CEZ Chess Trophy 2011Anand’s simul, match Navara-Movsesian, lectures, exhibitions and moreChessdom report CEZ Chess Trophy 2011 was held from 12th to 19th June in Prague and featured a number of attractive events. The main guest of the festival was the World Champion Viswanathan Anand, who played a simul (Anand scored 25:1, he lost against Petr […]
Kasparov scored 26-0
The simultan was very well organised by CVWarehouse (http://www.cvwarehouse.com/), a new company founded by Miss Inge Gerdens and specialised in recruitment online. This event marked a new recuitment platform on http://www.cvwarehouse.com/. Inge Geerdens (female entrepreneur of the year 2005 by the Flemish Government), cvwarehouse said: “With today’s events, we are celebrating another succesful year and […]
Interview with Bessel Kok
Picture and article posted by http://www.chessbase.com/ Chess soon to be a million dollar business? Interview with Dutch businessman Bessel Kok Will chess soon become a millions dollar business like boxing or soccer? Dutch media tycoon Bessel Kok, 65, is chairman of the Amsterdam based company “Global Chess BV”. The aim of this enterprise, which reportedly […]
Global Chess BV
From Peter DoggersEditor-in-chiefChessVibes Yesterday a contract was signed between the Max Euwe Center and Global Chess BV, the new company what will be responsible for many FIDE tournaments and matches as well as the marketing of the game of chess in general. It means that Global Chess BV will have their head office in the […]
New Direction for FIDE?
As I reported earlier about Global Chess BV, FIDE just posted the official press release. There’s no mention of any website. Once again, here is the press release: FIDE and Global Chess Press Release The FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov and Mr Bessel Kok have met in Dresden to announce formally the commencement of operations of […]
Global Chess – The new FIDE era
Global Chess Press Release Monday, April 2nd, 2007 The Hon. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov and Mr. Bessel Kok have met in Dresden to announce formally the commencement of operations of Global Chess BV. The main office will be in Amsterdam where negotiation son space in the Max Euwe Centrum are in a final stage. A branch office […]
Judit and the President
Here is Judit and former Czech President Václav Havel. This was taken by her husband Guszti at Bessel Kok’s birthday / wedding party. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar