FIDE Tax on Tardiness

FIDE Presidential Board proposition...bringing out the stick or just absurd?

Middle of the month, the executive Board met in Halkidiki, Greece. The report on that meeting by Herman Hamers (available for download from the ECF website) notes the following discussion item:

A proposal by the Presidential Board that players who fail to appear at the start of a game, not only lose the game by default, but also give them a penalty of €500 (a second time €1.000 and a third time €2.000) met a lot of opposition and was taken back. Possibly it will return next year in the General Assembly.

Is FIDE loosing its creativity to source out funds?I hope not. Chess clock is already their, why punish even further?

New sponsor for Magnus Carlsen

Friday, October 30, 2009

Magnus Carlsen with 300K dollars sponsorship deal
Meglerhuset Arctic to sponsor Carlsen
Report by chessdom.com

Chess addict and top broker Mads Syversen became chess genius Magnus Carlsen's main sponsor. "Magnus is special. He represents the pinnacle of the analysis and implementation, he is ambitious and hard-working," says Mads Syversen, whose company logo will accompany Magnus Carlsen's outfit in the next 24 months.

The new sponsor company says Magnus will be a good example for the employees with his accuracy and performance and believes that the sponsorship will be a success for both sides.

The deal is for a 2 years period, as Magnus will receive 1 million kroner (175 000 dollars). So far the main income for Carlsen has been from prize funds. The company Magnuschess AS has reported 1,8 million kroner income in 2008, which is a large increase to the 40 000 reported in 2007.

standings after Rnd 8-European Team Chess Championships

Russia beat Armenia in their board 1 encounter during the 8th round of the European Chess Championships 2009. GM Alexander Morozevich became the round hero as he delivered the solo win against GM Vladimir Akobian. Other round 8 results are shown below.

Board Pairings
Round 8 on 2009/10/29 at 15:00
Bo.	3	Armenia (ARM)	-	1	Russia (RUS)	1½:2½
11	GM	Aronian Levon	-	GM	Svidler Peter	½ - ½
12	GM	Akopian Vladimir	-	GM	Morozevich Alexander	0 - 1
13	GM	Sargissian Gabriel	-	GM	Jakovenko Dmitry	½ - ½
14	GM	Petrosian Tigran L	-	GM	Tomashevsky Evgeny	½ - ½
Bo.	12	Poland (POL)	-	2	Azerbaijan (AZE)	1 : 3
21	GM	Socko Bartosz	-	GM	Radjabov Teimour	½ - ½
22	GM	Wojtaszek Radoslaw	-	GM	Gashimov Vugar	½ - ½
23	GM	Macieja Bartlomiej	-	GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	0 - 1
24	GM	Bartel Mateusz	-	GM	Mamedov Rauf	0 - 1
Bo.	5	Ukraine (UKR)	-	15	Netherlands (NED)	2 : 2
31	GM	Eljanov Pavel	-	GM	Smeets Jan	½ - ½
32	GM	Volokitin Andrei	-	GM	Stellwagen Daniel	½ - ½
33	GM	Efimenko Zahar	-	GM	L'Ami Erwin	½ - ½
34	GM	Drozdovskij Yuri	-	GM	Werle Jan	½ - ½
Bo.	11	Georgia (GEO)	-	6	Israel (ISR)	1½:2½
41	GM	Jobava Baadur	-	GM	Sutovsky Emil	½ - ½
42	GM	Pantsulaia Levan	-	GM	Roiz Michael	½ - ½
43	GM	Gagunashvili Merab	-	GM	Postny Evgeny	½ - ½
44	GM	Sanikidze Tornike	-	GM	Avrukh Boris	0 - 1
Bo.	8	Spain (ESP)	-	10	Hungary (HUN)	3 : 1
51	GM	Shirov Alexei	-	GM	Almasi Zoltan	½ - ½
52	GM	Vallejo Pons Francisco	-	GM	Berkes Ferenc	1 - 0
53	GM	Illescas Cordoba Miguel	-	GM	Gyimesi Zoltan	1 - 0
54	GM	Lopez Martinez Josep Manuel	-	GM	Ruck Robert	½ - ½
Bo.	25	Switzerland (SUI)	-	17	Serbia 1 (SRB 1)	2 : 2
61	GM	Korchnoi Viktor	-	GM	Ivanisevic Ivan	0 - 1
62	GM	Pelletier Yannick	-	GM	Solak Dragan	½ - ½
63	IM	Ekstroem Roland	-	GM	Vuckovic Bojan	1 - 0
64	GM	Gallagher Joseph G	-	GM	Perunovic Milos	½ - ½
Bo.	23	Denmark (DEN)	-	7	Germany (GER)	1 : 3
71	GM	Hansen Lars Bo	-	GM	Naiditsch Arkadij	½ - ½
72	GM	Hansen Sune Berg	-	GM	Meier Georg	0 - 1
73	GM	Rasmussen Allan Stig	-	GM	Fridman Daniel	½ - ½
74	IM	Glud Jakob Vang	-	GM	Gustafsson Jan	0 - 1
Bo.	9	France (FRA)	-	13	Czech Republic (CZE)	2 : 2
81	GM	Bacrot Etienne	-	GM	Navara David	½ - ½
82	GM	Fressinet Laurent	-	GM	Laznicka Viktor	½ - ½
83	GM	Cornette Matthieu	-	GM	Hracek Zbynek	½ - ½
84	GM	Feller Sebastien	-	GM	Babula Vlastimil	½ - ½
Bo.	14	Romania (ROU)	-	21	Austria (AUT)	2½:1½
91	GM	Istratescu Andrei	-	GM	Ragger Markus	½ - ½
92	GM	Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter	-	GM	Shengelia David	1 - 0
93	GM	Lupulescu Constantin	-	GM	Kindermann Stefan	½ - ½
94	GM	Nevednichy Vladislav	-	GM	Stanec Nikolaus	½ - ½
Bo.	19	Greece (GRE)	-	16	Slovenia (SLO)	2½:1½
101	GM	Papaioannou Ioannis	-	GM	Beliavsky Alexander	½ - ½
102	GM	Halkias Stelios	-	GM	Pavasovic Dusko	½ - ½
103	GM	Mastrovasilis Dimitrios	-	GM	Lenic Luka	1 - 0
104	GM	Mastrovasilis Athanasios	-	IM	Sebenik Matej	½ - ½
Bo.	29	Norway (NOR)	-	18	England (ENG)	2 : 2
111	GM	Hammer Jon Ludvig	-	GM	Adams Michael	½ - ½
112	GM	Johannessen Leif Erlend	-	GM	McShane Luke J	½ - ½
113	IM	Elsness Frode	-	GM	Conquest Stuart C	1 - 0
114	FM	Thomassen Joachim	-	GM	Williams Simon K	0 - 1
Bo.	28	Lithuania (LTU)	-	4	Bulgaria (BUL)	2 : 2
121	GM	Sulskis Sarunas	-	GM	Cheparinov Ivan	½ - ½
122	GM	Malisauskas Vidmantas	-	GM	Delchev Aleksander	0 - 1
123	IM	Cmilyte Viktorija	-	GM	Iotov Valentin	1 - 0
124	IM	Sarakauskas Gediminas	-	GM	Bojkov Dejan	½ - ½
Bo.	32	Bosnia & Herzegovina (BIH)	-	20	Croatia (CRO)	2 : 2
131	GM	Dizdarevic Emir	-	GM	Stevic Hrvoje	½ - ½
132	IM	Stojanovic Dalibor	-	GM	Kozul Zdenko	½ - ½
133	IM	Bogut Zeljko	-	GM	Saric Ivan	0 - 1
134	FM	Galic Ivan	-	GM	Jankovic Alojzije	1 - 0
Bo.	27	Former Yug Rep of Macedonia (MKD)	-	22	Serbia 2 (SRB 2)	2½:1½
141	GM	Georgiev Vladimir	-	GM	Miladinovic Igor	½ - ½
142	GM	Mitkov Nikola	-	GM	Sedlak Nikola	½ - ½
143	GM	Nedev Trajko	-	GM	Brenjo Slavisa	½ - ½
144	IM	Pancevski Filip	-	IM	Roganovic Milos	1 - 0
Bo.	26	Montenegro (MNE)	-	31	Finland (FIN)	1 : 3
151	GM	Blagojevic Dragisa	-	GM	Nyback Tomi	½ - ½
152	GM	Djukic Nikola	-	IM	Karttunen Mika	0 - 1
153	GM	Drasko Milan	-	IM	Agopov Mikael	½ - ½
154	GM	Kosic Dragan	-	FM	Luukkonen Tommi	0 - 1
Bo.	24	Italy (ITA)	-	30	Turkey (TUR)	2½:1½
161	GM	Caruana Fabiano	-	IM	Haznedaroglu Kivanc	1 - 0
162	GM	Godena Michele	-	IM	Esen Baris	½ - ½
163	IM	D'Amore Carlo	-	IM	Atakisi Umut	1 - 0
164	IM	Shytaj Luca	-	FM	Firat Burak	0 - 1
Bo.	33	Iceland (ISL)	-	35	Wales (WLS)	1 : 3
171	IM	Gunnarsson Jon Viktor	-	FM	Jones Richard S	0 - 1
172	IM	Arngrimsson Dagur	-	FM	Rees Ioan	0 - 1
173	IM	Thorfinnsson Bjorn	-		Dineley Richard	½ - ½
174	IM	Thorfinnsson Bragi	-		Bennett Alan	½ - ½
Bo.	38	Monaco (MNC)	-	34	Belgium (BEL)	1½:2½
181	GM	Efimov Igor	-	IM	Saiboulatov Daniyal	1 - 0
182	FM	Van Hoolandt Patrick	-	IM	Cekro Ekrem	½ - ½
183		Ribbegren Karl Johan	-	FM	Docx Stefan	0 - 1
184		Iclicki Willy	-	IM	Polaczek Richard	0 - 1
Bo.	37	Scotland (SCO)	-	36	Luxembourg (LUX)	1 : 3
191	FM	Morrison Graham	-	IM	Berend Fred	0 - 1
192	IM	Muir Andrew J	-		Jeitz Christian	½ - ½
193		Tate Alan	-		Linster Philippe	½ - ½
194		Stevenson James	-		Serban Vlad	0 - 1