The negotiations over the organisation of the forthcoming World Championship cycle 2010-2011 (Candidates Tournament 2010 and World Chess Championship Match 2011) between Universal Event Promotion (UEP) and FIDE have failed.
Due to different agendas relating to organisational sovereignty and commercial rights, the parties failed to reach an agreement. Aggravating circumstances included FIDE´s financial expectations beyond the original tender details.
UEP - the only bidder for the tender - believes that under such circumstances a permanent and successful marketing of the World Chess Championship will be questionable.
The negotiations ended by mutual agreement.
05-11-2009
Interview with Vladimir Kramnik
With eight victories the threefold World Chess Champion Vladimir Kramnik is the record winner of the Sparkassen Chess-Meeting in Dortmund. He participates at this years edition and wants to underline his supremacy in Germanys most prestigious chess tournament. After his loss against Viswanathan Anand in the World Chess Championship 2008 in Bonn Kramnik took a longer tournament break, which now ends with Dortmund. At the high class rapid chess events in Nizza and in the match Azerbaijan vs. Rest of the World he showed his brillant chess qualities in the recent months. At the Amber Chess Tournament he finished second together with Viswanathan Anand and in the clear win against Aserbaijan he was the best player of the whole event with 6,5 points out of 8 games. Prior to the Sparkassen Chess-Meeting he gave some information about his person.
Vladimir Kramnik at the World Chess Championship in Bonn 2008
How old are you and where do you live? I was born 25th of June 1975. I am living in Paris at the moment.
When did you start playing chess and who taught it to you? I learned chess at the age of 4 from my father.
When did you decide to become a professional chess player? I always was!
Do you have a coach and how many hours do you practice chess per day? I do not have a coach at the moment. I work approximately 6 hours per day in average.
How would you describe your chess style? Active positional style.
What was your most memorable moment as chess professional? Becoming World Champion in 2000 beating Garry Kasparov in the World Championship Match.
What are your expectations for Dortmund? I want to try to win this tournament.
Do you feel any lack of motivation playing chess after so many successful years as professional?
Not at all, I am not less motivated than before.
What goal do you still have as a chess player? I don´t regard my career as finished. I still want to fight to be World Chess Champion again.
How do you estimate your chances to fight again for the world chess championship? I am confident I have decent chances, at least no less than others.
05-04-2009
Drawing of pairings Sparkassen Chess-Meeting 2009
The 37th edition of the most prestigious Chess Festival in Germany will take place from 2nd to 12th July 2009. At 30th of April the drawing of the pairings was carried out in the rooms of the main sponsor Sparkasse Dortmund. Uwe Samulewicz (CEO Sparkasse Dortmund) picked the names of the six players, which will participate in the grandmaster tournament, out of the drawing pot.
from left to right: Uwe Samulewicz, mayor Birgit Röder, tournament director Stefan Koth,
tv-man, general director Gerd Kolbe
The tournament reaches an average of currently 2744 Elo-points. The category of the tournment is 20. The Sparkassen Chess-Meeting 2009 therefore belongs to the strongest tournaments which take place this year worldwide. Besides the grandmaster tournament there will be an open tournament and the Helmut-Kohls-tournament (International Master tournament with 10 players).
All chess fans have now the possibility to order premium products via Universal Event Promotion. With the inauguration of our UEP-Shop we offer the most favoured articles of our product line of the World Chess Championship Match between Viswanathan Anand and Vladimir Kramnik. The exclusive products, offered by UEP, like the coin set are available in a limited edition and have a high collector´s value. Further products are a personal signed chess set by Anand and Kramnik, a wine set and the documentary film about Anand and Kramnik by Grimme-Awardee Dr. Bernhard Pfletschinger. At the opening of our online shop we offer the WM-Edition of the twelvefold computer world champion Schredder for 49 euros.
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04-08-2009
Chess match 20 – 26 October 2009
Mukachevo (the Ukraine)
Among series of the first-class matches organized by Universal Event Promotion, we can count the match between Nigel Short and Zahar Efimenko. These two world class chess players meet each other in the West-Ukrainian town for a classical format match of six games.
The 43 years old Nigel Short belongs to the greatest of his craft. After numerous successes in early years he caused a stir and was considered as a prodigy. In the World Junior Championship 1980 he won the silver medal behind Garry Kasparov and very soon he became a chess grandmaster at the age of 19, the youngest in the world at that time. After winning in several tournaments and his victory against Jan Timman in the Candidates final 1993 he was qualified to fight for the highest chess crown. In the match against Garry Kasparov which took place detached from the World Chess Federation under the aegis of the Professional Chess Association (PCA) and could be sidered as the climax in his career, he lost against the mighty Russian 12,5 – 7,5.
Although Short temporarily disappeared from the scene after this defeat he still plays at the highest level to this day and is allways the most welcome guest in the tournaments especially because of his dynamic and aggressive play. His current Elo is 2674 whereby he captures the 56th rank in the world.
The 23-year-old Zahar Efimenko belongs to the group of young and talented Ukrainian players. Being a youngster, his biggest success was a victory in the World Junior Chess Championship U-14 in Oropesa del Mar. In spite of some strong rivals he plays in the national team and won the Ukrainian championship in 2006. In Germany he is known for his engagement for the Bundesliga team of Werder Bremen. The young Ukrainian alike Short is known for his constant search for the initiative and for the fact that he has no fear of big names. He is supported by the president of the Universal Event Promotion and lives in Mukachevo whereby he enjoys a small home advantage. His current Elo is 2682 whereby he captures the 49th rank in the world ranking.
The match between Short and Efimenko promises six high class and exciting games with a totally open result. You can follow games at the official website of Universal Event Promotion. Shall experience prevail against the youth in this case? All games will be covered live and commented by an experienced Grandmaster.
04-07-2009
Chess festival of Dortmund presents first-class participants
Six world-class Grandmasters at the Sparkassen Chess-Meeting 2009
Dortmund. From 2nd to 12th July 2009 the whole chess world draws its attention to Dortmund. Six of the strongest world Grandmasters fight in the Sparkassen Chess-Meeting – it is the 37th edition – to go all out to win this prestigious tournament. The fans of the most traditional chess tournament in Germany may expect some of the best Grandmasters of the world performing in the Dortmund theatre.Four top ten players of the current world ranking list are the favourites:
First of all one should name Vladimir Kramnik, who has eight times won this tournament. After he was defeated by Viswanathan Anand in the World Chess Championship 2008 in Bonn, Dortmund is his first big tournament and could mark a starting point for a new attempt to fight for the crown.
Peter Leko starts as a titleholder in Dortmund. The Hungarian is among ten best players in the world since many years and is undoubtedly one of the favourites of this event.
Magnus Carlsen enters the race with the highest rating 2770. The Norwegian has developed himself from a prodigy to one of the best players of the world and is currently the 3rd in the world ranking list. After his first performance in Dortmund where he ranked 6th, he surely wants to improve this time.
Dmitry Jakovenko celebrates his debut in Dortmund. This 25 years old chess player earned the invitation due to his fantastic performance in the recent years, which catapulted him to the 7th rank in the world. Jakovenko is the biggest hope in the Russian chess.
By winning Aeroflot Open Etienne Bacrot qualified for this year´s edition. This is his second appearance in Dortmund after 2005. The former junior World Champion is known for his great talent and still is one of the candidates for the highest chess crown.
The German colours are represented by Arkadij Naiditsch. Number 1 of the German ranking list made a history in 2005: he was the first German and at the same time the youngest player ever to win this tournament. Currently he crossed the magic line of 2700 Elo and therefore belongs to the elite of the chess world.
With these six players Dortmund tournament reaches an average of currently 2744 Elo-points. The category of the tournment is 20. The Sparkassen Chess-Meeting 2009 therefore belongs to the strongest tournaments which take place this year worldwide.
The playing format:
Each player has to play two games against each other, one with white and one with black pieces. The winner of this tournament will be determined after ten rounds.
Sparkassen-Open of Dortmund
Parallel to the main event the Sparkassen-Open tournament with A- and B-Group will take place in the town hall. This year many Grandmasters and International masters are expected to participate in order to underline the festival character. The announcement will be published at www.sparkassen-chess-meeting.de.
