Interview with Joan Antoni Obregon, Vice President of FEVA (Chess Federation of Andorra) and WE R Europe candidate for ECU Treasurer.http://www.wereurope.org Journalist: What led you to be a candidate for Treasurer of the ECU? Joan Antoni: First, as far...
Chess Journalists in ECU
Silvio Danailov to create Club of the Chess Journalists in ECUIt will be an advisory body in ECU The candidate for President of the European Chess Union Mr. Silvio Danailov plans to create Club of the Chess Journalists as...
RAW World Chess Challenge: Magnus vs. the World
Dear Susan, We are pleased to let you know that legendary World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov will act as Ambassador of this Challenge and has selected the World Team, who will play Magnus Carlsen on September 10th. May we...
Interview with GM Ivan Sokolov
Interview with GM Ivan SokolovCandidate for ECU Vice-President Chessdom: Hello Ivan, thank you for accepting the interview (performed via email, ed.note).Few month ago you have organized the big Bosna Open, when you also introduced many innovations. What are the...
FIDE election update
Disclaimer: As a matter of fairness, I will publish articles, letters, and information from both parties when I receive them. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov has reached a winning number for the elections (updated)16 countries from the Arab Chess Federation support Ilyumzhinov,...
Increasing the Voice of Europe in FIDE!
Increasing the Voice of Europe in FIDE!Tuesday, 03 August 2010 14:16 We R Europe Declares support for Zone Presidents and Executive Board Members! We R Europe Team, has a real interest in the benefits for Europe of respecting the...
It’s Hammer time!
GM Jon Ludvig Hammer, participant of the 2009 SPICE Cup A group, and #2 ranked Norwegian (only behind Magnus Carlsen), now has his own blog! Very cool! Here is a sample of his latest post: Winning!August 6, 2010by Jon...
Picture of the day
Courtesy of: http://www.wjcc2010.pl/en This is at the World Junior and World Girl’s Championship in Poland. These two police officers are engaging in a chess game at outdoor analysis area of the tournament. Special thanks to Mr. Jovan Petronic for...
Unafraid of battle
ON CHESSYoung champion unafraid of battleSaturday, August 7, 2010 02:51 AMBy Shelby Lyman Magnus Carlsen is the chess prodigy of our time. After a recent string of spectacular successes, there is little doubt that, at 19, he is the...
Interview with GM Bareev
http://www.wereurope.org I could not decline the offer of Mr. Yazici to join the «R»-team. I think that passive criticism of ECU officials is not productive. If there is a real opportunity to improve the quality of work within the...