ACP Press Release In view of some recent events in the cheating controversy and several hasty comments from the press, the ACP Board has decided to clarify its position on the matter. The ACP Board does not believe to...
ACP Position on World Championship
ACP position on “FIDE Proposals for future World Championship Cycles” 27th of February 2007 To: Mr Kirsan Ilyumzhinov – FIDE PresidentCC: FIDE World Chess Championship Committee, FIDE Office Dear Sir, The ACP has thoroughly studied both proposals for the...
The FIDE World Championship Plan
FEDERATION INTERNATIONALE DES ECHECSRecognized by the International Olympic Committee9 Syngrou Ave., 11743 Athens, GreeceTel: (+30) 2109212047, Fax: (+30) 2109212859, Email: office@fide.comwww.fide.comMoscow, 1 March 2007 Dear Chess Friends, Following the decision of the Presidential Board at its meeting in Antalya,...
Big success for NAFO in Stillwater, Oklahoma
Results from the North American FIDE Open in Stillwater, Oklahoma: GM Val Aveskulov wins with 6 pts === Im Irina KrushGM Alex ShabalovGM Pascal CharnonneauIM Peter VavrakGM Magesh PanchanathanWIM Nadia K. OrtizWGM Camille BaginskaiteGary Simms all above tied for...
Oklahoma Chess – NAFO
The OCF – North American FIDE Open 2007 began on Saturday the 19th of February in Stillwater, Oklahoma USA. The 7 round event runs thru Monday the 19th. The 110 player field is headed by GMs Shabalov, Panchanathan, Aveskulov...
FIDE VP fired back at Short
FIDE Vice President GM Zurab Azmaiparashvili fired back at GM Nigel Short for his recent comments: I am fond of my profession, and of chess players. For all my conscious life I have been trying to make everything favorable...
President Ilyumzhinov speaks up
This was just published in Chess Today, one of my favorite chess publications: Interviews with Ilyumzhinov FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinovrecently gave interviews to two Russian websites. In one of them he spoke negatively about actions of Silvio Danailov after...
The Elista Twilight Zone
ChessBase just published a full article about the Elista accusations by the Topalov team. You can read it here. It is getting stranger and stranger by the day. Read and make your own conclusion. It has become a real...
Supporters of Topalov fire back
Elista, October 4, 2006 Jorge Vega, Chairman of the Appeals Committee of the WCMBoris Kutin, Member of the Appeals Committee of the WCM To: FIDE president Kirsan Ilyumzhinov Dear Mr. President, Based of the very new facts with which...
Mr. President and his Holiness
FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov and his Holiness Alexey II, Patriarch of Russia. The two agreed that it is necessary to continue developing chess among children and youth. Source: FIDE.com Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar