Σκακιστικά νέα

The Italian Stock Exchange in collaboration with FIDE Skills Management Committee organizes the Trading Online Expo during the conference on Chess & Finance.

The meeting will take place on 23rd October from 9:45 at the Glass Cube, Palazzo Mezzanotte, in Milan, Italy.

In the early 90′s, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, some American investment banks began to recruit traders and analysts from Eastern Europe. A skill preferred to be chosen was the title of Master in competitive chess.

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 25 to 28 February 2016 in Podgorica, Montenegro, by the Montenegro Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE.

At the FIDE Congress in Abu Dhabi the FIDE Ethics Commission found that Garry Kasparov and Ignatius Leong were guilty for breaching par 2.1 of FIDE Code of Ethics.

From 7 to 11 October 2015 a FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was organized in Agadir, Morocco, by the Royal Morocco Chess Federation, in cooperation with the Arab Chess Federation and under auspices of FIDE.

The venue of the Seminar was the Anezi Tower Hotel in Agadir.

The lecturer was IA Mahdi Abdulrahim (UAE), Councilor of the FIDE Arbiters’ Commission and FIDE Lecturer and Assistant Lecturer was IA Akkour Abdelfattah (MAR).

The lectures were in Arabic language with translation in French.

Towards the end of each year the National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP) organises back to back International Open Championships and this year is no different.

A FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar is going to be organized from 30 October to 3 November 2015 in Dubai, UAE, by the UAE Chess Federation, in cooperation with the UAE Leaders Qualification Center and under the auspices of FIDE.

Yury Razuvaev memorial evening took place on October 17 in the Dvorkovich Chess Saloon during the seniors rapid chess event “Anniversaries-2015”. The guests honored memory of the famous grandmaster and coach.

The 4th Memorial Gonzalez was held place from October 10-18, 2015, in Madrid, Spain.

The World Chess Championship 2015 for the Disabled started with the Opening Ceremony in the Philarmonie Hall of the Windham Garden Dresden Hotel at 19:00 on 17th October 2015.

This year’s edition has gathered 67 participants from 14 federations. The competition will have two separate ratings. The primary one will be an individual competition as well as a team competition. The 2nd World Chess Championship for the Disabled is being organized by ZMDI Schachfestival Dresden e.V. who were also the organisers behind the tournaments 2011 and 2013.