Letter from Chess Federation of Canada The Chess Federation of Canada protests in the strongest terms the abusive treatment of the Canadian player Anton Kovalyev at the 2017 World Cup at Tbilisi. The incident has been widely covered in the international press and does not need repetition here. The issue is not the dress code […]
Canadian Chess Federation demands apology from World Cup Organizers
Chess federation fuming over treatment of Canadian grandmaster at World Cup Sidhartha Banerjee, The Canadian Press Published Monday, September 11, 2017 1:05PM EDT MONTREAL — Canada’s chess federation says it has filed a formal complaint over the treatment of a Canadian grandmaster at a signature event just minutes before he was to play one of […]
World Cup Organizer GM Azmaiparashvili: “I am waiting for Mr. Kovalyov to also apologize…”
Official statement from World Cup Organizer GM Azmaiparashvili: From 2012, when I became the Deputy Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs of Georgia, till nowadays, I have brought around 20 million USD for chess: We have organized top events like Grand Prix, Women Grand Prix (twice), Women and Individual European championships, European Youth and World […]
More clarification from GM Anton Kovalyov about Tbilisi World Cup incident
Photo by Amruta Mokal / ChessBase India A few days ago, I published the official statement from GM Anton Kovalyov about the World Cup incident. You can read it below: Official statement from GM Anton Kovalyov about World Cup Incident GM Kovalyov has since elaborated more about the incident: A few clarifications, hopefully my last […]
Let’s be problem solvers and not problem makers!
Let’s be problem solvers and not problem makers! What took place at the Tbilisi World Cup between GMs Kovalyov and Azmaiparashvili was very very very unfortunate!!! Yes, players “should” dress better. You have no disagreement from me in general. However, the FIDE rules should be clearer. Even something as simple as which player has white […]
ACP Board Speaks Out About Tbilisi World Cup Scandal
SIGN PETITION HERE Russian | Spanish The ACP Board strongly condemns and protests the actions of Mr. Zurab Azmaiparashvili in his capacity as World Cup Organiser. Bullying and threatening the player taking part in your event is unacceptable, doing it right before the game is even a bigger sin. The dress-code policy in the tournament is vague, […]
Azmaiparashvili: ECU becomes independent, strong, leads fight against corruption
Q: Mr Azmaiparashvili, thank you for accepting the interview. In your report for the ECU General Assembly in Baku you state the improved financial state of the organization. Can you provide more details? A: The financial reports are published and it is not difficult for members to make their own conclusion. Presenting the financial results […]
ECU Chess Projects
ECU ready for common actions & projects with the European Union ECU President Zurab Azmaiparashvili and chess legend GM Judit Polgar visited Brussels on 2nd and 3rd June for important meetings with the European Commission (Education, Culture & Sports) and the European Parliament Committee on Culture and Education. ECU Deputy President Ion Dobronauteanu, ECU Treasurer […]
ECU election results
On 11th August, 2014 European Chess Union elections were held in Tromso, Norway. Here are the results: Elected Presidential ticket: Zurab Azmaiparashvili – President Ion-Serban Dobronauteanu – Deputy President Finnbjorn Vang – Vice President Theodoros Tsorbatzoglou – Secretary General Martin Huba – Treasurer In addition, the three additional Board members were elected: Adrian Mikhalchishin (SLO) […]
Congratulations from the President and Prime Minister
President and Prime Minister of Georgia congratulate Zurab AzmaiparashviliOn the occasion of winning the election for President of the European Chess Union, President of Georgia Mr. Giorgi Margvelashvili, and the Prime Minister of Georgia Mr. Irakli Gharibashvili congratulated Mr. Zurab Azmaiparashvili. Letters are presented on the ECU website Letter of Mr. Giorgi Margvelashvili, President of […]