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Year
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Event
( 2000 to 2002 )
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2000
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01/25
The Regulations of the 4th world
Universities Chess Ch. to be held
in Varna, Bulgaria from 1 to 11
September 2000.
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2000
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01/27 Regulations approved and used for
the 1999 World Championship
will be used for the cycle 2000.
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2000
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02/22 Memorandum on
the Commercialisation of FIDE.
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2000
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02/22 The FIDE President is presenting
this Memorandum on the
Commercialisation of FIDE.
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2000
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03/02
The Communique of the meeting of the first
quarter FIDE
Presidential Board in Marrakech.
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2000
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03/15 Details
of the recommendations of the
Presidential Board on
emorandum on Commercialisation of
FIDE.
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2000
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03/16
Introduction to The 2000 FIDE
Handbook; Circular letter on the
FIDE Handbook 2000.
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2000
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03/26 Message
of the FIDE President H.E. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov to the
participants of the Children's
Chess Olympiad held in Artek, Int'l
Children Centre at the Crimea,
Ukraine.
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2000
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04/25
Oleg Raikis, Russian sculptor made a
new chess set design,
devoting it to the World Champion
Xie Jun, representative of China.
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2000
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05/02 Letter of Mr. Iclicki in respect
of the publication of the FIDE rapid
rating list.
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2000
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05/17
Summary of decisions of FIDE Presidential Board at its
meeting at
Simpson's-in-the-Strand, London,
13-14 May 2000.
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2000
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05/31 IOC President received the
youngest WGM A.
Kosteniuk.
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2000
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06/26 publishing the proposed amendments to the Laws of
Chess as
submitted by the Rules Committee
Chairman Geurt Gijssen.
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2000
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06/28 Circular letter in respect of the inaugural 2000 World Chess
Cup
and Women's World Chess Cup.
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2000
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06/29
Regulations for the World Chess Cup.
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2000
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06/29 Circular Letter
on the information of the new
FIDE bank accounts.
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2000
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06/30
Letter to the qualifiers of the 2000
Women's World Chess Cup.
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2000
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06/30 Player's undertaking for
participation in the 2000 Shenyang World
Chess Cup.
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2000
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06/30
Istanbul has been chosen by FIDE as the Host City for the 34th
Chess Olympiad and 71st FIDE
Congress in the year of 2000.
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2000
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07/18 Deadline to register for the 34th Chess Olympiad.
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2000
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07/21 Reply
of the FIDE Executive Director Emmanuel Omuku to the
open letter of GM Yasser Seirawan
dated 12 June 2000.
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2000
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07/30 Deadline for the Intermediate Rating List.
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2000
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08/07 2000
World Chess Cup.
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2000
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08/07 Final list of the participants for the 2000 World Chess Cup.
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2000
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08/16
Rehabilitation of the grave of World Champion Alexander
Alekhine.
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2000
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09/06 2000 World Chess Championship.
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2000
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09/06
Women's World Chess Championship 2000.
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2000
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09/15 The proposed amendments to the Laws of Chess as submitted by
the Rules Committee Chairman
Geurt Gijssen.
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2000
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09/16 The
dates for the 2000 World Chess Championships were officially
confirmed today.
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2000
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09/18 Accomodation and venue for the World Chess Championships
2000.
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2000
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09/28 On 25
September in Sydney in the embassy of Slovenia took
place the presentation of the
Chess Olympiad 2002. The city of Bled
was selected the venue of the
Olympiad 2002.
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2000
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10/07 71st FIDE Congress. General Assembly Agenda.
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2000
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10/30 Time
Control Proposal from GMA Sirov on the change of time
control.
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2000
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12/06 Titles awarded at 71st FIDE Congress in Istanbul, Turkey.
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2000
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12/11 World
Chess Championship finals in Tehran, Iran.
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2000
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12/21 Chess can teach politicians how to resolve conflicts and
contradictions, thinks Kirsan
Ilyumzhinov.
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2000
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12/26 The
Chess Organisers Handbook' is now available from Stewart
Reuben, price $15.
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2000
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12/26 Tehran Declaration on the World Chess Championship titles.
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2001
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2001
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01/08 New Laws of Chess coming into force on 1 July 2001, approved
in
the FIDE Congress in Istanbul.
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2001
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01/09
Explanation of the basis for the decision of the Presidential
Board
to introduce the new time
control.
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2001
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01/10 FIDE and Karpov settle.
Official press release on the decision
of
the Court of Arbitration for
Sport in respect of the Karpov vs. FIDE case.
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2001
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01/12 Wijk
aan Zee gave data for the first ranking calculation!
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2001
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01/23 The corrections to the Laws of Chess published 11 December
2000.
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2001
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01/23 FIDE
Press release on the consent arbitral award by the Court of
Arbitration for Sports in Karpov
vs. FIDE.
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2001
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01/25 FIDE Commerce International Ltd signed a contract with
Octagon
Sponsorship Consulting Ltd
Corporation.
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2001
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02/05 FIDE
2001 Rapid rating list.
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2001
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02/22 Linares 2001 (02/22/2001 - 03/07/2001).
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2001
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03/22
Kosteniuk - Sebag Match, Cannes (FRA), 22-25 March 2001.
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2001
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03/22 Nigel Short will encounter Alexander Khalifman for the first
FIDE.COM TROPHY.
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2001
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03/22 FIDE
COMMERCE INTERNATIONAL took a decision on
development and introduction of
Chess uniform.
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2001
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03/23 World Cup of Rapid Chess, Cannes (FRA), 21-25 March 2001.
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2001
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03/27 Nigel
Short wins the First FIDE.COM Trophy.
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2001
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03/27 Vasily Smyslov, the seventh World Chess Champion celebrates
his 80th birthday.
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2001
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04/09 FIDE
Rating List of April, 2001.
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2001
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04/09 Alexandra Kosteniuk, 16. Twice the winner of the Russian
Women's Cup, European and World
Junior Champion, Grandmaster.
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2001
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04/16
Samples of Chess uniform presented in Cannes during the World
Cup of rapid Chess, March 22 -
23.
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2001
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04/20 FIDE's response to the open letter of GMs A. Karpov, G.
Kasparov
and V. Kramnik.
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2001
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04/24 A.
Karpov, G. Kasparov and V. Kramnik declared war against
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov. By IM
Vladimir Barskij, Kommersant, 21 April 2001.
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2001
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04/26 Easter in Rethymno 2001 Chess Festival. Karpov-Kouvatsou
1-1.
The Greek Girl won the second
game!
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2001
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04/29 Moscow
hosted a Chess fashion performance.
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2001
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04/29 Kramnik beats Kasparov again!
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2001
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04/30 54TH
Russian Chess Championship.
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2001
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05/02 FIDE officially created the Medical Commission.
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2001
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05/03 54th
Russian Men’s Chess Championship Konstantin
Chernyshov
took lead after the third round
with 3 points out of 3.
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2001
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05/04 72nd FIDE Congress.
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2001
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05/04 Nona
Gaprindashvili, the former women's world
Champion,
celebrates her 60th birthday!
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2001
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05/08 54th Russain Chess Championship Finals finished today in
Elista.
GM Alexander Motylev from Moscow
became a Champion of Russia.
GM Alexander Lastin
2nd and GM Andrey Kharlov
3rd.
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2001
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05/11 The
World Junior and Girls U-20 Chess Championship is
scheduled to hold in Athens,
Greece (15-30 August 2001).
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2001
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05/15 International Super Tournament in Astana, Kazakhstan.
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2001
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05/19 FIDE
COMMERCE releases Spanish and Russian versions of the
web site.
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2001
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05/22 Olympic Capital Young Masters Chess Tournament 2001.
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2001
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05/23 Anand
won the II Merida Tournament! The Tournament took
place 16th-22nd May with Anand,
Khalifman, Short and Hernández.
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2001
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05/25 Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, FIDE President, was awarded with the
Order
of Gold Fleece.
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2001
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05/30 The
Magnificent Ten Chess Players Of The 20th Century!
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2001
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06/01 Olga Zimina wins Russian Women's Chess Championship. Julia
Demina and Ekaterina Korbut were
second and third.
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2001
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06/01 Garry
Kasparov beats Vladimir Kramnik and becomes the winner
of Astana Supertournament.
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2001
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06/02 2nd European Chess Championship. Ohrid, Macedonia.
June 1 -
15, 2001.
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2001
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06/07 The
city of Leon, Spain, welcomes the International Grandmaster
Tournament "Ciudad de Leon"
(06/07/2001 - 06/11/2001).
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2001
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06/11 Anand won Shirov in the final of the International
Grandmaster
Advanced Chess Tournament 'Ciudad
de Leon'.
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2001
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06/13 Garry
Kasparov lost to 17 year old Hans Kristian Simonsen of
Faroe Islands.
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2001
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06/16 Emil Sutovsky - a new Champion of
the Europe!
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2001
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07/02 World
Chess Champion Anand beats Kramnik in rapid
Chess.
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2001
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07/05 72nd FIDE Congress.
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2001
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07/05 World
Junior Championship 2001.
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2001
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07/11 International Chess Festival CZECH OPEN 2001 will start in
Pardubice on
Thursday July 12th.
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2001
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07/19 Dr.
Jacques Rogge of Belgium new IOC
President.
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2001
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07/23 Leen Huissoon from New Zealand, the first winner of the WICC
tournament.
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2001
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08/30 World
Junior Chess Championship 2001.
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2001
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08/31 WICC Nomination Awards.
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2001
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09/01 A
special official Arbiters' Commission for the WICC 2001
tournament has been formed.
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2001
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09/14 Najdorf Memorial 2001, Buenos Aires (Arg.),
4-13 IX 2001 A. Karpov
is the winner of the Najdorf
Memorial tournament with 6.5 points of 9.
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2001
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09/14
European Club
Cup, Crete (Gre.),
23-30 IX 2001.
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2001
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09/21 The First Intercontinental Match Europe-Asia, Batumi (Geo.),
17-19
IX 2001.
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2001
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10/10/
Kramnik vs Deep Fritz Postponed.
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2001
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10/10 The 5th World Team Championship will be held October 12-20,
2001, in Yerevan, Armenia.
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2001
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10/10 Former
World Chess Champion Anatoly Karpov of Russia join the
World Championship organized by
FIDE.
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2001
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10/13 Ponomariov wins Governor's Cup
Kramatorsk (Ukraine).
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2001
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10/16
4th
World Junior Team Championships in Copacabana - Rio de
Janeiro.
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2001
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10/16 GM Valerij Filippov wins The Final
tournament of 5th Russian
Cup.
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2001
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10/18
Online World Chess in Amsterdam.
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2001
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10/23 World Chess Hall of Fame Grand Opening Rescheduled for
December 16-17.
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2001
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10/24 Sri
Lanka National Championship.
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2001
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11/26 Vladimir Putin's greeting speech to the participants and
guests of
the WCC 2001. “Chess does make
the man wiser and clear-sighted”,
Putin considers.
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2001
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11/27 Anand
beaten by the Internet Championship qualifier.
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2001
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11/28 Anand qualified, Karpov is out! The first day of World
Ch. 2001 in
Moscow started with a shocking
defeat by Anand.
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2001
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12/14 Zhu
Chen is a new World Women Chess Champion.
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2001
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12/24 Traditional Corus Chess Tournament 2002 will take place in
Wijk
aan Zee 12-27 January.
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2002
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2002
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01/04 January 2002 FIDE rating list.
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2002
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01/08 IOC
President, Dr. Jacques Rogge extends his
very best wishes for
the World Championship in Moscow.
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2002
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01/10 Final match of the World Chess
Championships between Vassily
Ivanchuk and Ruslan Ponomarev,
to start on 16 January 2002.
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2002
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01/16
2001-2002 World Chess Championship Final Began.
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2002
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01/23 Ponomariov draws 7th game to clinch match and become 16th
World Champion.
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2002
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01/28 Corus
Chess Tournament 2002, Wijk aan Zee (Ned.)
January 12-27.
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2002
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02/04 The International Open Chess
Festival "Aeroflot Open 2002" is
held in
Moscow from 4 February (the day of arrival) to 11 February 2002.
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2002
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02/11
Ponomariov will participate in Linares tournament.
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2002
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02/14 2nd World Cup in Mumbai (India).
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2002
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02/20 This
year the famous tournament in Linares will be held 22nd
February - 10th March 2002.
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2002
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02/22 Florencio Campomanes, the Honorary President of FIDE,
celebrate his birthday today.
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2002
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03/04
V.Topalov and B.Gelfand are the winners of the NAO Chess
Masters tournament with 6 points
of 9.
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2002
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03/11 Garry Kasparov is the winner of the Linares 2002 with 8
points of
12.
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2002
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03/27 FIDE
releases the new Rapid Rating List.
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2002
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03/28 Weekly Cup of FIDE Tournament Zone.
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2002
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03/29
Alexander Morozevich is the winner of the Amber Blindfold and
Rapid Chess Tournament with 15
points of 22.
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2002
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04/03 Women’s world Champion Zhu Chen
defeated the current World
Champion and top seed Ruslan
Ponamariov.
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2002
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04/05 Kirsan
Ilyumzhinov the President of FIDE and President of the
Republic of Kalmykia, celebrates
his 40th birthday today.
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2002
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04/08 The first Weekly Cup is over. The next tournament starts
April 13.
Mitin Andrey winner.
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2002
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04/10 25th
Asian Junior Chess Championship 2002 Marawila, Sri Lanka.
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2002
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04/10 April 2002 FIDE Rating list.
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2002
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04/10 Peter
Leko is the highest ranked Chess player
in the 2002 FIDE
Grand Prix series having
collected 1176 ranking points.
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2002
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04/24 Alexander Golshchapov is the winner of the 4th Dubai Open
Chess Championship.
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2002
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04/24
Eurotel World Chess Trophy (Cze.), 28 IV
- 5 V, 2002.
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2002
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05/05 Viswanathan Anand is the winner of the Eurotel World Chess
Trophy.
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2002
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05/13 125th
anniversary of the German Chess Federation.
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2002
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05/31 Proposal for the Unification and Post-Unification World
Chess
Championships.
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2002
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06/05 Garry
Kasparov, the winner of 2002 Moscow Grand Prix.
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2002
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06/07 Ponomariov challenges Anand.
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2002
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06/13 Match
of the century: Russia vs World.
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2002
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06/19 World Youth Chess Championships 2002.
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2002
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06/26 25th
Asian Junior Chess Championship 2002.
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2002
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08/20 Mainz, August 18: Vishy Anand beats the acting World Chess
Champion Ruslan Ponomariov.
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2002
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08/28 Before
it started the match Russia vs. World has already been
named Historical.
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2002
|
09/03 World Number 1 rated
player Gary Kasparov of Russia visited
the
FIDE Rating Office in Elista on
Sunday, September 1st.
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2002
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09/05
Address of the Russian President V. Putin to the participants of
'Russia vs. World' match.
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2002
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09/10
Grandmaster Larry
Christiansen, will play Chessmaster 9000 in a
four game match played over two
days via live Internet broadcast.
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2002
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09/20
Botvinnik Memorial.
The participants are all either rivals or
pupils of Botvinnik, whose career
spanned five decades.
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2002
|
Chessmaster 9000 defeated reigning US Chess Champion
GM Larry
Christiansen,
2.5 to 1.5 in a four game match
played September 28-29.
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2002
|
10/03
Live Webcast of the
Kramnik-Deep Fritz Match! The first game
will
be broadcasted at 7:30 am Eastern
Time in the US on October 4.
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2002
|
10/10
The match
of former world
Champion Garry Kasparov against
the
Deep Junior
Chess program has been delayed until December 1, 2002.
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2002
|
FIDE
Champion Ponomariov
claims unification
matches favor
Kasparov.
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2002
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10/15
Fritz
defeats Kramnik
again at "Brains in
Bahrain"
in Round "6". |
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2002
|
10/20 Anand Wins 2nd FIDE World
Cup. Hyderabad,
Viswanathan Anand
(2755) vs Rustam Kasimdzhanov
(2653). |
