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miércoles, 28 de julio de 2010

La FIDE desplaza los Duelos de Candidatos a Rusia

Fuente: Noticias ChessBase
Originalmente, los Duelos de Candidatos se iban a disputar en Bakú, Azerbaiyán en 2011. Según informa Sport Express, ahora el Presidente de la FIDE Kirsan Ilyumzhinov ha decidido que el próximo duelo por el título mundial entre el Campeón del Mundo Vishy Anand y su retador se debe disputar en Kazan, Rusia, y eso a pesar de que ya se había firmado un contrato entre la FIDE y la ciudad de Bakú (Azerbaiyán). Los organizadores en Bakú incluso ya habían pagado un adelantado de $ 150.000 a la FIDE como garantía. Bakú, como sede del duelo, había causado cierta polémica porque Levon Aronian declaró que al ser armenio y debido a los conflictos políticos entre Armenia y Azerbaiyán, no estaría a salvo en Bakú. La nueva ciudad anfitriona, Kazán (Rusia), por otra parte le disgusta a Veselin Topalov. Amenazó retirarse de los Duelos de Candidatos si se disputasen en Kazan.


Miércoles, 28 de julio de 2010

La FIDE desplaza los Duelos de Candidatos a Kazan

Pocos días después de que la Federación Rusa de Ajedrez presentase una solicitud al respecto, el Presidente de la FIDE Kirsan Illyumzhinov ha anunciado que los Duelos de Candidatos 2011 que se iban a disputar en Azerbaiyán, ahora se llevarán a cabo en Kazan, Rusia. Eso aparentemente es así, a pesar de que ya se haya firmado un contrato con los organizadores azeríes y aunque esos hayan realizado el pago de unos 150.000 US $ como garantía que han sido transferidos a la cuenta bancaria de la FIDE. 

En una declaración durante su visita a Tromso, Noruega (que aspira a ser anfitriona de la Olimpiada de Ajedrez 2014), Illyumzhinov anunció que había habido un cambio y que las partidas de los Duelos de Candidatos ahora se iban a disputar en la ciudad rusa de Kazan. Anteriormente, la Federación Rusa de Ajedrez, a através de Vladimir Dvorkovich, había escrito a la FIDE para solicitar el traslado a Kazan. Esto había sido el resultado de la protesta que había planteado el número cinco del la lista mundial, Levon Aronian, diciendo que para él, al ser armenio, Bakú (Azerbaiyán) no sería un lugar seguro para estar y jugar, dado que su país está en guerra no declarada con la enclave de Nagorno- Karabak. Después de que se anunciase Kazan (Rusia) como nueva sede, Veselin Topalov, otro de los clasificados para los Duelos de Candidatos, publicó una carta abierta, negándose a jugar en Rusia. (Encontrará la carta de Topalov en la parte inferior.)

La última declaración de la FIDE confirma que los ocho jugadores que participarán en el certamen, seguirán siendo los mismos: Carlsen, Kramnik, Aronian, Topalov, Radjabov, Kamsky, Gelfand y Mamedyarov. Este último solo tiene el derecho de participar debido al hecho de que el país anfitrión puede nominar a un jugador de su elección. Al ser trasladados los duelos desde Azerbaiyán a Rusia, uno podría haber pensado que la plaza de 
Mamedyarov sería concedida a un jugador ruso, pero no ha sido el caso.

Con respecto a Topalov, el Presidente de la FIDE señaló que procurará escribir una carta al jugador búlgaro, para sugerirle no tomar decisiones precipitadas. En el caso de que se negara a jugar y se retirase de la competición, su plaza sería ocupada por Alexander Grischuk, de Rusia que ocupó el tercer lugar en el Grand Prix de la FIDE.
Los emparejamientos para los Duelos de Candidatos en principio serán los siguientes:
1 Veselin Topalov vs. Gata Kamsky
2 Magnus Carlsen vs. Teimour Radjabov
3 Vladimir Kramnik   vs. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
4 Levon Aronian vs. Boris Gelfand
Cada uno de los duelos consistirá en cuatro partidas más posibles desempates. En la segunda ronda, se disputarán duelos entre los ganadores de la primera rondas, que comenzarán dos días después del final de la primera ronda. El ganador del primer emparejamiento, se enfrentará con él del cuarto y el ganador del segundo emparejamiento con el del tercero. Otra vez más habrá cuatro partidas más posibles desempates.
La tercera y última fase de los Duelos de Candidatos, que comenzará nuevamente dos días después de que haya finalizado la segunda ronda, respectivamente, consistirá en seis partidas. El fondo global de premios previsto asciende a € 420.000. El ganador se clasificará para enfrentarse con el Campeón del Mundo (Anand) en un duelo en 2011.


La página de noticias de ajedrez Chessdom publicó un reportaje informando que la decisión de trasladar los Duelos de Candidatos a Kazan (Rusia), ha causado una fuerte reacción por parte de Veselin Topalov, que mandó la siguiente carta a la FIDE:
22 de julio de 2010, Sofía, Bulgaria
Estimado Sr. Presidente e la FIDE, estimados miembros del PB:
Me estoy dirigiendo a Uds. en esta carta abierta respecto al próximo circuito por el Campeonato del Mundo de Ajedrez. Después de muchas promesas y muchos cambios, me he enterado de que el nuevo lugar del encuentro previsto para los Duelos de Candidatos será Kazan, en Rusia.
Me parece que se trata de un error estratégico celebrar casi todas las competiciones del circuito en el mismo país. Cuatro de los acontecimientos del Grand Prix de la FIDE, de la Copa del Mundo y ahora posiblemente los duelos de Candidatos se llevarán a cabo en Rusia. Esto da la impresión de que la FIDE no es capaz de encontrar patrocinadores y organizadores en otros países, ly eso es muy triste.
Me gustaría señalar además que para mi Kazan como lugar de encuentro, al igual que cualquier otro sitio en Rusia, es totalmente inaceptable para mi por otra razón más. Todos recordarán la situación tan desagradable que mi equipo y yo hemos tenido que enfrentar durante el Campeonato del Mundo en Elista 2006.
Teniendo en cuenta todo eso, me gustaría declarar que no participaría en ninguna de las competiciones del círcuito por el Campeonato del Mundo, que se celebre en Rusia, con el motivo de así evitar que se repitan problemas y conflictos parecidos a los que hayan ocurrido anteriormente.
Bakú como sede de la competición fue rechazado por Aronian y esto parecía lógico a todo el mundo. Anteriormente, la FIDE cambió su propio reglamento para evitar que se celebrase un duelo de revancha entre Topalov y Kramnik en Sofía. Creo que es lógico solicitar que cualquier duelo que vaya disputando yo en el futuro (especialemente se es contra algun gran maestro ruso), que se dispute en otro país que no fuese Rusia.
Con respeto,
Veselin Topalov
Traducción: Nadja Wittmann, ChessBase


Source: ChessBase News
27.07.2010 – Just days after a request from the Russian Chess Federation to move the 2011 Candidates matches away from Baku, Azerbaijan, FIDE President Kirsan Illumzhinov has announced that the match will indeed now take place in Kazan. If Topalov refuses to play in Russia, as he has threatened, he will (brace yourself) be replaced by Alexander Grischuk. Sport Express report.
 







FIDE moves Candidates matches to Kazan

Just days after a request from the Russian Chess Federation, FIDE President Kirsan Illumzhinov has announced that the 2011 Candidates matches, scheduled to be held in Azerbaijan, will now take place in Kazan, Russia. This is apparently despite the existence of a signed contract with the Azeri organisers, and the pre-payment by the latter of some $150,000 to FIDE's bank account.
Speaking whilst on a visit to Tromso, Norway (which has bid for the 2014 Olympiad), Illumzhinov announced the switch of the matches to the Russian city of Kazan. As reported on ChessBase just four days ago, the Russian Chess Federation, in the person of Vladimir Dvorkovich, wrote to FIDE and requested that the matches be moved to Kazan. This followed protests from world number five Levon Aronian, that it would not be safe for him, as an Armenian, to play in Azerbaijan, with whom his country is in a state of undeclared war over the enclave of Nagorno-Karabak. Veselin Topalov, another of the Candidates qualifiers, then himself issued an open letter, refusing to play in Russia.
The latest FIDE announcement confirms that the eight players who will take part in the event remain the same: Carlsen, Kramnik, Aronian, Topalov, Radjabov, Kamsky, Gelfand and Mamedyarov. The latter only gained his place by virtue of the host country's right to nominate  a wild card of their choice. With the matches being switched from Azerbaijan to Russia, one might have thought that Mamedyarov's place would be withdrawn in favour of a Russian nominee. But it appears that this has not been done.
As for Topalov, the FIDE President stated that he intends to write to the Bulgarian, urging him not to make any hasty decisions. However, in the event that he does refuse to play, his place will be taken by Alexander Grischuk of Russia, who took third place in the recently-concluded FIDE Grand Prix.
Even by FIDE standards this is a remarkable volte-face by the leadership. Cynics may wonder if the decision has anything to do with the events surrounding the Russian Chess Federation's recent support for Illumzhinov in the forthcoming FIDE elections. In The Week in Chess Mark Crowther writes:
"The full implications of this decision are hard to read. It isn't difficult to see this as part of a wider pattern which took in the desperation of the Russian Federation to nominate Ilyumzhinov and the upcoming contract with 'Chess Lane' that seems likely to pass all FIDE Commercial activities to a Russian Company funded by the shadowy figures of the brothers Ziyavudine and Mohammed Magomedov from Dagestan and represented by their frontman David Kaplan. (Background in Russian in this article on the APN website: A Revolution is coming in the Chess World)."
The pairings in the candidates matches are the following:
1 Veselin Topalov vs. Gata Kamsky
2 Magnus Carlsen vs. Teimour Radjabov
3 Vladimir Kramnik   vs. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
4 Levon Aronian vs. Boris Gelfand
Each match consists of four games plus possible tiebreaks. The second round, consisting of matches between the winners of the first round, start two days after the end of the first round. The winner of the first pairing plays against the winner of the fourth; the winner of the second against the winner of the third. Once again there are four games plus possible tiebreaks.
The third and final round of the candidates matches, which begins two days after the second round was completed, will be played over six games. The prize fund for the rescheduled Candidates matches is €420,000. The winner qualifies as Challenger for the World Championship match in 2011.

martes, 27 de julio de 2010

Candidate matches 2011 to take place in Kazan

Source: Chessdom

Grischuk will play if Topalov declines the invitation

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The Candidate matches 2011, part of the World Chess Championship Cycle 2010 - 2011, have been moved to Kazan, Russia. Despite the fact that Azerbaijan had already signed an agreement and had transferred 150 000 eur to FIDE, the Presidential Board in Tromso decided to award the event to Kazan.
Given the previous agreement with Azerbaijan, it has been decided to keep GM Mamedyarov as the nominated player. Besides him, the eight candidates include Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria), Magnus Carlsen (Norway), Vladimir Kramnik (Russia), Levon Aronian (Armenia), Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan), Boris Gelfand (Israel) and Gata Kamsky (USA). The pairings have not been changed and are as follows.
In case of a possible withdraw of Veselin Topalov, as explained by the ex World Champion in an open letter, there will be a substitute player - GM Alexander Grischuk.
Stay tuned for more information on the Candidates matches on Chessdom.com later today as the story unfolds.

Pairings

Veselin Topalov - Gata Kamsky
Magnus Carlsen - Teimour Radjabov
Vladimir Kramnik - Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
Levon Aronian - Boris Gelfand

Excerpt from the Regulations: 3. 1 Matches Format & System

A - First Round of Matches (8 players)
a1 - Matches System: The player who lost the World Championship Match 2010 (V. Anand or V. Topalov) is ranked No.1, the rest are ranked in rating order using the FIDE Rating List of January 2010. The players are paired the following way: 1 vs 8 (match 1), 2 vs 7 (match 2), 3 vs 6 (match 3), 4 vs 5 (match 4). Each match will consist of 4 games.
a2 - The four (4) winners will qualify for the second round of the Candidate Matches.
B - Second Round of Matches (4 players)
b1 - The Second Round of Matches will start 2 days after the end of the First Round. Any qualified player for the second round of the Candidates Matches can only be replaced by the player he defeated in the first round of the Candidate Matches.
b2 - Matches System: The players are ranked according to the results of the first round of the Candidates Matches: winner of match 1 is No.1, winner of match 2 is No.2, winner of match 3 is No.3 and winner of match 4 is No.4. The players are paired the following way: 1 vs 4 and 2 vs 3. Each match will consist of 4 games.
b3 - The two (2) winners will qualify for the third round of the Candidate Matches.
C - Third Round of Matches (2 players)
c1 - The Third Round of Matches will start 2 days after the end of the Second Round. Any qualified player for the third round of the Candidates Matches can only be replaced by the player he defeated in the second round of the Candidates Matches.
c2 - Matches System: The match between the two players will consist of 6 games.
c3 - The winner will qualify for the World Championship Match 2011.

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Source: Chess Vibes

Candidates Matches moved to Kazan’

27 July 2010, 8.58 CET | Last modified: 9:10 | By Peter Doggers  | Filed under: Reports | Tags:
Candidates Matches moved to KazanAccording to a report in Sport Express by chess journalist Yuri Vasiliev, the FIDE Presidential Board in Tromso decided that the Candidates will be moved from Baku in Azerbaijan to Kazan in Russia. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov retains his position in the Candidates as the Azerbaijani representative.

Last week we reported that FIDE was intending to move the Candidates Matches (scheduled for March-April 2011 to determine the challenger of World Champion Viswanathan Anand in the 2012 WCh match) from Baku, Azerbaijan to Kazan, Russia. This report focused on Veselin Topalov’s open letter in which he stated that he ‘would not participate in any stage of the cycle for the World Chess Title that takes place in Russia’.
Yesterday, Sport Express journalist Yuri Vasiliev broke the news that the FIDE Presidential Board, currently together in Tromso, Norway, have announced the move to Kazan. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov retains his position in the Candidates as the Azerbaijani representative. The players (and pairings) are:
Topalov vs Kamsky ( 1 vs 8 )
Carlsen vs Radjabov ( 2 vs 7 )
Kramnik vs Mamedyarov ( 3 vs 6 )
Aronian vs Gelfand ( 4 vs 5 )
So far it’s not clear whether FIDE has responded to Emil Sutovsky’s open letter of last week in which the Israeli Grandmaster suggested some changes. However, according to Vasiliev, FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov did respond to Veselin Topalov’s open letter.
Sport Express mentions that Ilyumzhinov would send Topalov a letter ‘asking not to take hasty decisions’. If Topalov still refuses to go to Kazan, he will be replaced by the third player in the final standings of the 2008-2010 FIDE Grand Prix Series, Alexander Grischuk from Russia.