European Club Cup 2006 - Report Round 1

Written by Presse OESB

Tuesday, 10 October 2006, id:81 Article cached on Friday, 16 May 2008 10:14:27

European Club Cup 2006 has started with round 1. Here is the report of the Austrian Chess Federation and some press photos.

Women
A big surprise is a 2,5:1,5 win of Mika Yerevan against Top-Favorit AVS Krasnoturinsk in the womens competition. Maia Chiburdanidze draws against Antoanete Stefanova. On board two and three Elina Danielian and Nino Khursidze win against Kosintseva-Sisters. So a win of Anna Muzychuk doesn´t help the russian team to avoid a team loss.

European Club Cup 2006

Written by ECU Press Officer Gerald Schendel

Monday, 09 October 2006, id:80 Article cached on Friday, 16 May 2008 10:14:27

The European Club Cup 2006 (22nd European Club Cup for men, 11th European Club Cup for women) will start on Sunday (October 8, 2006) in Fuegen, Zillertal, Austria. The number of participating teams is 60 in the men's competition and 14 in the women's competition. Totally there will be 74 teams with approximate 500 to 600 team members. The organisers will broadcast in co-operation with the Austrian chess federation 36 games from the men's competition. Further games will be broadcasted by MonRoi. The official website is http://www.ecc2006.com/.

Official Press Release (7 October 2006)

Exclusive FIDE World Blitz Championship Videos

Written by ECU Press Officer Gerald Schendel

Saturday, 07 October 2006, id:79 Article cached on Friday, 16 May 2008 10:14:27

The "International Chess University" has recently published exclusive video interviews with the top 5 finishers in the 1st FIDE World Blitz Championship which took place in Rishon Lezion, Israel (Sep 5-8, 2006): Alexander Grischuk (Russia), the new champion; Peter Svidler (Russia), the runner-up; Vishy Anand (India), the pre-tournament favourite; Judit Polgar (Hungary), who was leading at early stages and Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan).

World Champion Korchnoi

Written by ECU Press Officer Gerald Schendel

Saturday, 07 October 2006, id:77 Article cached on Friday, 16 May 2008 10:14:27

Victor Korchnoi (Switzerland) won the 16th World Senior Championship in Arvier, Valle d'Aosta, Italy (September 11-23, 2006). The legendary grandmaster (75 years old) scored excellently: 9.0/11. WGM Ludmila Saunina (Russia) won the women's section with 8.5/11 - her second world title in a row.

Balkan Chess Federation was founded

Written by ECU Press Officer Gerald Schendel

Friday, 06 October 2006, id:78 Article cached on Friday, 16 May 2008 09:10:13

The ECU tournament calendar shows a Balkan Individual Championship, but no organisers for this event in 2006, 2007 and 2008. Perhaps there will be a change. According to reports from England and from Greece a "Balkan Chess Federation" was founded recently in Athens (Aug 21, 2006). FIDE Executive Director David Jarrett (England) was present.

EU Championship in Liverpool, Mitropa Cup in Brno and European Youth Championship in Herceg Novi

Written by ECU Press Officer Gerald Schendel

Friday, 06 October 2006, id:74 Article cached on Friday, 16 May 2008 09:10:13

The ECU tournament calendar shows 3 tournaments in September 2006. The 2nd EU Championship (September 6-15, 2006) in Liverpool (England) was won by the former world title challenger GM Nigel Short (ENG) with 7.5/10. Seven players shared the lead on 6.5/9, but Short was the only player to win an impressive game in the last round - "to the delight of the sponsors, who never enjoy messy finishes" (Short, in: The Guardian).

FIDE Course for Trainers and Instructors from 20 October - 26 October 2006

Written by German Chess Federation

Thursday, 14 September 2006, id:55 Article cached on Friday, 16 May 2008 09:10:13

Here ist the latest information from the FIDE Trainer Academy Berlin.