The 1st World Women’s Team Chess Championship 2007 will take place from May 19 to 30 in Ekaterinburg, Russia. In accordance with the FIDE Regulations, women’s teams from 10 national federations will participate in the Championship. Among them –...
ECF defends GM Nigel Short
I just received this from Mr. Martin Regan, Chief Executive of the ECF: Formal complaint of the English Chess Federation to the Ethics Commission of FIDE Dear Colleagues, The English Chess Federation reacts with dismay and anger at the...
GM Nigel Short accused of libel by FIDE
Short accused of libel By Malcolm PeinLast Updated: 12:01am BST 30/04/2007 There have been some laughable episodes in Fide over the years but I thought Nigel Short was joking when he told me that he has been hauled before...
Match of the year!
Fact Sheet (Source: FIDE.com) TITLE: The Ultimate Computer Chess ChallengeEVENT: President’s Cup Computer vs. ComputerSPONSOR: President Kirsan IlyumzhinovPRESENTER: Federation Internationale des Echecs (FIDE)SANCTIONED BY: Federation Internationale des Echecs (FIDE) President: Kirsan Ilyumzhinov International Computer Games Association (ICGA) President: David...
Open Letter to FIDE President Ilyumzhinov
His ExcellencyFIDE President Kirsan N. IlyumzhinovMarch 29, 2007 Dear Mr. President, We are writing an open letter to you regarding our previous complaint about the large scale falsifications of some International Arbiter applications that were submitted to FIDE by...
New Direction for FIDE?
As I reported earlier about Global Chess BV, FIDE just posted the official press release. There’s no mention of any website. Once again, here is the press release: FIDE and Global Chess Press Release The FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov...
Bulgarian Federation protests to FIDE
Bulgarian Chess Federation in support of Veselin TopalovApr 4, 10:53 AM Open letterTo: Mr. Kirsan Ilymzhinov, President of FIDE Date: 03.04.2007 Dear Mr. Ilymzhinov, We are unpleasantly surprised at the constant modifications in the positions and the resolutions of...
Global Chess – The new FIDE era
Global Chess Press Release Monday, April 2nd, 2007 The Hon. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov and Mr. Bessel Kok have met in Dresden to announce formally the commencement of operations of Global Chess BV. The main office will be in Amsterdam where...
Irina Krush and Anna Zatonskih
After a sucessful winter season playing 15 games, Irina Krush jumped to #21 in the world with a rating of 2464 in the April 2007 FIDE rating list. Just 2 points behind Irina is the reigning US Women’s Champion...
It’s official! Anand is the King of the Hill!
Here is the revised April 2007 Rating List: Rank Name Title Country Rating 1 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 27862 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 27723 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 27724 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 27625 Aronian, Levon g ARM 27596...