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Going into the last round of the European individual championships, eight players were tied for first, but only Sergei Tiviakov of the Netherlands won, so he is the 2008 European champion. In the women’s section, Kateryna Lahno of the Ukraine, the leader before the last round, drew her final game against Anna Ushenina of the [...]

Sergei Movsesian of Slovakia, the top seed and No. 25 in the world, and Emil Sutovsky of Israel are the leaders of the men’s European Championships after six rounds. Each has 5.5 points. Viktorija Cmilyte of Lithuania, Anna Ushenina of the Ukraine and Ekaterina Kovalevskaya of Russia, who each have 5 points, are tied for [...]

FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov signed cooperation agreement with the President of the Russian Badminton Federation Sergei Shakhrai on the 1 July 2008 in Moscow. The subject of this agreement is popularization of badminton among FIDE members as the most optimal for physical activity of chess players, and also popularization of chess among badminton players.
The parties are planning together develop and realize social programmes aimed at promoting healthy lifestyle and mass sports, involvement chess and badminton players in them and also experience and information exchange necessary for the successful development of chess and badminton in the Russian Federation and abroad. The agreement supposes organization of chess tournaments among badminton players and badminton competitions among chess players and also media coverage of the main points of joint activities.

The Elista FIDE Office is pleased to publish the July 2008 FIDE Rating List which includes tournaments up to 15 June 2008. World Champion Viswanathan Anand retains the top slot but
attention has been drawn to the rise of 17-year-old Magnus Carlsen of Norway.
Download the July 2008 FIDE Rating List in text format. Search for individual ratings. A number of improvements have been introduced such as color statistics for
each player. Players can check in advance calculations of tournaments reported for the October rating list, such as the Aerosvit Tournament in Foros which ended after the closing date of 15 June 2008 for tournaments to
be included in the July list.

Please note that the pre-registration of tournaments is mandatory. Rating

Officers should register their events at least one month in advance on the FIDE

Ratings Server. This shall assist organizers in avoiding conflicts of schedules

by knowing in advance the world chess calendar. And players are assured that a

FIDE-registered tournament shall be rated.

The Elista FIDE Office thanks all National Chess Federations, Rating Officers

and Arbiters for their help in producing the quarterly FIDE Rating List.

We remind Rating Officers to please upload the pgn files of the tournament to

the FIDE Ratings Server.

Players may course corrections, if any, through their National Federation Rating

Officer.

Casto Abundo
FIDE Rating Administrator

Reminder, closing date for entries for World Mind Sports Games is July 14th. No late entries will be considered.

The registration forms may be downloaded below.

There are separate forms for Individual. Pairs, Team and Officials.
Please return by the deadline of July 14th.

You will be advised by
July 21st 2008 if all your entries are accepted.

wmsg_entry_form_ind.xls

wmsg_entry_form_pairs.xls

wmsg_officials.xls

Journalists from outside China wishing to cover the World Mind Sports Games in Beijing from October 3^rd to October 18^th 2008, will need to register before July 31^st.
The Media Accreditation Application form can be downloaded here.
The form should be completed in English and returned to FIDE by July
25^th for checking. It must be stamped by the reporter’s media
organisation and their countries (region) individual sports
federation. Details of hotels can be found at www.2008wmsg.org and all expenses are to be covered by the reporters themselves.
There will be no on the spot registration. The accreditation form
will also be used for submission for an invitation in order to obtain
a visa. There will be a shuttle service to and from the airport and
hotel.

All national chess federations are reminded that the deadline for submission and payment is before 15 July 2008 - there will be a 5% discount for the reservations for hotels  After this deadline, there will be no discounts.

Participating federations are encouraged to use Reg Form 8 - Payment Worksheet when submitting their registrations.

Do also visit the official website at http://wycc2008.vietnamchess.com/index.php for more information on the World Youth Chess Championship 2008. 
 
Ignatius Leong
WYCC2008 Technical Director 

The president of FIDE Kirsan Ilyumzhinov visited Kiev on June, 24th where he had a meeting with the mayor of the Ukrainian capital Leonid Chernovetskiy. The parties discussed questions of potential cooperation. The mayor of Kiev expressed readiness of the Ukrainian party in carrying out of the important chess competitions under the aegis of FIDE: one of stages of Women Grand Prix in 2009 and Grand Prix in 2010. Mr. Chernovetsky supported the initiative of the FIDE President to introduce chess at schools of Kiev. The mayor of Kiev also expressed interest in realization of the project of building of the chess centre in the Ukrainian capital.

The press conference of Kirsan Ilyumzhinov took place in the Ukrainian national news agency. After the conferece Kirsan Ilyumzhinov awarded the winners of the chess competition held by the newspaper “Novaya” under patronage of the President of FIDE.

The Government of Vietnam, the People’s Committee of Ba Rai - Vung Tao Province, and the Vietnam Chess Federation (VCF) have the honour to invite all FIDE member federations to participate in the World Youth Chess Championships 2008 (under 8, under 10, under 12, under 14, under 16 and under 18 - open and girls) to be held in Vung Tao, Vietnam from October 19th (arrival) to October 31 2008 (departure).

More information and registration forms can be found at the official website http://wycc2008.vietnamchess.com

Or download official invitation, registration forms and useful information from the links below:

1. World Youth Chess Championship Official Invitation

2. General Registration Form

3. Registration Form for Official Participants

4. Registration Form for Additional Participants in Open Categories

5. Registration Form for Additional Participants in Girls Categories

6. Registration Form for Accompanying Persons

7. Visa Application Form for Official Participants

8. Visa Application Form for Additional Participants

9. Flight Information

10. Hotel Information

11. Hotel Registration Form

12. Booking Form for 2 Star Hotel

13. Booking Form for 3 Star Hotel

14. Booking Form for 4 Star Hotel