Novy Bor and ASVÖ Pamhagen win European Club Cup
Novy Bor (Czech Republic) emerged as the winner of the European Club Cup, a seven-round team event held in Mayrhofen, Austria, from October 3-9, 2022. The open and women’s competitions ran concurrently. After beating Asnieres Le Grand Echiquier 3½:2½ in the final round, the Czech team secured the long-awaited second title after a nine-year break. Novy Bor put in a dominating performance winning all seven matches. The team leader Pentala Harikrishna laid the foundation for success by defeating Maxime Vachier-Lagrave with white pieces in a popular line of Gruenfeld Defence. On the second board, Vidit stumbled and lost to Esipenko after scoring phenomenal six wins in a row in the previous rounds; boards three to five ended in draws. David Anton Guijarro playing on the sixth board, secured the match victory and title for Novy Bor by beating Matthieu Cornette. Silver and bronze go to Clichy-Echecs-92 (12/14) and Schachclub Viernheim 1934e.V. (11/14). Ironically, the champions and the runner-up team did not face each other in the competition. As many as nine teams tied for third place. Somewhat surprisingly, the rating favourite Romanian team CSU ASE Superbet with Anand and Rapport in the roaster, came only sixth behind Asnieres Le Grand Echiquier and Beer Sheva Chess Club due to inferior Sonneborn-Berger. For this very reason, Offerspill Chess Club, headed by Magnus Carlsen, finished behind them. Final standings: 1 CZE Novy Bor Chess club 14 2 FRA Clichy-Echecs-92 12 3 GER Schachclub Viernheim 1934e.V. 11 4 FRA Asnieres Le Grand Echiquier 10 5 ISR Beer Sheva Chess Club 10 6 ROU CSU ASE Superbet 10 7 NOR Offerspill Chess Club 10 8 SLO TAJFUN – SK Ljubljana 10 9 ISR Kfar Saba Chess Club 10 10 AZE Vugar Gashimov 10 Heading into the final round of the European Women’s Club Cup, the local team ASVÖ Pamhagen was two points ahead of CSU ASE Superbet and Cercle d’Echecs de Monte-Carlo. The team from Burgenland made a 2:2 draw against the Polish team BGK KS Gwiazda Bydgoszcz and secured the title (first ever for an Austrian club), scoring 12/14. On the top board, Elina Danielian suffered defeat at the hands of Alina Kashlinskaya, but Yuliia Osmak retaliated on the third board and equalized for Pamhagen. The game on boards two and four were drawn. The Austrian team owes its success to a very strong showing by Anna Ushenina, Yuliia Osmak (contributing 5/5 each) and Aleksandra Maltsevskaya (5.5/7). CSU ASE Superbet and Cercle d’Echecs de Monte-Carlo won their last-round matches and tied for second place, with the Romanian team taking silver by dint of better tiebreaks. Final standings: 1 AUT ASVOe Pamhagen 12 2 ROU CSU ASE Superbet 11 3 MNC Cercle d’Echecs de Monte-Carlo 11 4 POL BGK KS Gwiazda Bydgoszcz 8 5 AUT SK Erste Bank Baden 8 6 AZE Odlar Yurdu 8 7 SLO TAJFUN – SK Ljubljana 7 8 ENG Wood Green 7 9 UKR Blue & Yellow 7 10 FRA Philidor Mulhouse 7 Photo: Walter Kastner and Fiona Steil-Antoni Official website: eccc2022.at
Missing FIDE President: Investigation by FIDE Historical Committee
In 1939, the FIDE GA met in Buenos Aire during the Olympiad. Because of the uncertainty regarding a possible World War, Paraguay’s delegate came up with a motion to replace the FIDE President, Dr Rueb, with the President of the Argentina Chess Federation. The motion was accepted by a huge majority of the delegates but never implemented. Eighty-two years later, the President of the Argentina Chess Federation asked FIDE to rewrite history and list Mr De Muro as the second FIDE President. An investigation has been made by the FIDE Historical Committee, which has concluded that according to FIDE Statutes from that time, the FIDE GA had the power to take the decision to replace Dr Rueb. Before taking the final decision, the FIDE Council has asked the FIDE Office to publish all documents concerning the above-mentioned case. If anyone has unpublished documents or has a justified counter-opinion, please contact the FIDE Office at at office@fide.com by January 10, 2023. Here is a full list of related documents: Letter to the FC by Willy Iclicki (docx) Investigation by Sergio Ernesto Negri and Juan Sebastián Morgado (docx) Letter by Herman Hamers (docx) FIDE Statutes 1925 (pdf) General Assembly Agenda 1939 (jpg) Letter to Federations 1939 (jpg) Mario Petrucci FADA President Letter to the FIDE President (pdf) Text Francais (jpg) Torneo Naciones Poster (jpg) XVI Congress Report (jpg) Chapter 34 – September 1939 (jpg) Augusto De Muro – President (jpg) First Session GA 1939 – Spanish (jpg) Olympiad 1939 – Final Stanings (jpg)
Missing FIDE President: Investigation by FIDE Historical Committee
In 1939, the FIDE GA met in Buenos Aires during the Olympiad. Because of the uncertainty regarding a possible World War, Paraguay’s delegate came up with a motion to replace the FIDE President, Dr Rueb, with the President of the Argentina Chess Federation Augusto De Muro. The motion was accepted by a huge majority of the delegates but never implemented. Eighty-two years later, the President of the Argentina Chess Federation Mario Petrucci asked FIDE to rewrite history and list Mr De Muro as the second FIDE President. An investigation has been made by the FIDE Historical Committee, which has concluded that according to FIDE Statutes from that time, the FIDE GA had the power to take the decision to replace Dr Rueb. Before taking the final decision, the FIDE Council has asked the FIDE Office to publish all documents concerning the above-mentioned case. If anyone has unpublished documents or has a justified counter-opinion, please contact the FIDE Office at at office@fide.com by January 10, 2023. Here is a full list of related documents: Letter to the FC by Willy Iclicki (docx) Investigation by Sergio Ernesto Negri and Juan Sebastián Morgado (docx) Letter by Herman Hamers (docx) FIDE Statutes 1925 (pdf) General Assembly Agenda 1939 (jpg) Letter to Federations 1939 (jpg) Mario Petrucci FADA President Letter to the FIDE President (pdf) Text Francais (jpg) Torneo Naciones Poster (jpg) XVI Congress Report (jpg) Chapter 34 – September 1939 (jpg) Augusto De Muro – President (jpg) First Session GA 1939 – Spanish (jpg) Olympiad 1939 – Final Stanings (jpg)