Archive for March, 2008
Historical Elo tables 1971-2000
OlimpBase compiled a complete Elo rating list 1971-2000, based on official registered data.
Did Leonardo da Vinci illustrate Chess Treatise?
The Coronini Cronberg Foundation recently showed drawings of chess problems which may have been made by Leonardo da Vinci.
The Associated Press
Meeting in Brdo
On 17 March 2008 in Brdo, Slovenia, the Sports Ministers and Presidents of the National Olympic Committees of the EU Member States adopted a Joint Declaration on “Social Significance and Dialogue in Sport”. On the occasion of the Slovenian EU Presidency Dr Milan Zver, the Slovenian Minister for Sport and Education had invited to this [...]
ECU meets EU
During the EU conference of the sport ministers and presidents of the National Olympic Committees in Brdo (Slovenia) ECU President Boris Kutin and ECU Secretary General Horst Metzing will meet EU Commissioner J?n Figel on 17 March 2008.
Stamp for Chess Olympiad 2008
On Thursday, 13 March 2008, a special stamp was issued in Dresden (Germany). The promotion day was organized by the company Deutsche Post AG, the Association of Saxon Philatelists and the Association for Saxon Postal History and Philatelie in cooperation with the City of Dresden.
Report: dresden2008.de
Stamps in former chess olympiads: www.chessbase.de
Deutsche Post
Chess Tournament for Diplomats
ECU sponsored a chess tournament for diplomats which was organized in the German embassy in Yerevan/Armenia and which was supported by the Chess Federation of Armenia. This idea was gratefully accepted by the diplomats and should be continued once a year.
24 players from 10 diplomatic missions, accredited in Yerevan, took part: United Kingdom, France, USA, [...]
Registration for European Individual Championship
The deadline of registration for the European Individual Championships 2008 in Plovdiv/Bulgaria is 15 March. Late applications will be charged with an extra fee.
Award for Scientific Work on Ches
The Karpov Chess Academy Rhein-Neckar for the second time has offered an award (1.000 EUR) for the best academic work (such as a thesis, dissertation or scientific paper) concerning with chess: www.schachakademie-hockenheim.de
In 2007, thirteen works in such sciences as history, media sciences, computer sciences, psychology and others have been reviewed by Dr Helmut Pfleger and [...]
Czech team wins Senior Team CC
A Czech Team (GM Vlastimil Jansa, GM Jiri Lechtynsky, IM Josef Pribyl, IM Jindrich Trapl, IM Jan Sikora-Lerch) has won the 10th European Senior Team Championship in Dresden (Germany).
Official site: www.schachfestival.de
Lists: chess-results.com