4 February 2007Official Statement about The Condition of Honorary President Florencio CampomanesOn February 4 in the morning, Turkish Chess Federation President Ali Nihat Yazici visited FIDE Honoraray President Florencio Campomanes in Antalya Anadolu Hospital together with Campo`s eldest son...
Top women players
Top 5 active women players in the world 1 Polgar, Judit g HUN 27272 Koneru, Humpy g IND 2567 (my pick)3 Cramling, Pia g SWE 25304 Zhu, Chen g QAT 25185 Xu, Yuhua wg CHN 2517 Inactive: Polgar, Susan...
Notes from Bill Kelleher, FIDE Vice President
FROM: Bill Kelleher, Vice President FIDE FIDE Presidential Board MeetingAntalya TurkeyJanuary 26-28, 2007 Below is a synopsis of the issues discussed in Antalya. Move to Lausanne: FIDE’s office will not be moving to Singapore, as was proposed at the...
Training for Chess Professionals?
Painting by my sister Sofia The chess world has witnessed some of the most outrageous behavior, comments and actions lately. It is truly disturbing to me. Many Chess Professionals have complained that they are not making enough money and...
Next women to become GM?
2 additional women players have fulfilled their GM norms requirement and will get their GM titles IF they can meet the 2500 rating requirement: IM Hoang, Thanh Trang (Originally from Vietnam, now playing for Hungary) 2470IM Zhukova, Nathalia (Ukraine)...
5 Americans earned FIDE titles
Congratulations to Salvijus Bercys, Bryan Smith and Emory Tate for obtaining their IM titles! Also a big congratulations to Frank Berry (Oklahoma) and Jon Haskell (Florida) for their International Organizer titles! Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
FIDE Tournament in Stillwater, Oklahoma
President’s Day FIDE OpenOK GP # 1 StillwaterFeb 17, 18, 19 *80 USCF GP Points* *$11,000 Prize Fund Guaranteed *2007 OCF GP #1 *7-SS*, G/120+10 sec, Holiday Inn 2515 W. 6th Ave (Hwy-51) Stillwater, OK 1-405-372-0800. HR: 60-60-60. EF:...
Important FIDE News
Presidential Board MeetingJanuary 26-28th, 2007 The Presidential Board held its meeting at the invitation of the Turkish Chess Federation at Antalya, Turkey between January 26-28th, 2007. The key issues in the crowded agenda were: 1. The goals and tasks...
FIDE said NO MATCH unless Kramnik wants it
FIDE Press Release on Topalov-Kramnik MatchPRESS RELEASE, 28 January 2007 The FIDE Presidential Board, meeting 27-28 January 2007 in Antalya, Turkey, issued the following statement : FIDE received a bank guarantee dated January 19th 2007, on behalf of GM...