Chess fever in Bonn

Written by ECU Press Officer Gerald Schendel

Saturday, 25 November 2006, id:126 Article cached on Thursday, 07 August 2008 08:53:08

Last year, in November 2005, the then newly founded company Universal Event Promotion (UEP; Dortmund, Germany) offered to organize a World Chess Match of the Champions between Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) and Vladimir Kramnik (Russia), beginning from 25 November 2006. On this very day, another match is being organized by UEP in Bonn, the former capital of the Federal Republic of Germany: the World Chess Challenge 2006 - a man vs. machine chess duel between the absolute world chess champion Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) and the latest version of "Deep Fritz" (ChessBase, Germany). World Chess Federation FIDE has published all necessary links.

LIBEREC OPEN 2006 has been finished

Written by Dr. Jan Mazuch, series director of CZECH TOUR

Monday, 20 November 2006, id:123 Article cached on Thursday, 07 August 2008 08:53:08

7th International Chess Festival LIBEREC OPEN 2006 and 5th European Veterans Championship in Draughts have been finished on Saturday 18th November 2006. This event was held under the financial support of the Liberec city and it took place within the frame of the 6th CZECH TOUR Series.

Chess in the Schools

Written by ECU Press Officer Gerald Schendel

Wednesday, 15 November 2006, id:122 Article cached on Thursday, 07 August 2008 08:53:08

The Planning Group of the first Aberdeen Chess in the Schools and Communities International Conference (CISCCON; August 30 to September 1, 2007) calls for research, policy and practice papers that address the aims of this conference in the context of the current major themes. Deadline for submission of abstracts is 22nd December 2006. Full paper presentations to be submitted by Friday 30th March 2007. The international conference is being organised by Aberdeen City Council with the University of Aberdeen (School of Education) and Scottish Junior Chess. CISCCON web site address: http://www.scottishjuniorchess.co.uk/cisccon/cisccon.html

Chess and Media - Jonathan Rowson

Written by Daimen Henderson (composed by ECU Press Officer Gerald Schendel)

Tuesday, 14 November 2006, id:121 Article cached on Thursday, 07 August 2008 08:53:08

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"Media attention is not something I crave. But what's upset me is that chess itself has such little coverage. It's not that people aren't interested, it's just that there's something going wrong with the mechanism between tournament players, tournament results and the media", said GM Jonathan Rowson.

Chess and Media - Harika Dronavalli

Written by Shreya Chakravertty (composed by ECU Press Officer Gerald Schendel)

Tuesday, 14 November 2006, id:120 Article cached on Thursday, 07 August 2008 08:53:08

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"It does bother me when I win something big and no one seems to be interested, but I feel that there are other sports which are worse off in terms of attention", said Harika Dronavalli (India), U18 girls world chess champion, in New Delhi.