PRESS RELEASE – 7 Dec 2004
World Chess Championship match 2005
FIDE terminates negotiations with candidate Dubai organiser of the Kasimdzhanov-Kasparov
match
The World Chess Federation (FIDE)
announces the termination of negotiations with the candidate organiser of the
World Chess Championship match Kasimdzhanov-Kasparov, originally sheduled for
January 2005 in Dubai. The organiser from Dubai did not supply FIDE with the
required financial guarantees within the deadline set by the FIDE President.
FIDE would like to express its gratitude to the Crown Prince of Dubai &
UAE Defence Minister, His Highness General Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktum,
for his willingness to patronage this great event and also the UAE Chess Federation
and the Dubai Chess Club for their support during our negotiations with the
candidate organiser. The Kasimdzhanov-Kasparov match is now scheduled to be
organised in spring 2005 and FIDE has already entered discussions with other
candidate organisers and sponsors. Further information on the progress of these
discussions will be officially announced until the end of this year.
ChessBase Articles on the Dubai reunification match
Ilyumzhinov
and the Chess City in Dubai
08.08.2004
Who can say he doesn't think big? FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov has
just unveiled a plan to build a new "chess city" in the Emirate of Dubai.
It's a US $2.6 billion project that is expected to play host to (hold
on to your hats) 60 million amateur and professional chess followers
annually. You don't believe he
can do it?
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Kasparov
vs Kasimdzhanov in January in Dubai
13.10.2004
The reunification match between FIDE world champion Rustam Kasimdzhanov
and Garry Kasparov is scheduled to take place next January in the United
Arab Emirates. The prize sum is US $1.2 million. The players will stay
in the only seven-star hotel in the world. We have new pictures to show
you what that means...
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Kasparov's
letter to FIDE
29.10.2004
The reunification match between Garry Kasparov and Rustam Kasimdzhanov
is scheduled for January 7 – 24 in Dubai. However at the FIDE Congress
in Calvià nothing concrete was announced. The funding of the match and
many other details appear to be in doubt. In an open letter to the FIDE
General Assembly Garry Kasparov delivers firm
ultimatums. |
The
Turkish Federation wants the match
30.10.2004
Yesterday we published an open letter by Garry Kasparov, demanding that
the FIDE leadership show guarantees for his reunification match against
Kasimdzhanov, announced for January in Dubai, or to ask the General Assembly
for authority to quickly seek a new bidder. Now the alternate is on the
table, presented for the Turkish Chess Federation by its president Ali
Nihat Yazici. |
Kasimdzhanov-Kasparov
is a go
06.11.2004
According to an interview with FIDE president Kirsan Ilyumzhinov in the
Russian paper Sport Express, the sponsorship of the K-K unification match
in Dubai has been confirmed. The bank guarantees are in place and the
match is scheduled for Jan. 14-Feb. 1. We now have a translation of the
interview and a comment from
Garry Kasparov. |
Super
Final R2: Dreev beats Morozevich
16.11.2004
Alexander Morozevich is a player who, on a good day, can beat anyone
or anything in the world. But he can also have very bad streaks. In round
one he spent seventy moves trying to win with the black pieces against
Epishin; today he lost with white against Dreev. The other games were
drawn. Here's a report on a memorable
press conference...
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A
letter from Makro
22.11.2004
Two days before the start of the 57th Russian Championship Super Final
in Moscow a press conference was held in which Garry Kasparov spoke defensively
about the prospects of his up-coming reunification match against Rustam
Kasimdzhanov actually being staged. Now FIDE deputy Georgios Makropoulos
has sent us a reply to Kasparov.
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