The “ECU Back to Europe” campaign team, which is nominating Zurab Azmaiparashvilli for the post of ECU President, has issued a proposal for the ECU sponsorship and financing in the period 2014-2018. The proposal includes: – Sponsorship by the privately owned “JSC Bank of Georgia”– Cancellation of ECU President stipends and transfer of funds to […]
Interview with Zurab Azmaiparashvili
Interview with Zurab Azmaiparashvili After the conclusion of the FIDE Women Grand Prix in Lopota, Alina l’Ami interviewed Georgia’s Deputy Sports Minister, ECU presidential candidate, GM and a family man: Zurab Azmaiparashvili. Alina l’Ami: Now that the 5th stage of the FIDE Women Grand Prix 2013-2014 series came to an end, how would you asses […]
ECU Election: It’s official, Dainalov vs Azmaiparashvili!
Within the set deadline, the ECU office received two candidacies for the President with the members of the tickets, as well as seven individual candidacies for the Board members of the European Chess Union. The following nominations have been received: A) Ticket of Silvio Danailov:President Silvio Danailov, BulgariaDeputy President Joran Aulin-Jansson, NorwayVice President Horst Metzing, […]
Zurab Azmaiparashvili ticket for ECU Elections
“ECU Back to Europe” has announced the ticket for the upcoming ECU elections that will take place during the 41st Chess Olympiad in Tromso, Norway. Zurab Azmaiparashvili from Georgia is nominated for the post of ECU President. Ion Serban Dobronauteanu from Romania is candidate for ECU Deputy President. Finnbjørn Vang from Faroe Islands is candidate […]
European Chess Union: A Union Of The Many
“ECU Back to Europe” has announced the platform of Zurab Azmaiparashvili’s Campaign Team for the ECU elections 2014. In Tromsø the Azmaiparashvili Campaign will unveil the first ECU General Sponsorship contract for €400,000 over four years, with the goal of finding two more such sponsors in year two, more than doubling the ECU annual budget. […]
Zurab Azmaiparashvili about the Chess Olympiad bid
Q: Hello Zurab, thank you for accepting to answer a couple of questions for Chessdom. Your federation has made a rich bid for the Olympiad 2018 and the World Cup 2017. As I understand with your personal support the combined budget for the Olympiad and the World Cup has grown up to 20 million USD! […]
Georgia bids for the Chess Olympiad 2018 and World Cup 2017
The Georgian Chess Federation sent an official bid for the Chess Olympiad 2018 and the World Cup 2017 to FIDE today, with all the necessary guarantees. Thanks to the personal efforts of the Deputy Minister of Sports and candidate for the post of ECU President, GM Zurab Azmaiparashvili, more than 20 millions USD are allocated […]
The battle for ECU Presidential elections begins
During the 84th FIDE Congress in Tallinn, the the current President of FIDE Kirsan Ilymzhinov and the former World Champion Garry Kasparov announced their candidacy for the FIDE Presidential elections 2014. Just several months later the duos running for ECU Presidential elections, Danailov / Sakotic and Azmaiparashvili / Paulson, are clear and the battle is […]
Azmaiparashvili: ECU needs sponsorship and I am ready to find it
Chessdom: Mr. Azmaiparashvili, you are here as head of the Appeals Committee in European Club Cup and you’ve been following the tournament so far. How do you see the battles on the chessboard and overall organization of the event? Zurab Azmaiparashvili: Well, this is interesting for me. First of all, I will start with the […]
Former FIDE VP appointed to high position
GM Zurab Azmaiparashvili Deputy Minister of Sports and Youth of Georgia Dear Zurab Alekseevich! On behalf of the World Chess Federation (FIDE) and me personally I hereby extend our congratulations on the occasion of your appointment to the position of Deputy Minister of Sports and Youth of Georgia! I am confident that in this position […]