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OL-Topscorer Xue Zhao, Kina 31 Sider Om Skak-OL I Torino Kakbladet kakbladet2006 /6 Medlemsblad for Dansk Skak Union Mandag den 14. august 2006 august 14. den Mandag OL-topscorer Xue Zhao, Kina 31 sider om skak-OL i Torino kakbladet ISSN 0037-6043 102. årgang, nr. 6, 2006. Årgangen omfatter 9 numre. Udgivet af Dansk Skak Union Indhold Redaktion Thorbjørn Rosenlund, FIDE-kongressen i Torino ............... 2 Kongestien 16, 2830 Virum. Tlf./fax 44 49 42 10. Tag stilling ......................................... 5 Email: [email protected]. Annoncer / Skak-OL 2006 ................................... 6 turneringsindbydelser Kvinderækken ved OL .................... 30 Sendes til redaktionen. Indsendelsesfrister Når mor spiller skak ........................ 32 Nr. Deadline Udkommer 20 træk til skafottet .......................... 37 7 29/8 25/9 8 10/10 6/11 Bent Larsen: Om par ....................... 38 9 14/11 11/12 Abonnement og ekspedition Junior-skak....................................... 41 Danmark: kr. 220 pr. år inkl. moms og fors. Udlandet: kr. 300 Problemskak .................................... 42 pr. år, inkl. forsendelse. Bestilles hos Skakbladets Kommende turneringer.................... 43 ekspedition (se Medlems- og ratingkartotek nederst på siden) Sats og montage TR-Text, tlf. 44 49 42 10. Tryk Schultz Hafnia, tlf. 43 22 52 00. >orsiden: Genvalgt >IDE-præsident Kirsan Iljumzhinov lykønsker Kinas førstebræt, Xue Zhao, med bedste ratingpræstation i OL-kvinderækken. (>oto: Cathy Rogers). Dansk Skak Union ... ormand: Erik Søbjerg, Kirkegade 32, 1. 7430 Ikast. Tlf. 86 13 38 41. Email: [email protected]. Kasserer: Henrik Knudsen, Enebærvænget 20, Appenæs, 4700 Næstved. Tlf. 55 75 21 34. Email: [email protected]. Giro 9 29 55 93. Sekretær: Esmat Guindy, Stadionvej 16, 8830 Tjele. Email: [email protected]. IT: Morten Rasmussen, Gustav Wieds Vej 21, 1.th., 8000 Århus C. Tlf. 86 18 45 36. Email: [email protected]. Klubforhold & PR: Poul Søndergaard, Rughavevej 27, 3.th., 8800 Viborg. Tlf. 86 61 01 70 / 50 94 02 31. Email: [email protected]. Medlems- og ratingkartotek: Bjørn Laursen, Hybenvej 21, 8763 Rask Mølle. www.dsu.dk Tlf. 75 67 95 43 / 75 67 87 80. >ax 75 67 85 43. Email: [email protected]. 2 2006/6/194 >IDE-kongressen 2006 i Torino >IDE Af Erik Søbjerg Sjældent er en FIDE-kongres imø- skulle det ikke gå. Kirsan Iljumzhi- Valgene var det altoverskyggende deset med så stor spænding, som den nov blev genvalgt som FIDE-præsi- emne sammen med tildelingen af netop overståede i forbindelse med dent med 96 stemmer imod 54 til værtskabet for OL 2010, der efter Skak-OL i Torino, Italien. Bessel Kok. flere afstemningsrunder endte i sibi- Hollænderen Bessel Kok havde Det første klare fingerpeg om, riske Khanty-Mansiysk, og dagsor- med sit hold bag ‘The Right Move’ hvilken vej vinden blæste, var på den denen indeholdt stort set ikke andre lanceret en meget flot og gennemar- Europæiske Skak Unions kongres væsentlige, endsige kontroversielle bejdet plan for en reform af FIDE og dagen inden FIDE-valget. Her blev emner. den internationale skakverden i ret- præsidenten Boris Kutin med snæ- Grækeren Makropoulos fungerer ning af demokrati og gennemsigtig- ver margin genvalgt mod spanske som mødeleder på kongresserne. hed. Med åben erklæret støtte fra Ochoa de Echaguen, trods sin erklæ- Hans metoder til at få sin egne og mere end 40 forbund, herunder Dan- rede støtte til Iljumzhinov, hvilket den øvrige FIDE-ledelses vilje igen- mark og alle nordiske lande undta- var overraskende i betragtning af, at nem, er på én gang dybt udemo- gen Finland, og mundtligt tilsagn fra næsten hele Vesteuropa var for Kok. kratiske, men særdeles effektive. Et ca. 30 mere, tegnede det sig for før- Samtidig efterlod FIDE-ledelsen typisk forløb af et punkt, hvor for- ste gang i umindelige tider (dvs. Fri- med deres kropssprog ingen tvivl manden for en af FIDE’s mange drik Olafsson i 70’erne) som en rea- om, at de fire europæiske repræsen- komiteer skal fremlægge rapport om listisk mulighed at få en demokratisk tanter til FIDE’s Excecutive Board komiteens arbejde og eventuelle for- orienteret FIDE-præsident. Sådan tydeligvis alle var deres folk. slag: Efter en halv sætning afbryder Makropoulos og beder komitéfor- manden kun nævne de allervigtigste ting. Komitéformanden fremlægger et forslag, og afbrydes igen, da Makropoulos er uenig i en del af for- slaget, det argumenterer han kort for på sit gebrokne engelsk og beder komitéformanden, gå videre. Da denne kort efter er færdig og har for- søgt at argumentere for hele forsla- get, samler Makropoulos op, og mumler noget i retning af: ‘So nobody can be against this proposal, not? Except for this point we just talked about, right?’ Et blik ud i salen og en meget kort kunst- pause, der ikke giver oversætterne til spansk, fransk og russisk en chan- ce for at følge med, endsige få sætningskonstruktionen med de >oto: Calle Erlandsson. mange nægtelser til at give mening i Kirsan Iljumzhinov (til højre) skåler på valgsejren med en af sine faste støtter, tidligere farten, og Makropoulos går videre >IDE-præsident >lorencio Campomanes, >ilippinerne. Campomanes var præsident 1982- til næste punkt, uden indsigelser. Det 1995, hvor Iljumzhinov efterfulgte ham for en periode af nu mindst 15 år i alt. besluttede er oftest helt i orden, men u 2006/6/195 3 ... >IDE-KONGRESSEN 2006 processen efterlader langt de fleste Idealer og opportunisme delegerede uden reel mulighed for Man kunne måske lidt naivt have indsigt og chance for at påvirke be- håbet, at The Right Move også efter slutningerne. nederlaget vil kunne fungere som I FIDE’s daglige arbejde og i for- vedholdende kritisk og mobilise- hold til de beslutninger, der træffes, rende opposition til FIDE-ledelsen, er det en meget snæver kreds om- og samle de mange forbund, som kring netop Makropoulos, med ønsker en helt anderledes udvikling Bessel Kok geogieren Zurab Azmaiparashvili og i FIDE. Men det kommer desværre tabte israeleren I. Gelfer som de mest frem- næppe til at ske. The Right Move præsident- trædende, der sidder på magten. havde ingen ‘plan B’ klar, og af flere valget. >oto: Calle Erlandsson. Den tidligere kasserer, engelske grunde er det næppe realistisk, at en David Jarrett, blev af Præsidenten sådan etableres. Iljumzhinovs republik Kalmykien. udpeget som leder af FIDE-sekre- Som det første og meget væsent- I lyset af den meget idealistisk base- tariatet i Athen. lige mangler Bessel Kok som den rede kampagne og fremtidsvision, Derimod udeblev den ellers for- samlende figur fremover. Han tak- The Right Move stillede op for ventede udpegning af norske Mor- kede efter nederlaget som en gentle- FIDE’s fremtid. en nærmest uhæder- ten Sand til en post som juridisk råd- man for en fair kamp, men har uden lig adfærd. I det lukkede pragmatisk- giver for FIDE, hvilket/og efterla- tvivl bedre og mere tilfredsstillende politiske magtspil, der sejrede så der indtrykket af, at hans rolle i interesser at bruge sin tredje alder klart, derimod et helt logisk og for- FIDE-ledelsen er udspillet. på, end at stå ved sidelinien i en or- ståeligt valg. Årsagerne til dette, kan jeg kun ganisation, der med stort flertal har Min kære samfundsfagslærer i gisne om, men at Sand åbent mod- takket nej til både hans ideer og ar- gymnasiet havde, når vi elevers idea- sagde et absurd forslag fra Iljum- bejdskraft. listiske syn på verdens mulige ind- zhinov om at lade Peru og Paraguay For det andet er der for lang tid retning i timens løb var holdt op få to stemmer hver, da begge lande (med næste valg om 4 år i Sibirien, imod virkelighedens barske realite- hver havde to repræsentanter, der på- reelt mindst 8 år) til næste gang, Kir- ter, for vane at afslutte med bemærk- beråbte sig stemmeret, er næppe no- san Iljumzhinov vil kunne forsøges ningen: ‘Ja, verden er grim!’. get, Kalmykien-diktatoren er vant til. væltet, til at de bare naturligt oppor- Det gælder efter Torino 2006 i tunistiske delegerede, som udfører sandhed også for den internationale Svindel og bedrag? meget af det praktiske arbejde i di- skakpolitik i FIDE. Gik alt rigtigt til? Det er svært at verse komiteer, der får FIDE til at bevise det modsatte, og prsonligt er fungere i det daglige og ved kon- www. fide.com/ jeg ikke iu stand til. Man kommer gresserne, vil risikere at stille sig dog ikke udenom, at der næppe var permanent uden for det gode selskab en eneste delegeret, der forlod Torino ved tildelingen af poster, opgaver og uden fornemmelsen af, at der var eventuelle små 'ben'. købt og betalt for en lang række 100 år stemmer. For det tredje kan de af front- Skakbladet Ti lande havde gæld til ECU og figurerne i kampagnen, som fortsat dermed ingen stemmeret ved ECU- ønsker at spille en rolle i FIDE, som Vi har det hele. mødet, men aftenen før mødet blev arrangør af FIDE-turneringer mv. Køber/Sælger deres gæld betalt på én gang – alt ikke fremover indtage en ren oppo- 48.000 Euro. Efter vedholdende ryg- sitionslinie. Man er nødt til at tæk- Skakbogsamlinger ter, var det af FIDE vice-præsident kes præsidenten, når han sidder så Azmaiparashvili i dollars. I sig selv solidt på tronen, som det er tilfældet TÅRNURET jo ikke ulovligt, og om det havde en nu. Som et eksempel der flere steder betydning for de pågældende landes er blevet omtalt lidt syrligt, var den altid på lager. stemmeafgivning kan ingen jo vide... ellers meget aktive støtte af The 33 – 14 62 91 Rygterne om uregelmæssigheder Right Move, den amerikanske stor- i forhold til rejser for delegerede fra mester Yasser Seirawan, kun få ti- Skakhuset tredjeverdenslande, et særligt bud- mer efter valget parat til at takke ja Box 38, 3500 Værløse get på 100.000 $ til tilskud for skak- til et tilbud fra Kirsan Ilumzhinov ure. Rygter var der nok af, men in- om at blive chefkommentator ved www.skakhuset.dk gen med mod til at stå frem med be- den forestående Topalov - Kramnik [email protected] viser.
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