Archive for FIDE
Wednesday, October 26, 2011 17:47
Between October 15th and 21st the 82nd FIDE Congress took place in Krakow, Poland. Many important decisions were taken in different areas and on a wide range of topics. However, no official documents, reports or minutes of the meetings and results seem to be available at the moment. One thing is clear: the Dutch fears about the FIDE rating system...
Friday, September 30, 2011 12:45
On its website, FIDE today to reports about a meeting between its President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov and former President of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev.
The Nobel Peace Prize Laureate shared with Mr. Ilyumzhinov his creative plans on writing a new book about his life. Also Mikhail Sergeevich spoke about the Gorbachev Foundation's activities. The FIDE...
Friday, September 23, 2011 13:01
On the FIDE website it is reported that on 15 September, FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov met with Mr. Rezart Taci, the Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the 2011 Women's World Chess Championship Match. The leaders signed an agreement on the match between Hou Yifan (CHN) and Koneru Humpy (IND) Match, which is scheduled to take place...
Wednesday, September 21, 2011 15:36
In a letter to the FIDE Executive Board members, the Dutch Chess Federation expresses its concern about the proposals of the Events Commission for the Executive Board Meeting to be held from 15 to 22 October 2011 in Krakow, Poland. We received the letter as well and publish it here.
Haarlem, 21 September 2011
Dear Mr. President, dear Board Members...
Wednesday, September 21, 2011 10:45
In this year's FIDE World Cup, which concluded last Monday, the first three players qualified for the next Candidates event. But what will this event look like? What we know is that, like in Kazan in May this year, there will be eight players. But will there be matches again, or will there be a round-robin tournament?
Until early September, the...
Wednesday, September 21, 2011 8:52
Hou Yifan also won the second tournament in the FIDE Women's Grand Prix Series 2011-2012. Just like last month in Rostov, the reigning World Champion from China scored 8/11 and this time she remained undefeated. IM Anna Muzychuk, from Ukraine but playing for Slovenia, finished a full point behind the winner, and also undefeated.
2-1-3 in Shenzhen...
Monday, September 19, 2011 14:31
(FULL REPORT) Peter Svidler won the FIDE World up 2011 after drawing the 4th game of the final against Alexander Grischuk today. The grandmaster from St. Petersburg set the final score at 2.5-1.5 and clinched the title and US $120,000 first prize. Vassily Ivanchuk managed to draw a difficult ending for the second time against Ruslan Ponomariov and...
Sunday, September 18, 2011 15:59
(FULL REPORT) On the third day of the World Cup finals both games ended in draws. This means that in both matches a fourth classical game will be played, and both Alexander Grischuk and Ruslan Ponomariov need to win on Monday to force tie-breaks on Tuesday.
General info
The 2011 FIDE World Cup is a 128-player knock-out taking place August 27-...
Saturday, September 17, 2011 23:31
(FULL REPORT) The second game of the World Cup final between Alexander Grischuk and Peter Svidler ended in a rather quick draw on Saturday. In the match for 3rd and 4th place, Vassily Ivanchuk took the lead; he beat Ruslan Ponomariov with the black pieces.
General info
The 2011 FIDE World Cup is a 128-player knock-out taking place August 27-...
Friday, September 16, 2011 15:18
(FULL REPORT) Peter Svidler immediately took the lead in his World Cup final against Alexander Grischuk. In a Kan Sicilian, Svidler's opening set-up looked suspicious but Grischuk's time management even more: in heavy timetrouble he let a nice position fall apart. In the match for 3rd and 4th place, the first game between Vassily Ivanchuk and...
