European Club Cup 2006 - Report Round 1
Written by Presse OESB
Tuesday, 10 October 2006, id:81 Article cached on Friday, 09 May 2008 04:57:25
European Club Cup 2006 has started with round 1. Here is the report of the Austrian Chess Federation and some press photos.
Women A big surprise is a 2,5:1,5 win of Mika Yerevan against Top-Favorit AVS Krasnoturinsk in the womens competition. Maia Chiburdanidze draws against Antoanete Stefanova. On board two and three Elina Danielian and Nino Khursidze win against Kosintseva-Sisters. So a win of Anna Muzychuk doesn´t help the russian team to avoid a team loss.
European Club Cup 2006
Written by ECU Press Officer Gerald Schendel
Monday, 09 October 2006, id:80 Article cached on Friday, 09 May 2008 04:57:25
The
European Club Cup 2006 (22nd European Club Cup for men, 11th European Club Cup for women) will start on Sunday (October 8, 2006) in Fuegen, Zillertal, Austria. The number of participating teams is 60 in the men's competition and 14 in the women's competition. Totally there will be 74 teams with approximate 500 to 600 team members. The organisers will broadcast in co-operation with the Austrian chess federation 36 games from the men's competition. Further games will be broadcasted by
MonRoi. The official website is
http://www.ecc2006.com/.
Official Press Release (7 October 2006)
Exclusive FIDE World Blitz Championship Videos
Written by ECU Press Officer Gerald Schendel
Saturday, 07 October 2006, id:79 Article cached on Friday, 09 May 2008 04:57:25
The "International Chess University" has recently published exclusive video interviews with the top 5 finishers in the
1st FIDE World Blitz Championship which took place in Rishon Lezion, Israel (Sep 5-8, 2006): Alexander Grischuk (Russia), the new champion; Peter Svidler (Russia), the runner-up; Vishy Anand (India), the pre-tournament favourite; Judit Polgar (Hungary), who was leading at early stages and Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan).
World Champion Korchnoi
Written by ECU Press Officer Gerald Schendel
Saturday, 07 October 2006, id:77 Article cached on Friday, 09 May 2008 04:57:25
Victor Korchnoi (Switzerland) won the
16th World Senior Championship in Arvier, Valle d'Aosta, Italy (September 11-23, 2006). The legendary grandmaster (75 years old) scored excellently: 9.0/11. WGM Ludmila Saunina (Russia) won the women's section with 8.5/11 - her second world title in a row.
Balkan Chess Federation was founded
Written by ECU Press Officer Gerald Schendel
Friday, 06 October 2006, id:78 Article cached on Friday, 09 May 2008 04:57:25
The ECU tournament calendar shows a Balkan Individual Championship, but no organisers for this event in 2006, 2007 and 2008. Perhaps there will be a change. According to reports from
England and from
Greece a "Balkan Chess Federation" was founded recently in Athens (Aug 21, 2006). FIDE Executive Director David Jarrett (England) was present.
EU Championship in Liverpool, Mitropa Cup in Brno and European Youth Championship in Herceg Novi
Written by ECU Press Officer Gerald Schendel
Friday, 06 October 2006, id:74 Article cached on Friday, 09 May 2008 03:32:19
The ECU tournament calendar shows 3 tournaments in September 2006. The
2nd EU Championship (September 6-15, 2006) in Liverpool (England) was won by the former world title challenger GM Nigel Short (ENG) with 7.5/10. Seven players shared the lead on 6.5/9, but Short was the only player to win an impressive game in the last round - "to the delight of the sponsors, who never enjoy messy finishes" (Short, in:
The Guardian).
FIDE Course for Trainers and Instructors from 20 October - 26 October 2006
Written by German Chess Federation
Thursday, 14 September 2006, id:55 Article cached on Friday, 09 May 2008 03:32:19
Here ist the latest information from the FIDE Trainer Academy Berlin.
6th European Individual Women's Chess Championship
Written by The Chess Federation of Moldova
Friday, 21 July 2006, id:21 Article cached on Friday, 09 May 2008 03:32:19
Tie-break matches - A tie-break match consisting of two games (15 minutes + 10 seconds per move) was played today by Lahno K. (Ukraine) and Kosintseva N. (Russia) in order to find out the winners of the 1st and 2nd places. Kosintseva played uninspired the first game, and she also lost the second one. Thus, the first place and the title of European Champion 2005 were won by Lahno K.
Read more...European Rapid Championship 2006 granted to Warsaw Foundation for Chess Development
Written by ECU
Wednesday, 12 April 2006, id:56 Article cached on Friday, 09 May 2008 03:20:23
I hereby confirm that the European Chess Union has granted the European Rapid Championship 2006 to Warsaw Foundation for Chess Development.
The Foundation has the final responsibility for all financial connection with ECU and is in a position to prepare an official invitation to all ECU Chess Federations. All payments, including entry fee may be collected on WFChD’s bank account.
ECU has accepted Mr Tomasz Delega as a Chief Arbiter of the European Rapid Chess Championship 2006.
The general information, including rules, entree fees and prizes shall be approved by ECU.
Horst Metzing
General Secretary of ECU
FIDE World Championships :: final story
Written by Ignacio Dee
Saturday, 08 April 2006, id:45 Article cached on Friday, 09 May 2008 03:20:23
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What kind of world champion will Veselin Topalov turn out to be?
That is the focus of many grandmasters after the 14th round of the FIDE world championship ended Friday in Buenos Aires with three draws-- one from Topalov against Judit Polgar-- and one win.