Below are some of the important issues that came out from the latest FIDE EB Meeting Following are the decisions taken at the 78th FIDE Congress Executive Board meeting – Report by Mr. Bill Kelleher Olympiad The 2008 Olympiad...
North American FIDE Invitational
Contact: Sevan A. Muradian, PresidentEmail: info@nachess.orgPhone: 888.80.CHESSMain Website: www.nachess.orgEvent Website: www.nachess.org/fide Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Chess Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk
World Chess Olympiad Presentation Opens in Russia26.10.2007 The 7th specialized travel market exhibition has recently opened in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. The exhibition displays the tourist projects and travel potential of the Russian city of Ugra and other regions of Russia,...
Iranian players moving up
FIDE rates Iranian chess playersSun, 07 Oct 2007 10:04:35 World Chess Federation (FIDE) rates Iranian players.The latest list released by the World Chess Federation (FIDE) states that four Iranian chess players are rated above the 2500 level. The World...
Anand #1, Wang first Chinese to break 2700
This is the brand new FIDE rating list that just came out today: 1 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 28012as Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 27873 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 27854 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 27695 Leko, Peter g HUN 27556...
Players demand specific time control
Standardization of time control To: FIDE Presidential BoardCC: FIDE Office, FIDE Rules and Tournament Regulations Committee, FIDE Titles and Ratings Committee Following several fruitful meetings between the ACP and FIDE regarding time control in official FIDE events, it is...
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov Chess Academy
New International Chess Academy of the Republic of Kalmykia Head of the Republic of Kalmykia, FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov issued a Decree to create a State Educational Institution “Chess Academy of the Republic of Kalmykia” in Elista, Republic of...
The field in MX
The field by rating order as of July 2007 (Expected changes for October 2007) 1. Anand (IND) 2792 (2790)3. Kramnik (RUS) 2769 (2779)5. Morozevich (RUS) 2758 (2766)7. Leko (HUN) 2751 (2755)8. Aronian (ARM) 2750 (No change)12. Svidler (RUS) 2735...
FIDE: No “dunderhead” allowed
FIDE ETHICS COMMISSIONCase N. 2/07JUDGEMENTrendered by theFIDE ETHICS COMMISSION sitting in the following composition Chairman: Mr. Roberto RivelloMembers: Mr. Ralph AltMr. Laurence BallMr. Dirk J.A. De RidderMr. Noureddine TabbaneMr. Ian Wilkinsonin the case“Mr. Nigel Short” (Complaint of Mr. Zurab...
FIDE made rulings about Topalov and Danailov
FIDE ETHICS COMMISSIONCase N. 2/07JUDGEMENTrenderd by theFIDE Ethics Commission sitting in the following composition Chairman:Mr. Roberto RivelloMembers:Mr. Ralph AltMr. Laurence BallMr. Dirk J.A. De RidderMr. Noureddine TabbaneMr. Ian Wilkinsonin the case“World Championship in Elista, Mr. Veselin Topalov, Mr. Silvio...