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January 2009 FIDE Rating list
The Elista FIDE Office is pleased to publish the 1st January 2009 FIDE Rating List which includes tournaments up to 15 December 2008 and FIDE events such as the Grand Prix in Elista, Kalmykia which ended 28 December. Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria retained first place with a rating of 2796, an increase of 5 points from his performance in the Dresden Olympiad . His victory in the Pearl Springs tournament in Nanjing, China, which ended 22nd December, will be rated for April 2009, according to FIDE regulations. Viswanathan Anand climbed to second slot with 2791, an increase of 8 points from October after his victory in his World Championship Match with Vladimir Kramnik last October in Bonn, Germany
Sergey’s life is devoted to chess, mother says
Grand Master Sergey Karjakin might be the highest ranked chess player in the ongoing Asian Chess Champions League but he is still a teenager accompanied by his proud mother Tatania to all the international chess tournaments he takes part in. Sergey made history and headlines when he became the youngest ever chess Grandmaster at the age of 12 years and seven months. With an elo rating of 2730, Sergey is the highest ranked chess player and shoulders the hopes of the hosts to win the title.
Happy New Year 2009!
The FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov sincerely congratulates all National Chess Federations, chess players and chess friends on the occasion of the coming New Year! Best wishes of health, prosperity and happiness. Let the coming year bring all of you success and more victories! The Elista FIDE Office joins these warmest wishes and would like to inform that the office will be on vacations for the period 1 - 10 January 2008. Thank you for your understanding.
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World Chess Federation President Addresses Controversies
Chess is not simple, but it can seem uncomplicated compared with the issues swirling around the governance of the game.
Elista Grand Prix - Round 11
Rustam Kasimdzhanov the only winner, other games drawn After a torrent of decided games on Thursday, 11th round of the Elista Grand Prix finished with draws in all but one game. Nevertheless, the players were still in the fighting mode and majority of the games continued deep into the second time control.
The Asia Club Cup Gets Underway
by Lakhdar Mazouz In the big and beautiful facilities of the Al Ain Sport arena, many people have gathered to witness the start of the first Asian Club Championship. Long before the start of the Competition, a friendly and joyful atmosphere could be noticed: players and officials happy to meet again and to greet each other, pleased to exchange views, remembering past Events they experienced, moving tired less around the hall. In the , spectators, mostly wearing traditional white gowns, most of them teenagers, filled the seats, thrilled by the Event, surely busy talking and speculating excitedly about the Competition.
The Season For Giving
Merry Christmas to all the chess players out there reading this blog! For Christmas, I thought I’d try something different for today’s post. This is the season for giving, and…
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