Chess and Media - Jonathan Rowson

Written by Daimen Henderson (composed by ECU Press Officer Gerald Schendel)

Tuesday, 14 November 2006, id:121 Article cached on Monday, 06 October 2008 01:48:55

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"Media attention is not something I crave. But what's upset me is that chess itself has such little coverage. It's not that people aren't interested, it's just that there's something going wrong with the mechanism between tournament players, tournament results and the media", said GM Jonathan Rowson.

Chess and Media - Harika Dronavalli

Written by Shreya Chakravertty (composed by ECU Press Officer Gerald Schendel)

Tuesday, 14 November 2006, id:120 Article cached on Monday, 06 October 2008 01:48:55

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"It does bother me when I win something big and no one seems to be interested, but I feel that there are other sports which are worse off in terms of attention", said Harika Dronavalli (India), U18 girls world chess champion, in New Delhi.

World Junior ch in Yerevan and World Youth ch in Batumi

Written by ECU Press Officer Gerald Schendel

Sunday, 12 November 2006, id:119 Article cached on Sunday, 05 October 2008 11:37:20

It has been a very successful year for Armenian chess: Levon Aronian won the World Cup, the Armenian team won the Olympiad in Torino, the Armenian Women's team won the European Club Cup and Zaven Andriasian of Armenia won the World Juniors. FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov met with Armenian President Robert Kocharyan and welcomed the efforts of Armenian authorities aimed at development of chess.

Move by Move. Chess - Society - Politics

Written by ECU Press Officer Gerald Schendel

Wednesday, 08 November 2006, id:118 Article cached on Sunday, 05 October 2008 08:57:35

Reykjavik, 11th July 1972: In the Icelandic capital the battle between the American grandmaster Bobby Fischer and the reigning Russian world champion Boris Spassky for the world chess championship begins. The media stylise the match, set in the Cold War, as a "fight between the systems", a contest between the American genius and the top player of the Soviet chess school. From 1st November 2006 through 11th February 2007 the Haus der Geschichte der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (House of the History of the Federal Republic of Germany) shows the close connection between chess and politics; some 400 objects are on display including the Reykjavik World Championship tournament table, the chessboard of Stroebeck from 1651, as well as historical chess sets, political cartoons and illustrations. The exhibition focuses on the 20th century. The game of chess is, however, not simply an object for the symbolic projection of political and social processes; since the beginning of the 7th century it has actually been used to teach military and strategic thinking. World Senior Chess Champion GM Victor Korchnoi (Switzerland) and the cabaret-comedian Matthias Deutschmann (the German voice of "Fritz") have opened the exhibition on 31 October 2006 in Bonn.

Guernsey - new delegate

Written by ECU Press Officer Gerald Schendel

Thursday, 02 November 2006, id:116 Article cached on Sunday, 05 October 2008 08:57:35

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The Guernsey Chess Federation has a new delegate: Jon Bridel. He is also vice president and press officer.

European Individual Senior Championship in Davos and EU Youth Championship in Mureck

Written by ECU Press Officer Gerald Schendel

Thursday, 02 November 2006, id:72 Article cached on Sunday, 05 October 2008 08:57:35

The 6th European Individual Senior Championship has been the main event of the Chess Summer Festival (August 5-13, 2006) in Davos (Switzerland), one of the most popular tourist places in Europe. With 121 players there were less participants than 2005 in Bad Homburg (Germany), but this championship took place for the first time in Switzerland and with 10 GM, among them Viktor Korchnoi (Elo 2603) playing the first time in an individual senior championship, it was even stronger than the event in 2005.

European Club Cup 2006 - game files

Written by ECU Press Officer Gerald Schendel

Thursday, 02 November 2006, id:115 Article cached on Sunday, 05 October 2008 08:57:35

The final version of pgn-files of all games (including round 7 in the women's cup) is now available. Download at the official website www.ecc2006.com or here (registered users).

Vladimir Kramnik - the absolute world chess champion

Written by ECU Press Officer Gerald Schendel

Wednesday, 01 November 2006, id:114 Article cached on Sunday, 05 October 2008 08:57:35

When Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) won the rapid chess tie-break match against Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) in Elista, Russia's chess capital, on October 13, 2006, he became the "absolute" world chess champion. This was - hopefully - the end of a story that began in... When exactly?

Correct Names of European Chess Clubs

Written by ECU Press Officer Gerald Schendel

Friday, 27 October 2006, id:112 Article cached on Sunday, 05 October 2008 08:57:35

Wojciech Bartelski (Poland), webmaster of OlimpBase, is working on the standardisation of the names of teams which participated in the European Club Cup.

He asks for help to correct his list with clubs from more than 40 federations. Readers should post their replies either as comments or via e-mail.