Archive for ACP
Monday, February 20, 2012 8:06
Top seed Anna Muzychuk had a good start in Tbilisi, Georgia where she is leading the ACP Women Cup after five rounds. The Ukrainian born IM, who has been playing for Slovenia since 2004, scored 4.5/5 while Kateryna Lahno and Pia Cramling are trailing by half a point. The ACP Women Cup is one of the strongest rapid events for women ever held, with...
Tuesday, January 24, 2012 10:24
Last week the Association of Chess Professionals (ACP) and the World Chess Federation (FIDE) agreed on working together more closely. It was decided that the ACP will be actively involved in the decision-making process within FIDE and that for the next World Championship cycle (2013-2014), the winner of the ACP Tour will be included as one of the...
Tuesday, January 03, 2012 18:13
The Association of Chess Professionals and the Georgian Chess Federation today announced the ACP Women Cup 2012 - the final tournament of the ACP Women Series 2009/2010 and 2010/2011 to be staged at Sheraton Hotel, Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia, from the 17th to 22nd of February 2012.
This will be one of the strongest tournaments in the history of...
Thursday, December 29, 2011 12:43
In the past few years we've rarely heard anything from the Association of Chess Professionals, but perhaps things will change a little. A new board will take office on January 1st, 2012 and with many new faces and fresh input, the organization might be up for something. In the mean time, former ACP members have founded their own organization for...
Friday, May 28, 2010 18:10
Vassily Ivanchuk was eliminated by Mikhail Gurevich on the first day of the 4th ACP World Rapid Cup. This year the annual rapid knockout tournament has Bacrot, Drozdovskij, Eljanov, Gashimov, Grischuk, Gurevich, Inarkiev, Ivanchuk, Jakovenko, Karjakin, Moiseenko, Motylev, Movsesian, Naiditsch, Shirov and Tregubov.
The 4th ACP World Rapid Cup...
Sunday, May 24, 2009 23:19
Boris Gelfand won the 3rd ACP World Rapid Cup today by beating Peter Svidler 3-1 in the final. The first two rapid games had ended in a draw and despite reaching very good positions twice, Svidler lost both games 3 and 4. Scoring 9.5 out of 13 rapid games, Gelfand earned US $ 10,000 in one weekend of chess in Odessa.
The 3rd ACP World Rapid Cup...
Saturday, May 23, 2009 22:00
This weekend the 3rd ACP World Rapid Cup takes place; a rapid knockout tournament with Grischuk, Eljanov, Moiseenko, Bacrot, Movsesian, Tregubov, Karpov, Svidler, M.Gurevich, Jakovenko, Drozdovskij, Naiditsch, Najer, Gelfand, Gashimov and Efimenko.
The 3rd ACP World Rapid Cup takes place May 22-24 in Odessa, Ukraine. The venue the Odessa National...
Wednesday, December 24, 2008 17:13
In a new press release the Association of Chess Professionals calls for an "even higher standard of management" and recommends tournament organizers to "act carefully when announcing events which are not completely guaranteed yet." They argue that by kicking Al Modiahki and Pelletier out of the Grand Prix, "players' rights have been neglected"....
Tuesday, December 16, 2008 19:00
In a press release today the Association of Chess Professionals (ACP) joins the debate surrounding the World Chess Championship cycle. Pinpointing the weak (and strong) aspects of the recent changes, they recommend FIDE "to build a sustainable dialog with chess players, where the ACP could play a role of mediator."
The ACP objects to the...
Tuesday, January 08, 2008 7:05
[lang_nl]Teimour Radjabov heeft vandaag de 2e ACP Rapid Cup gewonnen, door eerst Dmitry Jakovenko met 2-0 weg te zetten in de halve finale en vervolgens Alexander Grischuk in de finale met 2,5-1,5 te verslaan. Een geweldige halve finale was trouwens Karjakin-Grischuk, waarin laatstgenoemde tot tweemaal terugkwam van een achterstand om daarna de...
