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NEWSLETTER 79 (June 11, 2012) NEWSLETTER 79 (June 11, 2012) LETTER FROM ECU PRESIDENT SILVIO DANAILOV TO THE FIDE PRESIDENT KIRSAN ILYUMZHINOV June 13, 2012 To: World Chess Federation Mr. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, President Dear Kirsan, I am writing this letter in regard to the nomination of Arbiters for the upcoming 40th Chess Olympiad in Istanbul. Namely, on June 11, FIDE office informed the ECU office about the list of Arbiters from Europe nominated for the role at this competition. When we compare the list with the list of 10 Arbiters that I, as the European Chess Union President, recommended, it is obvious that even six Arbiters from our list were not accepted. I would like to remind you that, for the first time in history, the European Chess Union had a transparent procedure for the nomination of Arbiters by national federations. Even 30 national federations nominated Arbiters and it was not easy to choose 10 candidates among them. I believe that, with this act, FIDE openly showed disrespect for the European Chess Union as a serious continental organization, and for me, as the President of that organization. I have never heard of such a case. Not accepting four Arbiters, members of national federations which have had court cases against FIDE in CAS, was already announced in the statement of the President of the Turkish Chess Federation. This move represents an unprecedented form of discrimination. Firstly, having a court case in CAS is stated in the FIDE Statutes as a completely accepted part of legal procedure. Therefore, national federations which are part of that procedure cannot be responsible on any grounds which are not legal. Even if they are responsible, certainly Arbiters are not the first and only who should take responsibility on behalf of their national federations. By the way, it is well known that the Turkish Chess Federation is suing the ECU. © Europechess.net Page 1 Does this mean that the ECU should boycott all the Turkish Arbiters in future? Secondly, Mr. Mussnig from Austria and Mr. Hansen from Denmark were not accepted, even though they are not members of the above-mentioned federations. We have not received the reasons why they were not accepted. If we knew in advance that there were principles according to which some of the Arbiters should not be delegated, we would find that somewhat understandable. This way, that move is really incomprehensible. Dear Mr. President, I strongly believe that you will accept these arguments and reconsider the decision on nomination of Arbiters. Therefore I am inviting you to make the first move to bring back the confidence that members of the European chess family and its management had in the World Chess Federation. Gens Una Sumus Silvio Danailov ECU President OFFER OF ECU COMPETITIONS AND PROJECTS SPONSORSHIP ECU Commercial Director Mariana Todorova has prepared packages which she will present to potential sponsors. The packages represent the possibility to sponsor the most important European Chess Union competitions. ECU Management has high expectations for the project ‘Chess in School’. The proposed packages may be downloaded in section RESOURCES - SPONSORSHIP of the ECU website. www.europechess.net © Europechess.net Page 2 EUROPEAN YOUTH TOURNAMENT IN BASTIA, CORSICA European Youth Tournament - "Ghjustra European Youth" was held in Bastia, Corsica, on June 07-08, 2012, with the participation of teams from Corsica, Bulgaria, Alsace, Piedmont, Sardinia, Basque Country and Brittany. The winner of the "Ghjustra European Youth" is Corsica, which won against Alsace with 4:2 in the final match. This great chess celebration was held in commemoration of the Schuman Declaration from May 9th 1950. Some of the players were the European Chess Champion Gabriela Antova from Bulgaria, Cecile Haussenot from Alsace - several times the European Champion and the World Champion and the Champions of France - Michael Massoni and Albert Tomasi. The final match was seen by 4000 spectators. Mr. Silvio Danailov, President of the European Chess Union took part in the Opening Ceremony of the tournament, as well as Mr. Emile Zuccarelli, Mayor of Bastia and Mr. Leo Battesti, President of the Corsican Chess League. All guests held a minute of silence in memory of all victims of the recent earthquake in Italy out of respect for the delegations of Piedmont and Sardinia. The Board meeting of the European Chess Union was held at Best Western hotel, Bastia, on 07 June, with the participation of Mr. Leo Battesti. © Europechess.net Page 3 On 8th of June, 3000 children took part in the Championship School of Haute-Corse. Official website: www.corse-echecs.com © Europechess.net Page 4 ŠK ŠIROKI BRIJEG WON THE 11TH PREMIER LEAGUE OF BOSNIA&HERZEGOVINA ŠK Široki Brijeg from Široki Brijeg won the 11th Premier League of Bosnia & Herzegovina with the final result of 16 match points (7 wins, 2 draws, 0 loss). Second finished the team of ŠK Bosna from Sarajevo with 15 match points (7 wins, 1 draws, 1 loss), on the shared third place finished the teams of ŠK Slavija from Istočno Sarajevo and HŠK Napredak from Sarajevo both with 13 match points (5 wins, 3 draws, 1 loss). The 11th Premier League of Bosnia & Herzegovina was held in Jahorina, on June 02- 10, 2012. The Chief-Arbiter of the tournament, organized by the CF of Bosnia and Herzegovina & CF of Republic of Srpska, was IA Nedeljko Ilic. Final Ranking after 9 rounds- first 5 positions-MEN Rk. Team Games TB1 TB2 TB3 + = - 1 ŠK Široki Brijeg, Široki Brijeg 9 7 2 0 16 39 0 2 ŠK Bosna, Sarajevo 9 7 1 1 15 39 0 3 ŠK Slavija, Istočno Sarajevo 9 5 3 1 13 30 0 4 HŠK Napredak, Sarajevo 9 5 3 1 13 30 0 5 ŠK Čelik, Zenica 9 2 5 2 9 28 0 Team composition of ŠK Široki Brijeg was: GMs Mladen Palac (CRO-2604), Ante Brkic (CRO-2569), Emir Dizdarevic (BIH-2462), Bojan Kurajica (BIH-2556), IMs Bosko Tomic (BIH-2418), Zeljko Bogut (BIH-2426), Ivan Galic (CRO-2356), WFM Aleksandra Dimitrijevic (BIH-2274), Mladen Mikulic (BIH-0) and Blago Vukoja (BIH- 0). In the women’s section of the league the winner is the team of ŠK Slavija-Lok from Istočno Sarajevo with the final result of 7 match points (3 wins, 1 draw, 0 loss), second finished the team of ŠK Osnovac from Bileća with 5 match points (2 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss), third was ŠK Obudovac from Obudovac with the same number match points, but with one game point less than the second team. Final Ranking after 4 rounds-WOMEN Rk. Team Games TB1 TB2 TB3 + = - 1 ŠK Slavija-Lok, Istočno Sarajevo 4 3 1 0 7 12 0 2 ŠK Osnovac, Bileća 4 2 1 1 5 8,5 0 3 ŠK Obudovac, Obudovac 4 2 1 1 5 7,5 0 4 ŠK Dvorovi, Dvorovi 4 1 1 2 3 8 0 5 ŠK Preporod, Zenica 4 0 0 4 0 3 0 © Europechess.net Page 5 Team composition of the winners was: WIM Marija Petrovic (SRB-2189), Sanja Dedijer (BIH-2058), Mira Dedijer (BIH-1984), Sara Jacimovic (BIH-1951) and Aleksandra Dimovski (BIH-2110). RIGAS TEHNISKA UNIVERSITATE WON THE LATVIAN TEAMS CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP HIGHER LEAGUE’ 2012 Rīgas Tehniskā universitāte won the Latvian Teams Chess Championship, Higher League with the final result of 17 match points (8 wins, 1 draw, 0 loss), second finished the team of Rēzekne/Rīgas Šaha skola with 16 match points (7 wins, 2 draws, 0 loss), The Champions! EST Chess team won the bronze medal with 13 match points (6 wins, 1 draw, 2 losses). The Latvian Teams Chess Championship, Higher League was held from 24 March to 10 June, 2012 at various sites. The Chief-Arbiter of the tournament, organized by the Latvian Chess Federation, was IA Alberts Cimins. Team composition of the winners was: GMs Alexei Shirov (LAT-2701), Normunds Miezis (LAT-2557), Aleksandr Volodin (EST-2496), IM Vadims Daskevics (LAT- 2466), FMs Toms Kantans (LAT-2347), Egons Lavendelis (LAT-2347), WGM Laura Rogule (LAT-2317), WIM Katrina Skinke (LAT-2229), MK Kr. Kalnins (LAT-2290). © Europechess.net Page 6 Final Ranking after 9 rounds Rk. Team Games TB1 TB2 TB3 + = - 1 Rīgas Tehniskā universitāte 9 8 1 0 17 33 0 2 Rēzekne/Rīgas Šaha skola 9 7 2 0 16 31 0 3 EST Chess team 9 6 1 2 13 27 0 4 Termo-Eko/RŠF 9 6 0 3 12 27 0 5 Daugavpils 9 4 0 5 8 20 0 6 Ventspils 9 3 1 5 7 22 0 7 Autoskola VENTA 9 3 1 5 7 21 0 8 Rīgas Šaha skola - Cerība 9 3 0 6 6 21 0 9 Liepājas KSS 9 1 0 8 2 19 0 10 F. Circeņa Šaha klubs 9 1 0 8 2 7 0 Official website: www.sahafederacija.lv ALAMDAR MAMMADOV WON THE AZERBAIJANI SENIOR CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP Alamdar Mammadov won the Azerbaijani Senior Chess Championship with the final result of 6.5 points. Second and third finished Ravis Babayev and Hamza Ismayilov respectively – both with the same score as the winner, but with worse tiebreak. This is the second title for Alamdar Mammadov. The Championship was held on June 01-09, 2012. The Chief-Arbiter was IA Nurali Mam- madzada. Twenty four chess players took part in the competition. Final Ranking after 9 rounds - first 10 positions Rk. Name Rtg. Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 Mammadov Alamdar 0 6,5 6 0 37 2 Babayev Ravis 1970 6,5 6 0 34 3 Ismayilov Hamza 2111 6,5 6 0 30 4 Roustamli Ibragim 2243 6,5 5 0 32 5 Farajzade Oruj 0 6 5 0 30 6 Hasanov Mirmusa 1833 5,5 5 1 31 7 Chubenko Gennadiy 1959 5,5 5 0 30 8 Bairamov Tariel 1727 5 5 0 26 9 Nagiyev Rauf 0 5 5 0 25 10 Dyakonov Vladimir 1527 5 5 0 19 Official website: www.azerichess.az © Europechess.net Page 7 CLICHY CHESS 92 IS THE NEW FRENCH CLUB CHESS CHAMPION Clichy Chess 92 won the French Club Chess Championship – TOP 12 with final result of 30 points.
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