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Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Chess: World Top Chess Players-2009
World Chess Championship 2008: Total History
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Chess: World Champion-2008: Viswanathan Anand!
| October 29, 2008 |
World Champion: Viswanathan Anand! Viswanathan Anand ( The old and new World Champion: Viswanathan Anand after game 11 at the press conference. After the decisive game, the trophy giving was held on stage of the Art and Exhibition Hall, by FIDE Honorary President Florencio Campomanes and Josef Resch, UEP president and match director of the World Chess Championship. The national anthem of Here is the photo gallery of game eleven and the trophy giving. |
Chess Bangladesh: Liza shares lead with two
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Liza shares lead with two:
Liza shares lead with two:
Protiva Talukder (R) is engaged in a cerebral warfare with IWM Rani Hamid in the third round of the 30th Parachute National Women's Chess Championship at the Federation hall room yesterday.Photo: STAR
Last year's runner-up WFM Shamima Akter Liza shared lead with Sharmin Sultana Shirin and Masuda Begum after the third round of the 30th Parachute National Women's Chess Championship at the Bangladesh Chess Federation hall-room yesterday.
All three players had maximum three points.
Liza, playing with black pieces in a Taimanov Variation of Sicilian Defence, beat Ahely Sarkar after 22 moves while Shirin took 42 moves to win against Jahanara Haque Runu's Queen's Pawn opening.
Masuda was also playing with black pieces, in Exchange Variation of Queen's Gambit Declined game, on way to beat Rokhsana Titli.
In other matches, holder IWM Rani Hamid beat Protiva Talukder, Nazrana Khan Eva beat WFM Zakia Sultana and Amena Khatun beat Farjana Hossain Anne.
FIDE - Uniting the Chess World: HISTORY
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| Thursday, 14 February 2008 23:23 | ||||||||||||
 FIDE - Uniting the Chess World Founded in Paris on 20 July 1924, the World Chess Federation (Federation Internationale des Echecs, known as FIDE from its French acronym) is recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as the supreme body, responsible for the organization of chess and its championships at global and continental levels. Following its recognition as an International Organization in 1989, FIDE was recognized by the IOC in June 1999 as an International Sports Federation. Prior to the founding of FIDE, chess had existed as a sport played at competitive level for centuries. In its over 2000 years history from its origins in India and outlying countries in Asia, the game had undergone a series of changes and metamorphosed into its present day from by the 15th century. In those days, there was no common code governing the Laws of Chess or uniform regulations for international competitions, the only binding forces were that it was a gentleman`s sport in which the players were expected to act in a certain form of decorum and the enduring beauty of the game to its practitioners. Today, FIDE with a membership of 161 countries, is one of the most dynamic sports organizations in the world. It brings together men and women of different races, creeds and political persuasion as it carries out its main task of developing the activities of millions of chess players around the world. The purpose and aim of FIDE are the diffusion and development of chess among all nations of the world, as well as the raising of the level of chess culture and knowledge on a sporting, scientific, creative and cultural basis. FIDE supports a close international cooperation of the chess devotees in all fields of chess activity, thereby also aiming to improve friendly harmony among peoples. FIDE issues the rules of chess and the provisions pertaining to the organization of the Chess Olympiad, World Championships and all other FIDE competitions. It awards the international chess titles of Grandmaster, International Master, FIDE Master, Woman Grandmaster, Woman International Master, FIDE Woman Master, International Arbiter and other titles. The Story of the World Chess ChampionshipThe World Chess Championship is undoubtedly one of FIDE's most prestigious events. Throughout history, chess players have known who were the strongest (or at least the most famous) players of their day. Before the advent of FIDE and a clearly established system of qualification tournaments was put in place, there were those players who clearly held sway over their counterparts in the world and in this sense, became known as World Champions. But, at the same time, there were instances of World Champions who kept avoiding worthy challengers or choosing weaker opponents and chess was the poorer for it. Although efforts were made by the players in 1922, some two years before the birth of FIDE, to establish regulations for the World Champions, it was not until 1948, however, when FIDE, playing it's clearly established role as custodian of the game of chess, just as in the case with other sports federations, decided to take over the management and administration of the World Chess Championships. Following the death of World Champion Alexander Alekhine in 1946, FIDE went on to organize the World Championship Tournament among the leading players at the time and Grandmaster Mikhail Botvinnik became World Champion. Since then, FIDE has successfully organized a series of qualifying tournaments, starting from the National Championships to Zonal Tournaments, played in the FIDE zones around the world, including the performance on the rating list from FIDE's over 5000 tournaments globally, to the preliminaries and final matches of the World Chess Championship. These series of qualification tournaments and matches as instituted by FIDE, have seen the emergence of such great names in chess history as Smyslov, Tal, Petrosian, Spassky, Fischer, Karpov and Kasparov. FIDE trough its various organs introduced a series of measures to fine-tune the system of qualifications as well as the cycles of the World Championship but by far the most significant change introduced, was the series of knockout matches, which was the brainchild of FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov. The idea was to have the top 100 players in the world engaged in a series of elimination matches over a one-month period. It was also a system which focused on improving the financial circumstances of more players as against the old system, where only a few people were benefiting as professionals in the cycle. FIDE also sought to use this system of matches to bring in both Grandmasters Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov in a unification tournament, but following the refusal of Kasparov to honor the invitation, FIDE had no choice than to ensure the continuity of the World Chess Championships in line with its established rules and regulations. Thus after a series of discussions at various meetings of FIDE, the $5,000,000 World Chess Championship based on the knockout format was inaugurated with the preliminaries and semi-final rounds in Groningen, while the finals were staged at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne. The success of these exciting knockout matches, which showcased chess as a true modern sport, led the FIDE General Assembly to overwhelmingly approve the proposal of the Presidential Board to institute the yearly World Championship cycle with a prize fund of $3,000,000 beginning with the 1999 Championship in Las Vegas. Follow the links for round by rounds results. Results of the 1999 World Chess Championship in Las Vegas, USA.
H.E. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov was born on the 5th of April 1962 in Elista, Republik of Kalmykia, Russia. The Russian diplomat and polotician was elected in 1995. Mr. Ilyumzhinov had prior to this time, being a major chess sponsor following his contribution to the successful hosting of the 1994 Chess Olympiad in Moscow. Since his election as FIDE President, he has sponsored 3 World Championship events namely, the Karpov – Kamsky Match in Elista (1996), the World Chess Championship in Groningen and Lausanne (1997/1998) and the World Chess Championship in Las Vegas (1999). As President of Republic of Kalmykia, his Republic played host to the 33rd Chess Olympiad and 69th FIDE Congress in Elista 1998.
Mr. Florencio Campomanes was born on the 22nd of February 1927 in Manila, Philippines. The Philippine chess player and politician was elected as the 5th FIDE President in 1982. He was Zone President from 1966 to 1970 and FIDE Deputy President for Asia between 1974 and 1982. He was credited with organizing the 1978 Karpov - Kortchnoi World Championship Match in Baguio City as well as the 1992 Chess Olympiad in Manila among other chess events in various parts of the world. One of the most achievements of Mr. Campomanes has been the chess explosion in his native Asia and the world wide growth of the game.
Mr. Fridrik Olafsson was born on the 26th of January 1935 in Reykjavik, Iceland. The Icelandic Lawyer and Chess Grandmaster became the 4th FIDE President in 1978.As Chess Grandmaster he won a number of International Tournaments, and one of his major works is the book on the Spassky – Fischer Match of 1972. In 1982 Mr. Olafsson was appointed Secretary to the Icelandic Parliament.
The late Max Euwe was born on the 20th of May 191 in Watergraafsmeer. The Dutch Professor of mathematics and mechanics became the 3rd President of FIDE in 1970. He also had a distinguished chess playing career having won many international chess tournaments and defeating World Champion Alexander Alekhin to become World Chess Champion in the period 1935 to 1937.
The late Folke Rogard was born on the 6th of July 1899 in Stockholm. A Swedish lawyer by profession, he became the 2nd FIDE President in 1949 after having held the position of President of the Swedish Chess Federation and between 1947 and 1949, the office of Vice-President of FIDE.
The late Alexander Rueb was born on the 27th of December 1882 at The Hague, Netherlands. A Dutch lawyer and diplomat, Mr. Rueb was one of the founders of FIDE, becoming the 1st FIDE President in 1924. He was also an International Arbiter of Chess Composition. FIDE Commissions and Committees
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Nancy Chess: GM Pentala Harikrishna with 2758 performance
| Harrikrisha wins Nancy |
| Wednesday, 25 February 2009 00:43 |
GM Pentala Harikrishna with 2758 performance A fantastic 7,0/9 gave Pentala Harikrishna the title from theNancy Chess Festival 2009. The Indian GM finished with 5 victories and 4 draws to grab the first place one point ahead of competition. Second place was for GM Georg Meier, who did not lose any game, but made six draws to finish with 6,0/9. Third isGM Sebastien Feller with 5,5/9, the same points as GM Krasenkow, but better tiebreak. The B tournament was won by Ninov and the C by Brethes, both players qualify for the A and B groups of the 2010 tournament. A total of 19 round robins were played, here is a list of all the winners.
A : Harikrishna 7/9 More information: Chess & Strategy, e3e5.com, and the official site |
Athletice: Farah breaks record in Birmingham
Page last updated at 20:03 GMT, Saturday, 21 February 2009 |
Farah breaks record in Birmingham | |||
 Highlights - Farah smashes UK record
 Mo Farah knocked more than six seconds off his own British record in winning the 3,000m at the UK Indoor Grand Prix in Birmingham on Saturday. Farah produced a run of seven minutes 34.47 seconds to beat Kenya's Shedrack Korir by more than four seconds. Olympic champion Christine Ohuruogu won the 200m after missing out in the 60m. Britain's Simeon Williamson won the 60m in a new personal best of 6.53, but there was bad news for Tyrone Edgar, who suffered a torn hamstring. Great Britain name their squad for the European Indoor Championships on Tuesday, but Edgar will now not travel with the team for Turin because of the injury.
"I had an ultrasound on it and they found a hamstring tear on my right leg," he said. "I will be out for two or three weeks and that's the Europeans out for me. That's life I suppose." Dwain Chambers, who was unable to compete in Birmingham as a hangover from his drug ban for a failed test in 2003, is already assured of qualification. Williamson is likely to get the second place, having led the field home in front of new UK Athletics boss Charles van Commenee, who will select the team on Tuesday. Craig Pickering also looks like he has done enough to book a place after his 6.57s in Glasgow.  Cannot play media. Sorry, this media is not available in your territory. Highlights - Williamson wins thrilling 60m After his disqualification at the trials last week and a fifth place in Birmingham, Pickering told BBC Sport: "My heat was promising and then the final was pretty terrible. "The false start was playing on my mind and I was apprehensive. "This is just one race but it never helps when people you're running against like Simeon gets a great time. Fair play to him but he's a rival. When he runs well and I run badly it multiplies the anger and disappointment." Speaking about the 6-8 March event in Turin, he added: "I'm more motivated this season because of what happened in Beijing [he dropped the baton in 4x100m relay]. "If I come home with anything less than a medal I will be bitterly disappointed but there's a lot of people running quicker at the moment so I've got to do something about that." Ohuruogu, who won gold in Beijing over 400m, pipped Donna Fraser to victory and afterwards told BBC Sport: "It's great to be back and support the sport and give something back. "I'm now going to the US to sharpen up."  Highlights - Ohuruogu prevails in 200m Despite her victory, the day belonged to Farah after he lowered the record he set in Glasgow last week. "It's been a really good day," he told BBC Sport. "The last few races have gone really well and today went even better. "Leading up to it I knew I was on for breaking the GB record again. I knew I could go quicker. I'm in better shape and my attitude towards running has changed a lot. "I was disappointed last year and I've just gone out there and worked really hard in Kenya. I'm approaching races with a lot more confidence. "I'm a lot happier in my head - I'm listening to my body a lot more - I over-cooked it in the summer and when things don't go well you tell yourself 'that's not happening again'. "I'm really looking forward to the European indoors. Some people are already hanging the gold around my neck. I obviously want to win but it's going to be hard work. " Russia's Yelena Isinbayeva failed to break her 27th world record in the pole vault. The Olympic champion cleared 4.82m at the second attempt to easily win the competition, but failed with all three attempts at 5.01m. Kate Dennison improved her British record by one centimetre to 4.46m in finishing in a tie for third.  Dennison raises UK pole vault record Britain's Marilyn Okoro and Jenny Meadows came home first and second in the 800m, both setting personal bests in doing so. Kelly Sotherton was not competing because of an injection required for a heel injury but she is hoping to be fit for Turin. Phillips Idowu, who was also missing on Saturday for precautionary measures, should also be available after overcoming a knee complaint. | |||
Cycling: Armstrong to compete in Ireland
Page last updated at 15:11 GMT, Monday, 23 February 2009 |
Armstrong to compete in Ireland : | |||
Tour de France legend Lance Armstrong has confirmed he will compete in the Tour of Ireland in August. Armstrong, who has returned to racing after four years, will use his appearance in the Irish event to promote his cancer charity. The 37-year-old announced the news at the end of Sunday's Tour of California where he finished seventh overall. A Livestrong Global Cancer Summit will be held in Dublin from 24-26 August, after Armstrong completes the race. "Unless we act on a global level, cancer will be the leading cause of death by 2010," said Armstrong.
"Our goal is to be the catalyst that brings everyone together to fight cancer - from survivors, like me, to world leaders and policymakers who must commit completely to the effort to avoid a public health catastrophe. "The summit provides an invaluable opportunity to stand up for the 28 million cancer survivors worldwide and to create a unified effort to control cancer through new commitments to action." Tour of Ireland director Darach McQuaid said the global sports star could use the event to promote his cancer message all over the world. "The Tour of Ireland could not be more proud than to have Lance Armstrong riding once again on Irish roads in the lead-up to his global cancer summit in Dublin," said McQuaid. "The massive, positive public reaction to his comeback to the sport in Australia in January and California in February indicate that, by the time Lance arrives in Ireland next August, the interest levels will be at fever pitch." Italian Marco Pinotti won the 2008 Tour of Ireland with Isle of Man sprinter Mark Cavendish claiming three successive stages. | |||
Horse Racing: Nicholls reveals Gold Cup jockeys
Page last updated at 17:03 GMT, Wednesday, 18 February 2009 |
Nicholls reveals Gold Cup jockeys: | |||
Trainer Paul Nicholls has confirmed that Sam Thomas will ride last year's Gold Cup winner Denman in next month's race at the Cheltenham Festival. There had been some speculation that Thomas might lose the ride after a disappointing run of form. Ruby Walsh will again partner former winner Kauto Star, who was second to Denman last year. Christian Williams takes the ride on board last year's third-placed finisher Neptune Collonges. Thomas was unseated on both Kauto Star in the Betfair Chase and Big Buck's in the Hennessy Gold Cup before Christmas and champion jockey Tony McCoy was being tipped to replace him.
Although Walsh rode Denman on his disappointing seasonal return at Kempton earlier this month after 11 months out following treatment for a heart problem, Thomas will hope that his reunion with the nine-year-old will pay dividends. | |||
Snooker: Carter storms to Welsh Open title
Page last updated at 21:14 GMT, Sunday, 22 February 2009 |
Carter storms to Welsh Open title: | ||||
 Carter seals first ranking title win Ali Carter produced a blistering evening session to capture his first ranking title with a 9-5 victory over Joe Swail in the Welsh Open final. Last year's World Championship runner-up had found himself 5-2 down but he never looked back after winning the final frame of the afternoon session. He then rattled off six frames in the evening, with breaks of 116, 109 and 91, to seal a comfortable win. "To win my first ranking event is a massive achievement for me," he said. "Joe made it really difficult in the first session, I was pleased to come out and play well in the second session.
"At 5-2 down I just wanted to get out of the session and come back tonight. I've been playing well for a while, it was just a mater of staying patient. "It's hard to be a winner and it's nice to achieve my dream of winning my first title. "They say once you get the first one there are many more to come and I hope there are." Carter refused to elaborate on how he and coach Terry Griffiths managed to force the turnaround in fortunes during the break between session. "They are trade secrets really," added the world number seven. "We just regrouped and tried to get my head in the right frame of mind. "Terry has been great and has helped me all the way through. I am so pleased to be a champion and give him some of the reward as well." And Griffiths paid tribute to his pupil, saying: "He could not have dreamed of playing so well." The opening match was littered with errors and Carter went 2-1 up with a 41 clearance after Swail missed a simple pink. However, Northern Ireland's Swail levelled the match with a break of 60.
He then won three more scrappy frames before Carter, who lost to Ronnie O'Sullivan in the Crucible final last year, knocked in a break of 54 to reduce the gap to 5-3. In the evening session, Carter was a different player with Swail forced to watch on as a helpless bystander. Swail only managed to score one point in the opening three frames as Carter took charge. Carter started off with a 116 after Swail had gone in-off after fluking a red into the middle pocket and further runs of 109, 61, 91 and 67 put him on the brink of victory. Swail was offered a lifeline when his opponent received a kick as he was amongst the balls but he could not take advantage. Carter sank a long red to start him off and a 39 clearance was enough to seal the landmark win. Swail, who was appearing in the first ranking final of his 18-year career, paid tribute to Carter afterwards. "I was 5-2 up but let it go a wee bit," said the world number 20. "But fair play to Ali, he played brilliantly tonight and there was not a lot I could do. "It's a nice feeling to actually get to a final but it's disappointing and frustrating to go all the way and lose." | ||||
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