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05.04.2006
KIRSAN'S RIVAL BESSEL KOK
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov's opponent Bessel Kok runs active campaign for two month already, and received support of such influential chess federations as of the USA, Great Britain, Germany, France, Netherlands, Spain, Norway, Belgium, Canada, Denmark... Many formidable chess players support him as well, including Korchnoi and Short, Panno and Mecking, Seirawan and Kavalek, Gelfand and Polgar. The candidate has reached chess age in December, - Mr Kok is 64 years old.
more [source: www.rightmove06.org]
05.04.2006
BIRTH OF KIRSAN
It's been less than a week since Ilyumzhinov opened his elections campaign site, and there are already more than 50 chess federation of different countries express their full faith in the surrent FIDE president. Kirsan Nikolaevich celebrates his 44th birthday today, and we congratulate him. It seems coming FIDE elections will not bring any surprises, and Ilyumzhinov's mandate will be duly extended.
more [source: www.chessfidelity.com]
05.04.2006
TOPALOV AND NISIPEANU JOIN THE EU
World champion Topalov and European champion Nisipeanu meet in the match dedicated to Bulgaria and Romanian joining the EU in 2007. The games will be played on April 6-9. Romanian president Traian Basescu is to make the first move in the first game.
more [source: www.chessfidelity.com]
05.04.2006
European Individual Championship
The continental championship starts today in Turkey. There is only one representative of St. Petersburg - grandmaster Konstantin Sakaev. He is a 10th highest-rated player of the event, and meets Greek GM Mastrovasilis in the first round, Sakaev playing Black.
more [source: www.tsf.org.tr]
05.04.2006
Moscow Championships
Irina Vasilevich won the women's Moscow champion with 7.5/11. Two players were half a point short: Tatiana Grabuzova was awarded the second place, and Marina Guseva came off third.
more [source: www.chessmoscow.ru]
03.04.2006
April FIDE rating list: minus Kasparov
Garry Kasparov is out of FIDE April rating list. Here is the world's top ten: Topalov 2804, Anand 2803, Aronian 2756, Svidler 2743, Leko 2738, Ponomariov 2738, Morozevich 2730, Kramnik 2729, Gelfand 2727, Ivanchuk 2723. Russia's top ten: Svidler, Morozevich, Kramnik, Grischuk 2719, Bareev 2701, Malakhov 2691, Rublevsky 2687, Jakovenko 2675, Dreev 2673, Karpov 2672. St. Petersbrug top ten: Svidler, Alexeev 2640, Khalifman 2640, Sakaev 2637, Popov 2587, Yevseev 2580, Epishin 2565, Vitiugov 2550, S. Ivanov 2534, Lugovoi 2531. Korbut (2442, 23rd) and Ovod (2395, shared 50th) are among 50 highest-rated female players.
more [source: www.fide.com]
03.04.2006
Moscow championships
Having defeated Amonatov in the last round 'on demand', Alexander Riazantsev scored 4/6, catching up with Dmitry Jakovenko and Sergey Grigoriants, and surpassing them on a tiebreak. Thus Riazantsev became the champion of Moscow. Dmitry received the silver, Sergey got the bronze. The results of the women's tournament are not updated at the official website.
more [source: www.chessmoscow.ru]
03.04.2006
Children's chess in St. Petersburg
Traditional tournament named after Honored Trainer of USSR Vladimir Zak took place during the spring school break. In the team tournament of boys born not earlier than 1997, the Kirovsky district children's center took the first place, the chess section of the Special Junior Sports School of Olympic Reserve finished second, and the Junior Sports School 2 came third. There were 28 teams with 4 players each. In the tournament of boys under 11, the chess section of the Special Junior Sports School of Olympic Reserve finished first, the Junior Sports School 2 fisnihed second, and another team from the Special Junior Sports School of Olympic Reserve took the third place. Daniil Kuptaraev won in the tournament of candidate master and 1st category players (74 participants), and Alexey Ivanov came off first in the rated tournament (70 players). At the same time, the Kirovsky district hosted the under-8 city championships. Katya Evdokimova from Vassilevsky Ostrov district became an undisputed winner among girls, Tanya Elizarova (CS of SJSSOR) came off second, and Mira Shuvalova (Central district) fisnihed third. Sonya Toporkova won the special prize for 7-year-olds. Danila Puz'ko (Frunzensky district) won the boys' competition, Pavel Malyshev (CS of SJSSOR) was behind him, and Marik Emdin (Admiralteisky district) finished third. Nikita Shitikov (CS of SJSSOR) was best among 7-year-olds.
more [source: chigorin.ru]
