Archive for ACP
Tuesday, December 25, 2012 23:27
"We have achieved a lot," writes Emil Sutovsky, the President of the Association of Chess Professionals at the ACP website on Christmas day. The Israeli grandmaster summarizes the achievements of the organization a year after their new board was elected.
As you know, the ACP Board waived the membership fee for 2012. In spite of that, this year was...
Monday, August 20, 2012 14:17
Alibanban, the ACP adjournment experience, Gordon oh-so close in Brit Champs. Or, in other words: The Full English Breakfast #24 is out!
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Friday, August 10, 2012 11:06
Responding to the ACP's recent open letter, GM Suat Atalik states that he is not going to "take part in any negotiations with these people concerning illegal decisions they have taken so far." The Turkish grandmaster points out that the President of the Greek Chess Federation, Georgios Makropoulos, and the President of the Turkish Chess Federation...
Wednesday, August 08, 2012 12:02
In an open letter directed to "FIDE and the chess community", the Association of Chess Professionals (ACP) condemns the decision of the Greek Chess Federation to not allow Atalik to participate in its competitions. "Under the eyes of the chess community, and in the absence of a specific ruling in this sense by FIDE, there is no reason for Mr....
Monday, July 23, 2012 15:38
Vassily Ivanchuk won the ACP Golden Classic convincingly, finishing on +4 in the 7-round tournament. Anish Giri was in a class of his own at the Dutch Championship, scoring 6/7. The Women's Championship wasn't won, for a change, by Zhaoqin Peng but by Tea Lanchava. The SPA Open ended in a 2-way tie between IM Robert Hungaski and GM Alon Greenfeld...
Sunday, July 15, 2012 22:23
In Amsterdam thee tournaments have begun: the ACP Golden Classic, the Dutch Championships and the SPA Open. So far the online spectators and Dutch chess fans present haven't been disappointed as in lots of nice games have been played in the Dutch capital already.
The front page today of the excellent website
Events
Golden Classic | PGN
Dutch Ch...
Friday, June 29, 2012 9:56
The Association of Chess Professionals (ACP) will hold a tournament in Amsterdam next month where the games will be adjourned after move 40 and resumed on another day. The time control will also be like in the old days: 2.5 hours for the first 40 moves. The tournament, called "Golden Classic", will be held 14-22 July in Amsterdam, alongside the...
Sunday, May 27, 2012 18:05
David Navara finished 3rd at the Reykjavik Open two months ago in Iceland, during which he gave a long interview to Grandmaster Vasily Papin. The interview – where the Czech grandmaster talks, for instance, about his doubts about the life of a chess professional, Bobby Fischer and how he fell victim to Viktor Korchnoi’s legendary sharp tongue –...
Thursday, March 08, 2012 22:32
In a new blog post on ChessVibes, Polish GM Bartek Macieja started a discussion on a topic that almost any chess player will have discussed at some point with his friends: should we introduce a new FIDE title, above GM? In this article we summarize Macieja's post, which you can read it in full here.
Macieja, who is the General Secretary of the...
Thursday, February 23, 2012 10:17
Nana Dzagnidze of Georgia won the ACP Women Cup in Tbilisi, Georgia on Tuesday after beating Pia Cramling of Sweden in a blitz playoff. Both ladies had finished on 8/11 in the rapid event, half a point ahead of Kateryna Lahno.
Nana Dzagnidze receives the first prize - here together with (L-R) President of ACP, Emil Sutovky, Director General of...
