Revised World Cup pairings: No Judit vs Hou Yifan

World Cup round 1 matchups

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1	1	GM	Karjakin, Sergey	RUS	-	128	IM	Kaabi, Mejdi	TUN
2	2	GM	Ivanchuk, Vassily	UKR	-	127	FM	Steel, Henry Robert	RSA
3	3	GM	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	AZE	-	126		Ibrahim, Hatim	EGY
4	4	GM	Ponomariov, Ruslan	UKR	-	125	IM	Gwaze, Robert	ZIM
5	5	GM	Gashimov, Vugar	AZE	-	124	IM	Hansen, Eric	CAN
6	6	GM	Grischuk, Alexander	RUS	-	123	IM	Genba, Vladimir	RUS
7	7	GM	Radjabov, Teimour	AZE	-	122	GM	De La Paz Perdomo, Frank	CUB
8	8	GM	Kamsky, Gata	USA	-	121	IM	Di Berardino, Diego Rafael	BRA
9	9	GM	Svidler, Peter	RUS	-	119	GM	Salem, A.R. Saleh	UAE
10	10	GM	Jakovenko, Dmitry	RUS	-	120	GM	Lima, Darcy	BRA
11	11	GM	Vitiugov, Nikita	RUS	-	118	GM	Bezgodov, Alexei	RUS
12	12	GM	Almasi, Zoltan	HUN	-	117	GM	El Gindy, Essam	EGY
13	13	GM	Vallejo Pons, Francisco	ESP	-	116	GM	Cori, Jorge	PER
14	14	GM	Navara, David	CZE	-	115	GM	Kabanov, Nikolai	RUS
15	15	GM	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	FRA	-	114	GM	Rahman, Ziaur	BAN
16	16	GM	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	CUB	-	113	GM	Moradiabadi, Elshan	IRI
17	17	GM	Wang, Hao	CHN	-	112	GM	Ivanov, Alexander	USA
18	18	GM	Leko, Peter	HUN	-	111	GM	Shankland, Samuel L	USA
19	19	GM	Moiseenko, Alexander	UKR	-	110	GM	Esen, Baris	TUR
20	20	GM	Le, Quang Liem	VIE	-	109	GM	Megaranto, Susanto	INA
21	21	GM	Adams, Michael	ENG	-	108	GM	Paragua, Mark	PHI
22	22	GM	Shirov, Alexei	ESP	-	107	GM	Leon Hoyos, Manuel	MEX
23	23	GM	Jobava, Baadur	GEO	-	106	GM	Guliyev, Namig	AZE
24	24	GM	Caruana, Fabiano	ITA	-	105	GM	Pridorozhni, Aleksei	RUS
25	25	GM	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	RUS	-	104	IM	Ortiz Suarez, Isan Reynald	CUB
26	26	GM	Bacrot, Etienne	FRA	-	103	GM	Robson, Ray	USA
27	27	GM	Wang, Yue	CHN	-	102	GM	Fier, Alexandr	BRA
28	28	GM	Tomashevsky, Evgeny	RUS	-	101	GM	Zhao, Zong-Yuan	AUS
29	29	GM	Efimenko, Zahar	UKR	-	100	GM	Babula, Vlastimil	CZE
30	30	GM	Malakhov, Vladimir	RUS	-	99	GM	Felgaer, Ruben	ARG
31	31	GM	Sutovsky, Emil	ISR	-	98	GM	Vorobiov, Evgeny E.	RUS
32	32	GM	Movsesian, Sergei	ARM	-	97	GM	Hou, Yifan	CHN
33	33	GM	Polgar, Judit	HUN	-	96	GM	Corrales Jimenez, Fidel	CUB
34	34	GM	Fressinet, Laurent	FRA	-	95	GM	Jumabayev, Rinat	KAZ
35	35	GM	Eljanov, Pavel	UKR	-	94	GM	Zherebukh, Yaroslav	UKR
36	36	GM	Berkes, Ferenc	HUN	-	92	GM	Kazhgaleyev, Murtas	KAZ
37	37	GM	Andreikin, Dmitry	RUS	-	93	GM	Mareco, Sandro	ARG
38	38	GM	Morozevich, Alexander	RUS	-	91	GM	Halkias, Stelios	GRE
39	39	GM	Zhigalko, Sergei	BLR	-	90	GM	Filippov, Anton	UZB
40	40	GM	Riazantsev, Alexander	RUS	-	89	GM	Bluvshtein, Mark	CAN
41	41	GM	Motylev, Alexander	RUS	-	88	GM	Drozdovskij, Yuri	UKR
42	42	GM	Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	POL	-	87	GM	Pashikian, Arman	ARM
43	43	GM	Potkin, Vladimir	RUS	-	86	GM	Shulman, Yuri	USA
44	44	GM	Nielsen, Peter Heine	DEN	-	85	GM	Postny, Evgeny	ISR
45	45	GM	Grachev, Boris	RUS	-	84	GM	Romanov, Evgeny	RUS
46	46	GM	Inarkiev, Ernesto	RUS	-	83	GM	Salgado Lopez, Ivan	ESP
47	47	GM	Mamedov, Rauf	AZE	-	82	GM	Gupta, Abhijeet	IND
48	48	GM	Kobalia, Mikhail	RUS	-	81	GM	Lysyj, Igor	RUS
49	49	GM	Bologan, Viktor	MDA	-	79	GM	Adly, Ahmed	EGY
50	50	GM	Bu, Xiangzhi	CHN	-	80	GM	Socko, Bartosz	POL
51	51	GM	Onischuk, Alexander	USA	-	78	GM	Ivanisevic, Ivan	SRB
52	52	GM	Bruzon Batista, Lazaro	CUB	-	77	GM	Quesada Perez, Yuniesky	CUB
53	53	GM	Yu, Yangyi	CHN	-	76	GM	Parligras, Mircea-Emilian	ROU
54	54	GM	Korobov, Anton	UKR	-	75	GM	Zhou, Jianchao	CHN
55	55	GM	Harikrishna, P.	IND	-	74	GM	Rodshtein, Maxim	ISR
56	56	GM	Li, Chao b	CHN	-	73	GM	Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son	VIE
57	57	GM	Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	UZB	-	72	GM	Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	ROU
58	58	GM	Akopian, Vladimir	ARM	-	71	GM	Negi, Parimarjan	IND
59	59	GM	Feller, Sebastien	FRA	-	70	GM	Iordachescu, Viorel	MDA
60	60	GM	Timofeev, Artyom	RUS	-	69	GM	Azarov, Sergei	BLR
61	61	GM	Ni, Hua	CHN	-	68	GM	Khairullin, Ildar	RUS
62	62	GM	Fridman, Daniel	GER	-	67	GM	Lupulescu, Constantin	ROU
63	63	GM	Alekseev, Evgeny	RUS	-	66	GM	Ragger, Markus	AUT
64	64	GM	So, Wesley	PHI	-	65	GM	Ding, Liren	CHN

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FIDE Trainer Awards

FIDE Trainers' Commission - FIDE Trainer Awards 2010
Awarding ceremony will take place during the FIDE Congress in Krakow

The FIDE Trainers’ Commission (TRG) is pleased to announce the winners of the third FIDE Trainer Awards. The awarding ceremony will take place during the FIDE Congress in Krakow 15-22.10.2011. A 'Tree of Chess' sculpture (http://trainers.fide.com/awards-hall-of-fame.html) and a diploma will be given to each of the five (5) winners.

A judges' panel consisted of seven (7) members, with reputation and knowledge in the field of training:

1. Ignatius Leong (Singapore) - FIDE General Secretary
2. Ali Nihat Yazici (Turkey) - FIDE Vice-President
3. Israel Gelfer (Israel) - FIDE Honorary Vice-President
4. Uwe Boensch (Germany) - GM/FST TRG Councillor
5. Jovan Petronic (Serbia) - IM/FST TRG Councillor
6. Alonso Zapata (Colombia) - GM/FST TRG Member
7. Smbat Lputian (Armenia) - GM/FST

Awards

1. Botvinnik Mikhail medal - for men’s trainer or captain, for best results in men competitions where World Championships and Olympiads are valued foremost, to be considered too are long standing high results.

2. Furman Symeon medal - for women’s trainer or captain, similar to Botvinnik medal but applicable to women’s competitions.

3. Euwe Max medal - for juniors trainer, for best results in junior competitions, to be considered are world and continental championships plus founder of famous chess schools, training programs, and academies.

4. Boleslavsky Isaac medal - for best book which instructional values are remarkable, and to be considered are also series of articles, instructional computer software, and programs for development of players.

5. Petrosian Tigran medal - for a special achievement over the last years.

Winners' List 2010

Medals:
Botvinnik Mikhail (Men Trainer) - Tukmakov Vladimir (UKR)
Furman Symeon (Women Trainer) - Dokhoian Yury (RUS)
Euwe Max (Juniors Trainer) - Bykhovsky Anatoly (RUS)
Boleslavsky Isaac (Author) - Dvoretsky Mark (RUS)
Petrosian Tigran (Special Achiev.) - Illescas Miguel (ESP)

Hall of Fame - Chebanenko Vyachaslev (MOL), Koblenz Aleksandr (LAT) and Zaitsev Igor (RUS)

FIDE is 87 years old today!

Today July 20th is the 87th anniversary of the founding of FIDE in Paris, France in 1924.

On this day all chess lovers celebrate International Chess Day. 45 years ago, in 1966, on the initiative of the World Chess Federation (FIDE) this holiday came into the world community calendar. The game, which originated in the East, has won the hearts and minds of millions and for many chess has become an important part of their life.

Today a great number of chess events and competitions are held under the auspices of FIDE even in the remote places of our planet. Nowadays almost every city has a chess club, where the admirers of chess gather to enjoy the game.

FIDE sends best wishes to all the players, chess fans and admirers of this ancient game!

FIDE President continues his working trip to India

FIDE President continues his working trip to India
Friday, 15 July 2011 07:29

The FIDE President continues his working trip to India which has turned out very rich and productive.

On July 13 it was announced that India nominated Chennai to host the Anand-Gelfand match.

On July 14 Kirsan Ilyumzhinov met with the Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, Mr. Ajay Maken. "We discussed a great number of important issues related to chess development in India and around the world", the President noted. The planned bid from India to host the Women's Championship between Hou Yifan and Humpy Koneru and "Chess in Schools" programme were also discussed.

The Minister supported the programme and even took the initiative by proposing to organize the meeting with the Minister of Education. According to him there will be an opportunity to involve up to 300 million students not only from state schools but also private schools." Mr. Ajay Maken supported the idea of including chess in the Olympic Games programme, noted good management of the All India Chess Federation and spoke in favor of Indian students studying chess in Russian universities, considering the traditions and achievements of the Russian chess school.

At one point, the conversation turned in a more lighthearted direction, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov reported. Mr. Maken told him that most of his colleagues in Parliament enjoy spending leisure time at the chessboard. The FIDE President offered to organize the FIDE President Cup among the Members of Parliament.

The meeting was also attended by FIDE Vice President D.V. Sundar, FIDE Chief Executive Officer Geoffrey Borg, Director of the Moscow office of FIDE Berik Balgabaev and General Secretary of All India Chess Federation Bharat Singh.

Today Kirsan Ilyumzhinov met with the General Secretary of Indian Olympic Association Mr. Raja Singh who is also a member of the IOC and the General Secretary of the Olympic Council of Asia. Ilyumzhinov told about FIDE activities, his working trip to India, and the possible development of chess in most populous democracy in the world.

Mr. Raja Singh supported the idea of including chess in the programme of Olympic Games and noted that India has good medal prospects. He also shared some suggestions on further promotion of chess in Hindustan and the Asian continent.

At the meeting were present FIDE Vice President D.V. Sundar, FIDE Chief Executive Officer Geoffrey Borg, and Director of the Moscow office of FIDE Berik Balgabaev and General Secretary of All India Chess Federation Bharat Singh.

Chess in the Winter Olympics?

PH endorses chess' Olympic inclusion

July 9, 2011, 5:10pm

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines became the first country to officially endorse the inclusion of chess in the 2014 Russia Winter Olympics following Saturday’s courtesy visit of FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov to Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) President Jose “Peping” Cojuangco.

Cojuangco was the first national Olympic committee leader to sign the endorsement letter addressed to the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

“Chess is a legitimate sport played internationally. Its inclusion (in the Olympics) is long overdue,” said Cojuangco. “It will also give us the opportunity to compete in the Winter Games again.”

The Philippines last sent a delegation in the quadrennial event in 1994.

National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP) President Prospero “Butch” Pichay accompanied Ilyumzhinov in the courtesy visit. He lauded Cojuangco for supporting the initiative.

“We have several world-class chess players and they are mostly young,” said Pichay. “If the breaks go our way, we can even produce a medal in world competitions.”

He noted that the Philippines finished second only to China in the men’s chess team competition of the Asian Games.

“There is no better setting for us to showcase our talent than the Olympics,” Pichay said.

Ilyumzhinov is lobbying to add chess in the Olympic calendar for some time now. He is currently touring Asia to seek the support of IOC members from the region.

According to Ilyumzhinov, around 50 IOC members have already vouched their support for the inclusion of chess in the 2014 Winter Olympics.

The Philippines was the first to put it in writing.

The IOC has 116 voting members.

“We need to get a majority vote from the IOC members to make it happen,” said Ilyumzhinov. “So far, we’re getting positive response from most of them.”

Source: http://www.mb.com.ph

July 2011 FIDE rating list revised

July 2011 top 50

Rank	Name	Title	Country	Rating	Games	B-Year
1	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2821	10	1990
2	Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	2817	0	1969
3	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2805	4	1982
4	Karjakin, Sergey	g	RUS	2788	10	1990
5	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2781	8	1975
6	Nakamura, Hikaru	g	USA	2770	16	1987
7	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2768	20	1969
8	Topalov, Veselin	g	BUL	2768	4	1975
9	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	g	AZE	2765	4	1985
10	Ponomariov, Ruslan	g	UKR	2764	17	1983
11	Gashimov, Vugar	g	AZE	2760	0	1986
12	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2746	14	1968
13	Grischuk, Alexander	g	RUS	2746	14	1983
14	Radjabov, Teimour	g	AZE	2744	14	1987
15	Kamsky, Gata	g	USA	2741	12	1974
16	Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	2739	0	1976
17	Jakovenko, Dmitry	g	RUS	2736	6	1983
18	Vitiugov, Nikita	g	RUS	2733	0	1987
19	Almasi, Zoltan	g	HUN	2726	8	1976
20	Vallejo Pons, Francisco	g	ESP	2724	18	1982
21	Navara, David	g	CZE	2722	30	1985
22	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	g	FRA	2722	13	1990
23	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	g	CUB	2719	10	1983
24	Wang, Hao	g	CHN	2718	15	1989
25	Leko, Peter	g	HUN	2717	0	1979
26	Moiseenko, Alexander	g	UKR	2715	24	1980
27	Le, Quang Liem	g	VIE	2715	22	1991
28	Adams, Michael	g	ENG	2715	14	1971
29	Shirov, Alexei	g	ESP	2714	12	1972
30	Jobava, Baadur	g	GEO	2713	13	1983
31	Dreev, Aleksey	g	RUS	2711	12	1969
32	Caruana, Fabiano	g	ITA	2711	9	1992
33	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	g	RUS	2711	0	1990
34	Bacrot, Etienne	g	FRA	2710	11	1983
35	Wang, Yue	g	CHN	2709	24	1987
36	Tomashevsky, Evgeny	g	RUS	2707	0	1987
37	Naiditsch, Arkadij	g	GER	2706	24	1985
38	Efimenko, Zahar	g	UKR	2706	12	1985
39	Malakhov, Vladimir	g	RUS	2706	3	1980
40	Giri, Anish	g	NED	2701	12	1994
41	Sutovsky, Emil	g	ISR	2700	15	1977
42	Movsesian, Sergei	g	ARM	2700	6	1978
43	Polgar, Judit	g	HUN	2699	0	1976
44	Fressinet, Laurent	g	FRA	2698	14	1981
45	Eljanov, Pavel	g	UKR	2697	21	1983
46	Berkes, Ferenc	g	HUN	2696	20	1985
47	Andreikin, Dmitry	g	RUS	2696	10	1990
48	Morozevich, Alexander	g	RUS	2694	0	1977
49	Zhigalko, Sergei	g	BLR	2689	7	1989
50	Riazantsev, Alexander	g	RUS	2688	11	1985