Commonwealth Championship - Nigel Short retained the title
Written by ECU Press Officer Gerald Schendel
Thursday, 30 November 2006, id:128 Article cached on Sunday, 20 July 2008 05:32:52
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Nigel Short (England) has won the
Commonwealth Chess Championship 2006 in Mumbai, India (November 19-29, 2006). He scored nine points from ten games (rating performance 2798). The women's title took Dronavalli Harika (India) with 7.0/10.
Official website:
www.venuschessacademy.inEuropean Rapid Championship - Amplico AIG Life tournament - Everybody can play!!!
Written by Maria Macieja, Tournament Director (Warsaw, Poland)
Sunday, 26 November 2006, id:127 Article cached on Sunday, 20 July 2008 05:32:52
Everybody can take part in the 6th Amplico AIG Life International Chess Tournament (Warsaw, December 16-17), which is at the same time a European Rapid Chess Championship. It is an exceptional opportunity to have a battle against the strongest Polish and international chess players.
Chess fever in Bonn
Written by ECU Press Officer Gerald Schendel
Saturday, 25 November 2006, id:126 Article cached on Sunday, 20 July 2008 05:32:52
Last year, in November 2005, the then newly founded company
Universal Event Promotion (UEP; Dortmund, Germany) offered to organize a
World Chess Match of the Champions between Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) and Vladimir Kramnik (Russia), beginning from 25 November 2006. On this very day, another match is being organized by UEP in Bonn, the former capital of the Federal Republic of Germany: the
World Chess Challenge 2006 - a man vs. machine chess duel between the absolute world chess champion Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) and the latest version of "Deep Fritz" (ChessBase, Germany). World Chess Federation FIDE has published all necessary
links.
LIBEREC OPEN 2006 has been finished
Written by Dr. Jan Mazuch, series director of CZECH TOUR
Monday, 20 November 2006, id:123 Article cached on Sunday, 20 July 2008 05:32:52
7th International Chess Festival LIBEREC OPEN 2006 and 5th European Veterans Championship in Draughts have been finished on Saturday 18th November 2006. This event was held under the financial support of the Liberec city and it took place within the frame of the 6th CZECH TOUR Series.
Chess in the Schools
Written by ECU Press Officer Gerald Schendel
Wednesday, 15 November 2006, id:122 Article cached on Sunday, 20 July 2008 05:32:53
The Planning Group of the first Aberdeen Chess in the Schools and Communities International Conference (CISCCON; August 30 to September 1, 2007) calls for research, policy and practice papers that address the aims of this conference in the context of the current major themes. Deadline for submission of abstracts is 22nd December 2006. Full paper presentations to be submitted by Friday 30th March 2007. The international conference is being organised by Aberdeen City Council with the University of Aberdeen (School of Education) and Scottish Junior Chess. CISCCON web site address:
http://www.scottishjuniorchess.co.uk/cisccon/cisccon.htmlChess and Media - Jonathan Rowson
Written by Daimen Henderson (composed by ECU Press Officer Gerald Schendel)
Tuesday, 14 November 2006, id:121 Article cached on Sunday, 20 July 2008 05:32:53
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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 Sunday, 20 July 2008 05:32:53
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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, 20 July 2008 05:32:53
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, 20 July 2008 05:32:53
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, 20 July 2008 05:32:53
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The Guernsey Chess Federation has a new delegate: Jon Bridel. He is also vice president and press officer.