Titles approved by 2020 Executive Board in Abu Dhabi, UAE
FIDE publishes the list of titles approved by 2020 Executive Board in Abu Dhabi, UAE. GRANDMASTER GM 113816 Tristan, Leonardo ARG GM 13400312 Iskandarov, Mistratdin AZE GM 3507815 Obregon Rivero, Juan Carlos CUB GM 1444948 Bjerre, Jonas Buhl DEN GM 1438832 Thybo, Jesper Sondergaard DEN GM 621650 Flom, Gabriel FRA GM 12961523 Engel, Luis GER GM 12940690 Keymer, Vincent GER GM 753246 Kozak, Adam HUN GM 35093487 Sadhwani, Raunak IND GM 12513342 Gholami, Aryan IRI GM 24101940 Zanan, Evgeny ISR GM 12804444 Stremavicius, Titas LTU GM 5105048 Ibarra Chami, Luis Fernando MEX GM 4901541 Bilguun, Sumiya MGL GM 1026356 ten Hartog, Hugo NED GM 3804623 Vera Siguenas, Delvy PER GM 1132717 Klekowski, Maciej POL GM 1132199 Krzyzanowski, Marcin POL GM 4180887 Bocharov, Ivan RUS GM 4197143 Demidov, Mikhail RUS GM 24153729 Khegay, Dmitriy RUS GM 24114928 Tilicheev, Viacheslav RUS GM 950122 Ivic, Velimir SRB GM 14114224 Golubka, Petro UKR GM 14119846 Omelja, Artem UKR GM 14204223 Vokhidov, Shamsiddin UZB GM 12401064 Nguyen, Van Huy VIE INTERNATIONAL MASTER IM 4700066 Ashiku, Franc ALB IM 13308300 Gharibyan, Mamikon ARM IM 223654 Verstraeten, Rein BEL IM 2614782 Chiku-Ratte, Olivier-Kenta CAN IM 1440640 Olsen, Filip Boe DEN IM 32067607 Ayats Liobera, Gerard ESP IM 600261 Lamard, Guillaume FRA IM 36048763 Philippe, Guillaume FRA IM 13604058 Lortkipanidze, Nodar GEO IM 13608207 Oboladze, Luka GEO IM 1270337 Gschnitzer, Adrian GER IM 4615646 Kersten, Uwe GER IM 4208935 Goumas, Georgios GRE IM 26093189 Vlachos, Anatole GRE IM 760056 Krstulovic, Alex HUN IM 7101570 Aulia, Medina Warda INA IM 25009141 Anand, Nadar IND IM 35070924 Anuj, Shrivatri IND IM 25072846 Aronyak, Ghosh IND IM 25059009 Harshavardhan, G B IND IM 25041142 Krishnater, Kushager IND IM 25064967 Moksh, Amit Doshi IND IM 35080350 Mullick, Raahil IND IM 25002112 Rathanvel, V S IND IM 5073421 Sammed Jaykumar, Shete IND IM 5016193 Soumya, Swaminathan IND IM 2813408 Parkhov, Yair ISR IM 872555 Barp, Alberto ITA IM 13703404 Igambergenov, Alibek KAZ IM 4901592 Baterdene, Tsogbayar MGL IM 15000770 Lazov, Toni MKD IM 1021133 Haast, Mark NED IM 1520857 Vestby-Ellingsen, Mads NOR IM 1141724 Lewtak, Damian POL IM 1211854 Dobre, Claudiu-Cristian ROU IM 4165314 Bryakin, Mikhail RUS IM 24108138 Kardashevskiy, Evgeny RUS IM 4169123 Khlebovich, Alexander RUS IM 24199443 Ofitserian, Boris RUS IM 34134015 Remizov, Yaroslav RUS IM 4112253 Samusenko, Maksim RUS IM 14607913 Janzelj, Tim SLO IM 14606518 Spalir, Jernej SLO IM 903809 Djokic, Nenad SRB IM 914517 Ratkovic, Miloje SRB IM 14907534 Jurcik, Martin SVK IM 6357415 Ozenir, Ekin Baris TUR IM 34543279 Tanriverdi, Enes TUR IM 14152894 Larkin, Vladyslav UKR IM 14133040 Rytenko, Vsevolod UKR IM 14112256 Vypkhaniuk, Ihor UKR IM 2084058 Bick, Gabriel James USA IM 2075512 Ludwig, John USA IM 30920019 Mishra, Abhimanyu USA IM 2090732 Yip, Carissa USA IM 3501604 Ravelo Gil, Eddy VEN IM 3902498 Romero Barreto, Jaime Jose VEN WOMAN GRANDMASTER WGM 13308130 Sargsyan, Anna M ARM WGM 8606161 Xiao, Yiyi CHN WGM 8608059 Zhu, Jiner CHN WGM 5050847 Nandhidhaa, P V IND WGM 5091241 Varshini, V IND WGM 24633569 Osmanodja, Filiz GER WGM 24165956 Chernyak, Viktoria RUS WGM 34127035 Garifullina, Leya RUS WOMAN INTERNATIONAL MASTER WIM 2916711 Peycheva, Gergana BUL WIM 2915405 Radeva, Viktoria BUL WIM 8607664 Li, Yunshan CHN WIM 14534215 Cvitan, Ena CRO WIM 5045118 Cholleti, Sahajasri IND WIM 35006665 Isha, Sharma IND WIM 25011944 Makhija, Aashna IND WIM 5082986 Priyanka, K IND WIM 45004722 Kanyamarala, Trisha IRL WIM 13711261 Nurgali, Nazerke KAZ WIM 3819400 Hilario, Aleyla PER WIM 24173606 Afonasieva, Anna RUS WIM 14126869 Potapova, Margarita RUS WIM 24173770 Goltseva, Ekaterina RUS WIM 14611481 Urh, Zala SLO WIM 14605511 Vidic, Teja SLO WIM 1305620 De Serouz, Camille SUI WIM 1331973 Georgescu, Lena SUI WIM 6364063 Caglar, Sila TUR WIM 14132400 Shpanko, Nadiia UKR WIM 14204487 Yakubbaeva, Nilufar UZB WIM 12408956 Bach, Ngoc Thuy Dong VIE INTERNATIONAL ARBITER IA 145572 Vilte, Hector Eduardo ARG IA 3220257 Zuccala, Christopher AUS IA 13403087 Abdullayev, Elshad AZE IA 1928090 Carapinha, Francisco Manuel CPV IA 6501435 Angulo Cubero, Oscar CRC IA 14527677 Birk, Bojan CRO IA 14511436 Stankovic, Sasa CRO IA 3516490 Garcia Beltran, Ibrahin CUB IA 305235 Buchnicek, Petr CZE IA 330701 Kudla, Richard CZE IA 305405 Sikora, Jan CZE IA 2289180 Gonzalez Gandara, David ESP IA 2224690 Pareja Lopez, Francisco Jesus ESP IA 675270 Regaud, Denis FRA IA 13617273 Beria, Giorgi GEO IA 12949639 Haase, Carsten GER IA 12961914 Weber, Michael GER IA 16209060 Winker, Fabian GER IA 25042050 Beig, Saleem IND IA 5068746 Bhaskar, V. IND IA 25075551 Bhatt, Swati IND IA 5065062 Chitaranjan, Taorem IND IA 35016350 Chockalingam, Balaji Ulaganathan IND IA 5045541 Kavlekar, Sanjay R. IND IA 25061550 Mrityunjay, Singh IND IA 25042408 Naveen, Kumar T IND IA 35004220 Rupesh, Kumar IND IA 25024590 Saini, Rashmi IND IA 25027042 Selva, Manikandan S IND IA 45022062 Shivakant, Mishra IND IA 25088327 Stella, Sharmila P IND IA 12501506 Mirzapour, Hanieh IRI IA 12598771 Mishani, Shideh IRI IA 12500666 Paridar, Shadi IRI IA 13707019 Bauyrzhan, Kausar KAZ IA 13700570 Kim, Sergey KAZ IA 5707579 Muniyan, Genkeswaran MAS IA 5727588 Thiagarajoo, Kumaressan MAS IA 1523988 Gressli, Kristoffer NOR IA 1514237 Lovaas, Roger NOR IA 5228506 Cruz, Reden PHI IA 4153723 Gluhov, Viktor RUS IA 24182370 Shelokov, Valery RUS IA 9907513 Anuradha, Sanjeewa SRI IA 6330320 Saglam, Emrah Sitki TUR IA 14106469 Bodnar, Nikolay UKR IA 14136660 Kovalenko, Maxim UKR IA 14175630 Larkin, Sergii UKR IA 14136422 Pepa, Yurij UKR IA 3900371 Gonzalez, Jose Luis VEN FIDE ARBITER FA 7903014 Bir, Boubekar ALG FA 7922574 Brahim, Billel ALG FA 7907176 Ghafoul, Omar ALG FA 7909551 Larabi, Abdelkader ALG FA 7907869 Mousli, Abdelkarim ALG FA 134775 Kiszkiewicz, Ivan ARG FA 13300610 Movsisyan, Naira ARM FA 3228460 Harmon, Martin AUS FA 3203689 Stojic, Dusan AUS FA 1627090 Zozin, Walter AUT FA 13400860 Budagova, Lala AZE FA 13424912 Guliyeva, Laman AZE FA 13437488 Gurbanova, Irana AZE FA 10204695 Anisuzzaman, Jewel BAN FA 1203095 Chowdhury, Mahmuda Hoque BAN FA 10200592 Hossain, Showkat Pollab BAN FA 10201653 Kabir, Shajahan BAN FA 10235000 Md., Mazedul Hoque Chowdhury BAN FA 10200533 Parveen, Tanima BAN FA 10208658 S. M., Tareq BAN FA 2603136
FIDE approves media accreditation policy
The International Chess Federation has approved the following media accreditation policy, to be applied in our top official events – starting with the Candidates Tournament. This policy was developed following the model of other sports associations. In particular, in the making of this document the following policies were taken as a reference: – Media accreditation process for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019. – Accreditation procedure for the United Nations conferences and events. – Accreditation process for the 2nd European Games in Minsk 2019. – Media accreditation for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. – IOC Social and Digital Media Guidelines for the Winter Games, Pyeong Chang 2018. – Accreditation for the Olympic Games in Tokyo 2020. – Accreditation Process for the Davis Cup by Rakuten Finals. – Media accreditation for the Wimbledon tennis championship. DOWNLOAD: FIDE media accreditation policy (pdf)
Joint statement by FIDE and the ECU
As you know, three major events are planned for April 2020 in Crete, Greece. 1. World Cadet & Youth Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships 20202. World Amateur Chess Championship 20203. European School Championships 2020. These events involve the travel and presence of hundreds of players and others at the venue. Given the current health situation in Europe and worldwide with the outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19), recommendations and instructions of WHO, sports and national authorities, as also concerns expressed by many participants and national federations, both organizations believe that priority is the protection of the public health. In view of the above, and after consultation with the organizers, FIDE and ECU have decided that all three events listed above will be postponed. The events are rescheduled for after the 15th of June 2020 and the new dates and venue in Greece will be announced the next days. Bookings have been already made and deposits will be transferred to the new dates and in case that participants will not be able to attend will be fully refunded for their hotel bookings and registration fees. We would like to note that since that the reason for the postponement is force majeure and a recognized worldwide big threat for public health, neither FIDE, nor EСU, nor the organizers can be responsible for other expenses incurred by participants, including travel expenses and air tickets. Many companies decided to redirect to new dates/destinations or refund tickets that canceled due to the global threat of (COVID-19).
WGP Round 5: Dzagnidze wins; Goryachkina and Dronavalli still lead
The fifth round of the Women’s FIDE Grand Prix in Lausanne features just one decisive game. World Champion Ju Wenjun escapes after more than 5 hours. The battle of the two leaders Harika Dronavalli and Aleksandra Goryachkina unfolded quietly, as the balance never significantly tilted for either side. Both remain in the lead, as none of their pursuers managed to win. In fact, as many as five games were tied on this fifth day. The only winner of the day was Nana Dzagnidze, who overcame Anna Muzychuk with Black. The Georgian confessed afterward that she misplayed the opening and ended up in a difficult position. She decided to sacrifice an exchange with 21…Be6 and could not understand why her opponent refused to take it. To be fair, White only erred later and collapsed in the complications. Mariya Muzychuk could have restored the balance in the family score by beating Ju Wenjun, but she failed to convert a decisive advantage in the endgame. The World Champion is visibly struggling to find her shape in Lausanne, but there is still a whole second tournament half to recover. The encounter between Zhansaya Abdumalik and Alina Kshalinskaya saw the advantage change hands. The Russian clearly got an upper hand around move 20 but slipped with 27…Rxe5, instead of 27…fxe5. The endgame seemed balanced afterward, but Black allowed the exchange of rooks, which could have cost her dearly. Zhansaya probably missed 43…b4 later on, which allowed Alina to escape. Alexandra Kosteniuk made a draw with Black against Antoaneta Stefanova and finally recovered from three defeats in a row. Pia Cramling and Marie Sebag played a balanced game and eventually reached a draw. Results of Round 5: Zhansaya Abdumalik (KAZ) – Alina Kashlinskaya (RUS) ½-½Antoaneta Stefanova (BLG) – Alexandra Kosteniuk (RUS) ½-½Harika Dronavalli (IND) – Aleksandra Goryachkina (RUS) ½-½ Anna Muzychuk (UKR) – Nana Dzagnidze (GEO) 0-1Mariya Muzychuk (UKR) – Ju Wenjun (CHN) ½-½Pia Cramling (SWE) – Marie Sebag (FRA) ½-½ Standings after Round 5: 1-2. Harika Dronavalli (IND) and Aleksandra Goryachkina (RUS) – 3½ 3.-4. Nana Dzagnidze (GEO) and Alina Kashlinskaya (RUS) – 35.-8. Anna Muzychuk (UKR), Pia Cramling (SWE), Mariya Muzychuk (UKR) and Zhansaya Abdumalik (KAZ) – 2½ 9.-11. Ju Wenjun (CHN), Antoaneta Stefanova (BUL) and Marie Sebag (FRA) – 2 12. Alexandra Kosteniuk (RUS) – 1 Program of round 6, 7 March at 3 pm: Alina Kashlinskaya (RUS) – Marie Sebag (FRA)Ju Wenjun (CHN) – Pia Cramling (SWE)Nana Dzagnidze (GEO) – Mariya Muzychuk (UKR)Aleksandra Goryachkina (RUS) – Anna Muzychuk (UKR)Alexandra Kosteniuk (RUS) – Harika Dronavalli (IND)Zhansaya Abdumalik (KAZ) – Antoaneta Stefanova (BLG) Follow all the action live with commentary by grandmasters Mikhail Gurevich and Keti Tsatsalashvili on the tournament website http://wgp2019.fide.com. Pictures in high resolution are available for the press at our official Flickr account. Text: Yannick PelletierPhotos: David LladaContact: press@fide.com