Call for Bids: Reopening Bidding procedure for FIDE World Youth U16 Chess Olympiad 2021
FIDE did not receive any bids till the second bidding deadline for FIDE World Youth U16 Chess Olympiad 2021. Due to the decision of FIDE Executive Board, FIDE Events Commission has re-opened the bidding procedure FIDE World Youth U16 Chess Olympiad 2021 with the bidding deadline 20th March 2020. · A bid for any FIDE Competitions onwards shall include the name of a FIDE licensed International Organizer. · All bids should be submitted by the due date in a sealed envelope or scanned documents to the FIDE Secretariat postal address: Avenue de Rhodanie 54, 1007 Lausanne, Switzerland, Tel: + (41) 21 6010039, email office@fide.com by 20th March 2020, 16:00 local time. · Each bid should be accompanied with a bid fee. · Bid Fees are not refundable. Bid fees should be paid the latest 27th March 2020 to the FIDE bank account (free of charges) or to be enclosed in the bid envelope. · All bidders must fill in the bid form and the new bid form annex. · Prices of hotels, details about the accommodation and tournament hall must be written in the bid. · FIDE EVE will make first bid inspections and send its report together with a bid evaluation form. There will be a second inspection of the awarded organisation two to four months prior to the event. FB accommodation in a Single room and local transfer costs of the inspections must be paid by organizers. · FIDE Officials – Appeals Committee, Chief Arbiter, Deputy Arbiter(s) – will be decided and appointed by FIDE following the proposal of organizers. The bid form and new added annex can be downloaded here. Download BID FORM Download BID FORM ANNEX
Introducting Candidates: Ian Nepomniachtchi
Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia)Born July 14, 1990 (29 years old)Rating 2774Qualified for the FIDE Candidates Tournament through the FIDE Grand Prix. It will be his debut in a Candidates Tournament. Ian was born and spent his childhood in Bryansk, a city located 379 km southwest of Moscow. Nepomniachtchi picked up the game of chess at the age of four and three years later enjoyed good results and early success. In the years that followed, Ian won Russian, European and World Junior championships in different age groups. Nepomniachtchi made his first steps in chess under the guidance of a local coach, Valentin Evdokimenko, who later entrusted his pupil to Valery Zilberstein. Later a well-known Russian coach and GM Sergei Janovsky took Nepomniachtchi under his wing and became not just his mentor but also an older friend. Another respected Russian chess coach, Sergei Shipov, who trained Ian for several years, also contributed a lot in Nepomniachtchi’s evolvement into a real professional. For the last several years, Nepomniachtchi has been working with a renowned theorist, GM Vladimir Potkin. After his graduation from the Russian State Social University, the GM settled in Moscow. The year 2010 became a real breakthrough in Ian’s chess career – Nepomniachtchi did well in all the events he took part, having won the European Individual Championship (three years later he tied for first place in the same tournament) and the super-final of the Russian Championship and scored big in team competitions. Ian’s impressive chess resume includes medals from the World Rapid and Blitz Championships, victories in the prestigious Aeroflot Open (2015), the Hainan Danzhou (2016), the Tal Memorial (2016) and the Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting (2018). On many occasions, Nepomniachtichi was the leading scorer when playing for team Russia at the Olympiads, European and World Championships. For quite a long time Ian has been the most difficult opponent for Magnus Carlsen, whom he first met over the board at the European Junior Chess Championship U-12 back in 2002. Nepomniachtchi is a big fan of various sports including cyber-sport (he was one of the best in Dota2, playing under the alias FrostNova) and trivia and quiz games (Ian plays for a Moscow team “Crazy rook”). In 2019, Nepomniachtchi, a permanent resident at the top-10, fulfilled his long-cherished dream and finally qualified for the Candidates Tournament through the Grand Prix FIDE. After winning two legs in Moscow & Jerusalem, Ian got a chance to contest for the right to challenge Magnus Carlsen. Short – Nepomniachtchi (Capablanca Memorial, 2010) 23… Re8 24. Qa1 Ne3 25. Rg1 Nxg2! 26. Rgxg2 Rxa2!! 27. Rxa2 Qxa2! 28. Bf1 Bxg2+ 0-1
WSTCC 2020: Favorites make a prompt start
For the first time ever Olympik and Olympik Tristar hotels belong to chess. The participants of the World Senior Team Chess Championship (WSTCC 2020) sat down to the chessboards in two spacious halls with first-class facilities. The teams in the 50+ category play under the luxurious chandeliers that enhance the festive atmosphere of the tournament. After finishing their games, the participants can analyze their encounters in the adjacent areas, watch other ongoing games online on a screen, plan trips or sit in the hotel café. 65+ category In the first round only 4 teams confirmed the status of favorites, whitewashing their opponents 4:0. Russia, Israel, Germany 2 and Germany 3 did not allow their opponents even a half-point. In two cases their victims were the Czech teams Tanvald and Praha S-70. The match between the Czech Republic 3 and the Czech Republic 1 was won by IM Ivan Hausner and GM Jiří Lechtýnský. Players of the Czech Republic 2 – Coriolus CZ team managed to draw all their games, but since they had only three players the final score is 2,5:1,5 in favor of the Swedish team. Two other Czech teams started the tournament with a draw, Polabiny Pardubice did not succumb to the selection of England 1 and Wallachia Seniors to a Danish team Norresundby. Remaining Czech teams lost their matches, worth mentioning that WFM Eva Možná, playing for the Czech Republic Women team, scored half a point on the first board. In the second round, the Czech Republic 1 will play on the eighth table against the German team Die Franken, Polabiny Pardubice on the thirteenth table with Scotland. The Czech Republic 2 – Coriolus CZ team encounters Golden Oldies from Norway and the Czech Republic 3 plays with Finland. The Czech Republic Women team will compete with the Austrian team Steiermark. 50+ category Also in this category, the vast majority of seeded teams swept their opponents aside. On the first table, the United States did not give a chance to the Welsh, on the second table the German team Lasker Schachstiftung GK allowed only one draw to England Women. The Czech Republic 1, however, did not give up to England 2 even a half-point. Both German women teams had too heavy rivals in the first round, Yamal and England 1. Slovakia also won over Vysočina team with a clean score. The second team of the Czech Republic (2) defeated German Alb-Schwarzwald safely 0.5:3.5 and the same score and result was achieved by the Czech women team against the German Kaltenkirchen. Officilal site: http://www.wstcc2020.net/ Text: Venuše Souralová Photo: Vladimír Jágr