Circular Letter 8 / 2000

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To all

European federations

Associated Members

Board Members

FIDE

FIDE Zonal Presidents

Berlin, 28 November 2000

Dear friends,

Enclosed you will find the Minutes of the General Assembly in Istanbul on 9 November 2000.

On 12 November 2000 another Board meeting took place. The Board agreed to ask David Anderton to check the contract between ECU and KasparovChessOnline in order to cancel the cooperation. We are prepared to sign a contract with Games Parlor and EDAMI concerning an official ECU game-site and our website.

It had been agreed between FIDE and ECU that the Greek Chess Federation should organize European events in 2001 and 2002 and FIDE events in 2003 and 2004. This decision should strenghten the Greek position regarding the incooporation of Chess in the Olympic Games 2004.

The Board decided to hold the European Junior Championship 2001 in Patras /Greece. The proposed period is between 15 and 30 July 2001. This period will be shortened by two days, either the tournament will start later or will finish earlier.

After having discussed the three bids from Kallithea /Greece, Pardubice /Czech Republic and

Hungary, the Board decided to hold the European Youth Championship 2001 once more in Kallithea. It was pointed out that the total financial contribution for the invited players should not exeed 150 US$. This championship should take place until midst of September 2001.

On proposal of Werner Stubenvoll, the Board fixed some more details of the European Grand Prix scheduled for 2001. The payment of the participating tournament organizers is requested within one week after the signature of the contract or two months prior to the tournament. Morton Sand is preparing the draft of the contract. If a player participates in more than five tournaments, the average of his best five rating performances is calculated. All information about the European Grand Prix should be published on the website of the Slovenian Chess Federation until the ECU website will be available.

The Board would like to point out that the deadline of bids for the next European Club Cup is

31 January 2000. Bids should be sent to our Secretariat in Berlin. The amended rules for

the European Club Cup and the European Club Cup for Women will be distributed to all federations with the next circular letter at the beginning of 2001.

Moreover, the Board would like to ask you to inform your chess magazines and your members about the European Senior Team Championship being held in Dresden/Germany from 26 February until 3 March 2001.

The International School Chess Union had been accepted as associated member by the decision of the Board in Istanbul. ISCU will organize the two important school events:

• Individual tournaments "The Best School Chess Player" fromo 30 April until 10 May 2001 in the region of Moscow, qualification for the European Youth Championship 2001.
• Team tournaments "The Best School Chess Team" in Sudak/Ukraine, Crimea, Black sea from 4 to 14 September 2001.

Enclosed you find information about the Twinning Chess Competition organized by the Twinning Chess Foundation. This new competition starts in 2001 and continues for two years. European municipalities which are interested in participating in this competition should contact the Twinning Chess Foundation, Jan Steenlaan 5, 2102 BE Heemstede, The Netherlands, tel:+31-23-5477250, fax: +31-23-5296204, e-mail: Info@TwinningChess.com

The ECU Manual has to be changed as follows:

Board members:

1. Zurab Azmaiparashvili (instead of Márton Krajcsovics) address: c/o Georgian Chess Federation,but his e-mail is: azik@access.sanet.ge

Federations:

2. Guernsey Chess Federation: new e-mail: gcichess@yahoo.com

3. Lithuanian Chess Federation, tel & fax no: +370-2-626029, e-mail: chess@post.omnitel.net

4. Irish Chess Union: Herbert Scarry, 66 Kincora Grove, Clontarf, Dublin 3, Ireland, tel. +353-1-831 11 00, fax: +353-1-831 14 43, e-mail: hscarry@boinet.ie

The next Board meeting takes place in Belgrade/Yugoslavia and is scheduled for 22 until 25 February 2001.

The Board would like to thank you for the good cooperation in the past and wishes you

Kind regards,

Horst Metzing