GARY KASPAROV AND HIS FAMILY COMING TO PALAU IN DEC. 2014
Former World Chess Champion
Gary Kasparov was invited by Palau President Tommy Remengesau, Jr. to visit
Palau in Dec. 2014 during the FIDE Presidential Election held in Tromso,
Norway. Kasparov will come with his family. His daughter is shown in this photo
during the 2014 World Chess Olympiad. WELCOME TO PRISTINE PARADISE, PALAU MR. KASPAROV
AND FAMILY!!!
(Photo by Eric Ksau Surangel Whipps)
After 3 months of preparation, the 2014 Palau National
Chess Championship will formally opens on Sunday, Nov. 16 at Bethlehem Park. It
will be divided into 4 divisions --Top 10, Women, Junior and Open with the time
control of 75 minutes + 30 seconds increment to all but the junior division
which will have a shorter 40 minutes + 30 seconds increment to finish the game.
With
the withdrawal of Top 10 division’s 7th seed Eugenio Pastrana, the
next in line (Gonzalo Escapatoria) was invited by Roberto Hernandez to fill in
the vacated slot and he agreed. If he is not available, the next two (Nilo de
Jesus and Rafael Paloma) are next in line.
Nov.
9, Sunday, will be the last day of registration. The players who have paid
their registration fee of $10.00 will be paired for the opening round and the
names will be drawn to set the color of pieces that each player will handle.
NO PAY NO PLAY POLICY WILL BE
IMPLEMENTED. There will also be 30-minute defaulting time.
ANAND WILL PLAY THE WHITE PIECES IN THE 1ST GAME OF WORLD
CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP
November 7, 2014 - The official opening ceremony of the World Chess
Championship match between the reigning champion Magnus Carlsen (Norway)
and the challenger and former World Champion Vishwanathan Anand (India)
took place at the Congress Hall of the Radisson Blu hotel in Sochi, Russia
on November 7th, 2014
The ceremony was
attended by the World Chess Federation (FIDE) President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov,
the Russian Chess Federation President Andrey Filatov, the adviser of the
Russian President Igor Levitin, former World Champions Boris Spassky, Nona
Gaprindashvili, Anatoly Karpov, Alexander Khalifman, Zhu Chen, Antoaneta
Stefanova, Alexandra Kosteniuk, Russian deputy minister of sports Pavel
Kolobkov, and other officials and famous chess players. Russian People's
Artist Sergey Makovetsky and Alexandra Kosteniuk were hosts of the
ceremony.
Igor Levitin read out the welcome
address of the Russian President Vladimir Putin:
“Russia deserves the
honor of holding this important and prestigious event. Our country has won
wide recognition for its chess school and has extensive experience at
holding events of this level, all the more so as this championship match is
taking place in Sochi, which hosted the Winter Olympics earlier this year.
I am confident that
Sochi’s developed sports, transport and tourism infrastructure and the
traditional hospitality of its residents will ensure that this event takes
place at the highest standard and will enable the competitors – Magnus
Carlsen and Viswanathan Anand – to demonstrate the full measure of their
skill and ability to find original solutions to the most complex tasks and
show that they are worthy rivals in this battle for the chess world’s
crown.”
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov
on behalf of the FIDE Presidential Board (the World Chess Federation unites
181 countries) sent greetings to the guests of the championship. He
revealed a rich competitive and cultural agenda during the championship –
the Tal Memorial Grandmaster blitz tournament, Junior Tournament of
champions, master-classes, simultaneous displays, etc. In the end Mr.
Ilyumzhinov wished good luck to the match participants and expressed hope
for brilliant and exciting games.
Igor Levitin
awarded the Russian players with state decorations. The order “For Merit to
the Fatherland” of the 1st class was given to Alexandra Kosteniuk. Natalia
Pogonina received this order of the 2nd class. Olga Girya and Sergey
Rublevsky received Honorary Mentions of the Russian President. These
players and the Russian women's team coach got their awards for winning the
2014 Chess Olympiad in Tromso, Norway as well as for their contribution to
chess development in our country.
After the mime show
“Dance of chess queens” the Chief Arbiter of the match Andrzej Filipowicz
(Poland) called for the drawing of lots. Anand will have the white pieces
in the first game. The first move of the World Chess Championship match
will be played on November 8th, at 3 pm local time.
The Grandmasters
will play 12 games with classical time control: 120 minutes for 40 moves,
then 60 minutes for 20 moves, and then 15 minutes plus 30 seconds per move
for the rest of the game. If the match is tied, the tie-break with quick
time controls will take place on November 27th.
The ceremony was
concluded with the concert of a singer Tina Kuznetsova and the Jazz Quartet
of People's Artist of Russia Igor Butman.
The 2014 Chess
Championship match between incumbent champion Magnus Carlsen and challenger
Vishy Anand will take place between November 7 and 28 in Sochi, Russia. The
World Chess Championship is the most followed event in the world of chess.
There are about 600 million chess players all over the world, with such
well-known enthusiasts as Sergey Brin, George Soros, Bill Gates and Mikhail
Gorbachev. Tickets for the match can be booked at sochi2014.fide.com.
Solution to last week’s puzzle no. 4446: 1. …
Qxe1+ 2. Kxe1 Bf2+ 3. Kf1 Rd1 mate.
This week’s puzzle: White to move and mates in 3
(Solution next issue)
Source: Chessmate by Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
Page 10
Volume 23
Issue 90
November 10, 2014
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