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2Nd World School Chess Championship Kallithea, Halkidiki 24Th April – 2Nd May 2006 May / June 2006 NEWSLETTER OF THE ENGLISH CHESS FEDERATION £1.50 2nd World School Chess Championship Kallithea, Halkidiki 24th April – 2nd May 2006 Team Photo 300 players were registered for the World School Championship 2006, coming from 30 countries representing 4 continents, Asia, Africa, America and Europe. This was a 50% increase on last year. Greece & South Africa had huge representation with England coming next. The status of this tournament is now established so I was pleased again to organise a team as an extra event to the ‘normal’ junior funded schedule. Hopefully in the future this championship will be supported and organised as one of the core activities under the Junior Chess Directorate. On this occasion sincere thanks to BCF Youth Chess Trust & Certificate of Excellence (ECF) for financial assistance. The party consisted of 12 players, 3 coaches, 17 assorted siblings/parents/grand parents and 2 managers (this subsequently grew to at least 12 as everyone got involved). We had an early morning flight from Gatwick, Maggie Kilpatrick’s feeble attempt to be refused boarding by throwing her boarding pass away in order to stay asleep in the airport lounge was thwarted by an eagle-eyed fellow traveller. Continued on page 8 Editorial To move away from chess news my son Andrew was married on Saturday 13th May. After many requests from my ECF News friends out there I attach a photograph At the Board Meeting on Saturday 13 May (for which the of me in a hat. Editor of ChessMoves was not in attendance due to a previous engagement) the Board agreed to appoint Cyril Johnson as Acting Chief Executive due to the ill health of Roy Heppinstall. We all extend our best wishes to Roy for a speedy recovery. All emails for Roy should be directed via the ECF Office. Extraordinary Meetings Extraordinary Meetings have been called for 24 June 2006 at CCPR, Francis Street, London. They are as follows: ECF Board Meeting 11:00 – adjourning at 12:30 BCF Extraordinary Council Meeting 13:00 Don’t I clean up well! ECF Extraordinary Council Meeting 14:00 It was a wonderful time, even the ECF Board Meeting resumes 17:00 weather didn’t let us down, rain had been forecast but the sun shone all day. ECF Finance Director Please note that Robert Richmond has resigned, with immediate effect, as ECF Finance Director from 16 May 2006. This position is now vacant. Please direct all enquiries to the ECF Office. England Teams for World Chess Olympiad Turin 19 May to 5 June 006 At the time of going to print the England Teams’ were leaving for Turin to compete in the World Chess Olympiad 2006. The Teams include a combination of experience and impressive ability, featuring many of the country’s top players. The venue was the chapel of Herstmonceux Castle a beautiful setting Men’s Team for a fantastic day. Board 1 Michael Adams – England’s strongest ever player and previous world title challenger (Libya 2004) and the nation’s number one since the late 1990’s. Mickey has To add to our joy Andrew qualified as a been established in the world’s top twenty for many years. Adams has represented solicitor on Monday 15th May. England in every Olympiad since 1990 (9 times). Thank you to all our well wishers. Board Nigel Short – Former world title challenger to Gary Kasparov in 1993 and a We have changed the colour of the Grandmaster since 1984. Nigel Short received the MBE in 1999 in recognition of his print of ChessMoves from blue to contribution to the Royal game. Nigel is also an active chess journalist. black (photographs are reproduced Board 3 Jon Speelman – Former World Championship candidate and three more clearly). There is a story about times British Champion, in a rich vein of form and fresh from his most impressive the origination of the blue print tournament performance in several years, in Gibraltar 2006. Jon made his debut for – apparently blue was the colour of a England in the European Team Championship of 1977. This is Jon’s 14th consecutive former editors football team. Olympiad since Malta in 1980. Jon is also a chess journalist. Cynthia Gurney, Editor Board 4 Danny Gormally – England’s newest Grandmaster achieving his title Contents in Gibraltar in 2005, Danny is a welcome addition to the Olympiad team. Danny World Schools . .FC&8 performed impressively on his England debut at the European Team Championships ECF News . .2-3 in Gothenburg. International News . .5-7 Board 5 Stuart Conquest – Former World under 16 Champion, Stuart is an England Junior News . .8-9 regular and plays a brand of exciting crowd pleasing double-edged chess. Stuart is Book Reviews . .10 an accomplished linguist speaking French, German and Spanish fluently. Stuart also Results Round-Up . .10-11 represented England in the Olympiads held in Erevan 1996 and Bled 2002. Grand Prix . .12 Calendar . .12 Board 6 Nick Pert – One of our most promising young Grandmasters and World under-18 Champion in 1998. Nick performed excellently on his debut at the European Copy Deadline 10th July 2006 team championships in Gothenburg scoring an unbeaten 5/8. This will be Nick’s first Olympiad appearance. CHESSMOVES – MAY / JUNE 2006 Team Captain is the richly experienced and respected Allan Beardsworth. Allan, 44, also captained the England team in Majorca in 2004 and is a considerable contributor BBC Question Time to the game. A special edition of the BBC’s The teams are funded by a financial contribution formthe English Chess Federation premier political programme was ws and the attendance of Michael Adams and Nigel Short is aided by the generous held in Moscow on 30 March. contribution of David Norwood, who is thanked for his personal generosity and David Dimbleby was joined for support. the interactive debate by chess champion-turned-politician Garry Women’s Team Kasparov. Board 1 Jovanka Houska – England’s latest International Master, the only English Woman to have qualified for the Women’s World Chess hampionshipC 2006, a former Go to www.bbc.co.uk/questiontime European Girls Under 20 Champion, and a regular in the England Women’s Team, for then search for Kasparov. which she was captain at the European Team Championships in 2005. Board Jessie Gilbert – The youngest member of the team and one of England’s STOP PRESS – ENGLISH most promising juniors, Women’s World Amateur Champion 1999 and bronze medallist in the European Under 14 Girls’ Championship, 2001. This will be the second SUCCESS IN EUROPE time she will play for the team. WGM Jovanka Houska, WIM Heather Board 3 Jana Bellin – Awarded the Women’s Grandmaster title in 1982 and eight Richards and WFM Sabrina Chevannes times British Women’s Champion, Jana has played many times for the national team to represented England at the European which she now makes a welcome return. Women’s Rapid Chess Championship, 2006, on 13th and 14th May, in Znojmo, Board 4 Sophie Tidman – A former England junior international in team and the Czech Republic, and returned as individual events, Sophie captained the Oxford Varsity team in 2005. She is making her debut for the England Women’s Team. prizewinners. Jovanka came second, Heather came equal second (4th on Team captain and coach is the highly respected Grandmaster, Mark Hebden, a tiebreak), and Sabrina won the Under member of the Men’s Team at the Olympiads in 1998 and 2004, and coach for the BCF 2100 rating prize. at World and European junior and youth championships 2000-2005. For a full report, see the next issue. Official site: www.chessolympiad-torino2006.org/eng National Club Rapidplay London Marathon Our very own Manager of Women’s (Handicap) Controller Chess compete in the Flora London Marathon to raise money for a The ECF is seeking a controller for the National Club Rapidplay (Handicap). This is a children’s charity. one-day team event held annually. Claire writes “The marathon was Job Description – Reports to Director of Home Chess great. My sports therapist said a The Jobholder is required to: couple of weeks before the event 1. Ensure the smooth running of the National Club Rapidplay (Handicap) that I definitely shouldn’t run it, Championships. but walk the course, as I picked up an injury that he said could do me 2. This requires the jobholder to permanent damage if I ran. I walked • Prepare entry forms and liaise with the ECF Office toarrange circulation of it. By mile 18 I was in agony. the same. This is probably too much • Assist with publicising the event as required. information, but by mile 23 there • Accept entries from and liaise with clubs. had been a rather unpleasant • Forward any monies and contact details for entrants to the ECF Office. explosion in my right shoe. • Organise and liaise with the venue (note: a central venue to be used). I limped across the line with an old • Arrange for equipment to be provided at the venue. chap called Edward, who I’d picked • Arrange for a control team to run the event on the day. up on mile 24. • Be present on the day to supervise the smooth running of the event. 6hr 50min 01sec. I’m still wearing • Provide a report of the event for the ECF website and for ChessMoves. my medal and intend to do so for the rest of the week (at least). Yeah me! • Arrange for the event to be Graded. • Keep the Director of Home Chess informed of the progress on organising I overtook the Darlek (eventually). the event. I’m glad I did it, but never again.
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