw!
     I arrived last night, not without adventures, as you might have seen on my FB page...

View of the centre of Warsaw

     My flight from Chisinau to Vienna was 2 hours late and , as I had only 50 minutes until the connection flight from Vienna to Warsaw- I lost it... Actually, it was not such a big surprise for me, as every time I fly from Chisinau I have unpleasant delays, so this time- I checked before my trip weather there's another flight from Vienna to Warsaw later same day and there was only one, which I was very lucky to catch 5 minutes before the boarding. You can't imagine how I ran from the plane to the transfer desk :))) I was aware that if I don't catch that flight I will either stay a night in Vienna, which means not playing the 1st round, or I will have another crazy connection...
     All in all, I am happy that I am here safe and sound :D
     It is my first time in Warsaw, well, it's actually the 2nd one, though the first time I've been only at the railway station and at the airport :D I visited Lodz and Legnica and I liked them both. As about my first impressions from Warsaw- it's much more than I expected- I really, really like it- can't wait to explore it!
    We play against Switzerland today. You can find the pairings here: http://chess-results.com/tnr113757.aspx?lan=11&art=2&rd=1&wi=821 and here is the official site of the event, where you can follow the live games and the daily photo reports: http://etcc2013.com/

Will keep you posted!

xoxo from Warsaw! ;)

Rhodes

     Here I am in Rhodes!
     I arrived yesterday, late in the night and I still haven't found any time to explore, but I'm sure I will in the next days. The first thing that I noticed when our plane landed was the huge airport with so,so many people in there! Who'd think that Rhodes is so popular in this time of the year?!
     As about the tournament, the 1st round will start today, at 3 pm local time. There are 11 teams in the Women section and 53(!) in the Men one.
     Here you can find the pairings for the 1st round: http://chess-results.com/tnr110528.aspx?lan=11&art=3&rd=1&turdet=YES&flag=30&wi=984 We play against the Italian team "Fischer Chieti":

Bo.	9	Fischer Chieti	Рейт	-	4	CS Politechnica-Antibiotice Iasi	Рейт	0 : 0
4.1	IM	Zimina, Olga	2337	-	GM	Lagno, Kateryna	2534
4.2	WIM	Brunello, Marina	2263	-	GM	Cmilyte, Viktorija	2505
4.3		Gueci, Tea	2054	-	WGM	Bulmaga, Irina	2401
4.4		Di Primio, Eugenia	1982	-	WGM	L'ami, Alina	2362

     The hotel where everyone stays (including us) is quite ok, though it's not what I expected... Well, I can't complain, as I am really excited to be here and to play after a 3 weeks break :)

     Here you can follow the live games: http://euro2013.chessdom.com/

Will keep you posted!

xoxo from Rhodes! ;)