Waking Eyes Side-Project Royal Canoe’s Debut Out In July
You gotta give credit where it’s due: if the songs on Royal Canoe ’s upcoming debut are as creative as the band name, this is going to be one rockin’ side project.
Archive for May, 2010
Rybka 4 Released
Rybka has been the dominant force in computer chess for nearly five years, and despite some recent pretenders (possibly reverse-engineered clones), the “little fish” still sets the standard to beat.
The programmer, Vasik Rajlich has been tweaking…
2nd SCS International Grandmaster Chess tournament - Martyn Kravtsiv Champion, second GM Norm for Adhiban
19-year-old Ukraine Grandmaster Martyn Kravtsiv edged out other GMs to emerge champion in the 2nd SCS International Grandmaster Chess Tournament, which concluded at Hotel Swosti Premium, Bhubaneswar. Joining Kravtsiv in the top were Alexandrov, Turov, Dreev, Adhiban and Kokarev, all with 8.5 points each from 11 rounds.
Interview with Viswanathan Anand - For NDTV, part 1
Interview with World Champion Viswanathan Anand for India Echo and Indian NDTV. In a long conversation Anand speaks about important milestones in his career, chess marketing, chocolate, chess boxing, and also answers questions of Negi and young chess entusiasts.
Interview with Viswanathan Anand - For NDTV, part 2
In part two World Champion Viswanathan Anand, the viewers are joined by Aruna Anand and his mother and father.
Battle of Grandmasters - Round Seven - GM Antonio takes Harry Angping Cup, then forfeits game against GM So
However, returning to the duties at the Battle of Grandmasters, GM Antonio forfeited the sixth round game to GM Wesley So, with whom he was tied on the second place earlier. Though Antonio appeared at the venue, he requested that his game with So be postponed as he wasn’t feeling well after the weekend tournament. Tournament director Willie Abalos, however, did not accede to Antonio’s request and declared him loser by forfeiture.
Match Arbiters at Olympiad
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
FIDE and the Organising Committee (OC) of the Olympiad have received several requests to consider raising the stipends for the match arbiters because of the high cost of the flights to Khanty-Mansiysk.
FIDE and the OC have therefore agreed to accept these requests and are pleased to announce that a sum of 800 euro will be added to the amount paid to each arbiter. Consequently, the stipends for European and ex-Soviet federation arbiters will be EUR 1,800 and for other arbiters will be EUR 2,300.
Please inform the Secretariat if you have any comments or questions.
Maia Chiburdanidze Cup - Women International Chess Tournament in Tbilisi, Georgia
The Women International Chess Tournament “Maia Chiburdanidze Cup” is being held from 25th May to 3rd June in Tbilisi, under management by the Georgian Chess Federation. 58 players from four countries are taking participation. IM Anna Muzychuk is smashing through the opposition having won all five games prior to the only rest day.
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