
The One FIDE election campaign of Kirsan Ilyumzhinov is now claiming the support
of 64 national federations around the world, which they illustrate with the
following graphic:
"The number 64 is significant," they write, "as it is a symbol
for the 64 squares of our beloved game. A game which exhibits sportsmanship
and respect, principles which Kirsan’s team will continue to honour during
this election campaign."
The federations they are claiming are Afghanistan, Andorra, Argentina, Armenia,
Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bermuda , Bolivia, Brazil, Brunei, Cameroon, Cambodia,
Chinese Taipei, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Fiji, Gabon, Ghana, Greece,
Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos,
Lebanon, Libya, Macau, Madagascar, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mexico, Mongolia,
Myanmar, Nepal, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Sierra Leone,
Singapore, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Korea, Sudan, Tajikistan,
Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uruguay, US Virgin Islands,
Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia.
The candidate for reelection as FIDE President, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, has opened
a personal
account on Facebook, "to establish better communication with chess
enthusiasts around the world."
Kirsan on the road

Following the opening of the fourth leg of the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix
in Jermuk, Armenia, FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, visited the Chess Academy
of Armenia. Founded in 2002 through the initiative of GM Smbat Lputian, under
the auspices of the Armenian Chess Federation, and supported by the Armenian
Government, the Chess Academy of Armenia is the leading center of chess training
and organization in Armenia today. FIDE President expressed his confidence in
GM Lputian’s work which apart from the main academy in Yerevan extends
to another 43 Academies around Armenia. He also met members of the Chess Academy
as well as several children and parents. [Full
report and more pictures here] In the past week the Armenian Chess
Federation has pledged their support for Ilyumzhinov's campaign ticket.

FIDE President and the President of the South Africa Chess Federation Emelia
Ellappen
On the 6th of July the FIDE President arrived in Lusaka, the capital of Zambia
to participate in Administrators seminar for the leaders of African Chess Federations.
He addressed the guests of the seminar, participated in the presentation that
was prepared and submitted by FIDE Commercial Director Mr. Geoffrey Borg, discussed
with the leaders of African Chess Federations a number of the most urgent issues
of chess development in the African continent. [Full
report and more pictures here]

A Timely Pledge of $1 Million for Chess
Kirsan Ilyzumzhinov, the president of the World Chess Federation, announced
Friday that he is personally putting up $1 million to finance a
series of 10 tournaments in Asia over the next ten years to honor Florencio
Campomanes, his predecessor as president. Campomanes, who was from the Philippines,
died
in May at the age of 83. The tournaments will be in 10 countries: the Philippines,
Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and
Brunei.
Ilyumzhinov is running for re-election
this year and the campaign against his
opponent, Anatoly Karpov, the former world champion, has become highly competitive
and even
bizarre. The federation uses a one country, one vote system, so each country’s
vote is equally important. [Full
article]
Ilyumzhinov Promises to Open His Checkbook Again
Ten days after Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, the president of the World Chess Federation,
pledged
to personally provide $1 million in prizes for a series of tournaments in
Asia, he has promised $500,000 for two tournaments in the Caribbean and in Latin
America. The announcement came Sunday during
a visit to Cuba to coincide with the end of the 45th
Capablanca Memorial
tournament. Ilyzumzhinov has financed chess events in the past — and he built
a
chess mecca in Elista, the capital of Kalmykia, the small republic in southern
Russia, of which he is president – but he is being particularly generous
right now. As a businessman with a somewhat murky past (it has not clear how
he made his money), his motivation to support chess by dipping into his own
pocket is a bit mysterious, unless it is pure altruism. [Full
article]

Yazici announces the ticket of We R Europe
Till the deadline of 27 June 2010, all tickets has been presented to E.C.U.
Office in Berlin. By the official circular letter published by ECU General Secretary,
there are three candidate groups running for 2010 European Elections.
Our opponents will be under the leadership of Mr. Silvio Danailov (Bulgaria)
and Dr. Robert von Weinzacker (Germany). We respect our dear opponents and wish
the best wins the elections. We believe in that those three candidates will
increase the quality of election campaign.
Here is the ticket of We R Europe group. Team of We R Europe:

If we leave the future of the game only in the hands of politicians then, unfortunately,
we must objectively point out that our game can only continue to regress. The
interests of all the stakeholders are more varied and consequently the organisation
must have the proper setup to respect this in a professional way. All interested
parties whether professional or amateur must work together to achieve common
goals and objectives.
Chess rules are not like football or basketball where spectators understand
the game with its relatively simple rules. In the case of our game it is clear
that the level of understanding and appreciation of the game depends on the
experience and study one has devoted to it.
The ECU Board must be professional in its approach and allocate its financial
and human resources effectively, in order to deliver the strategic policies
and development targets set out. We must continue to focus our core work in
the categories below, with an emphasis on the target development areas bulleted
and marked in bold.
Based on this belief, we are proposing a team of Board and Commission members
who will firstly be truly representative of the European strengths but also
who have wide and proven experience in their respective areas in delivering
results. Our success in our federations is the guarantee of our promises.
Winning is a habit, Success is a choice.

To:
All European Federations
Associated members, Board members,
FIDE and FIDE Zone Presidents
5 July 2010
Circular Letter No. 7/2010
Dear Friends,
On 1 July the bid deadline for the European championships 2012 elapsed. We
have received the following bids which were opened today.
European Youth Championship 2012
- Halkidiki, Greece (optional European Youth Rapid 2012)
- Jerusalem, Israel
- Ohrid, FYROM
- Praha, Czech Republic
- Sibenik, Croatia
- Urgup, Cappadocia, Turkey
European Club Cup (men and women) 2012
- Antalya – Kemer – Kundu – Belek, Turkey
- Eilat, Israel
- Rhodes, Greece
- Rijeka, Croatia
- Tbilisi Region, Georgia
European Individual Championship 2012
- Antwerpen, Belgium (men and women)
- Gaziantep, Turkey (only women – including Rapid and Blitz)
- Plovdiv, Bulgaria (only men)
- European Individual Senior Championship 2012
- Kaunas, Lithuania (incl. Senior Rapid Championship)
European Senior Team Championship 2012
- Courmayeur or Saint Vincent, Italy
- Dresden, Germany
- Rogaska Slatina, Slovenia
- St. Veit/Glan, Austria
European Youth Team Championship 2012
- Pardubice, Czech Republic
European Amateur Championship 2012