To FIDE President H.E Kirsan IlyumzhinovTo FIDE Presidential BoardTo WCO CommissionTo All National Federations Madrid, June 6th 2012 Open letter regarding 40th Chess Olympiad in Istanbul Turkey Big Disappointment in Istanbul? For the past few days I have received e-mails and phone calls from various members of the chess family, most of them being Presidents […]
CAS/TAS decides in favor of ECU, the Turkish Chess Federation to appeal
CAS/TAS decides in favor of ECU, the Turkish Chess Federation to appeal CAS/TAS has a decision on the TCS vs ECU court case. The battle started back in October, when the Turkish Chess Federation has started legal procedures against ECU in the CAS (Court of Arbitration for Sport). The main reason is mishandling of 2013 […]
Women’s World Team Championship
The US is the only team not to participate in this year’s Women’s World Team Championship due to financial issue, as clearly stated in the email from Mr. Bill Hall to the organizer. Last minute negotiation for free rooms fell through. https://chessdailynews.com/more-of-the-uscf-womens-world-team-championship-saga/ Women’s World Team Chess Championship The Women World Team Championship will take place […]
The US refuses to send women’s team to World Team Championship
The US Team Will not Play in Mardin The US Chess Federation made a final decision of not sending a team to the Women’s World Team Chess Championship which will take place in Mardin, Turkey and informed organisers about that by the following letter: Mr. Ali Nihat Yazici, Members of the Organizing Committee, and interested […]
Interview with Ali Nihat Yazici (part 3)
Ali Nihat Yazici, FIDE Vice President and Turkish Chess Federation President, gave a lengthy interview during theEuropean Team Chess Championships. This is part 3 of the interview, you can review part 1 and part 2 below. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Statement from FIDE Vice President
Thursday, 10 November 2011 08:45 FIDE & CIS are happy to cooperate with anyone for the good of chess Dear Friends I heard that Mr Herman Hamers, President of Zone 1.1, sent an email to all federations in the zone, in which he mentions that during the FIDE Congress in Krakow, when I spoke there, […]
Interview with Ali Nihat Yazici
Ali Nihat Yazici, FIDE Vice President and Turkish Chess Federation President, gave a lengthy interview during the European Team Chess Championships. First part bellow. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Open Letter by Turkish Chess Federation President
Open Letter by Turkish Chess Federation President Due to the very intensive political environment during the European Chess Union, ECU, General Assembly in Khanty-Mansiysk in 2010, members of the general assembly had decided that it was better to postpone the decision regarding the organization of the events to a new extraordinary assembly. This new Extraordinary […]
Factual response from Turkish Chess Federation
Dear Friends, No doubt you remember the open letter published by several of the players who participated in the Women’s World Championship organised in Antakya, December 2010. We did not comment on it until now. We have been waiting for FIDE’s response – the comment of the FIDE Presidential Board last week. First of all, […]