Dear Colleagues and Friends,
We, the board of the Association of Chess Professionals (ACP), hereby declare the dissolution of the organization effective immediately. After our latest Extraordinary General Assembly, the decision was reached to dissolve the organization. We have now completed all the legal requirements for the dissolution.
Dear Colleagues,
We announce the results of the Extraordinary General Assembly (EGA). They are as follows:
4 votes for YES
3 votes for NO.
This means that the EGA’s decision is in favour of the dissolution of the ACP.
Dear Colleagues,
As we announced, the Extraordinary General Assembly follows the General Assembly and will run from 15 April to 1 May.
Here is a reminder of the members who have a right to vote:
Jussupow Artur
Romanov Evgeny
Colovic Aleksandar
Garrett Yuri
Navara David
Kormick Korey
Garcia Valer Jesus
Escafre Stephane
Ootes Lennart
Gupta Abhijeet
Mueller Karsten
Donchenko Alexander
Erdos Viktor
Freyd Laurent
Gavrilescu David
Lupulescu Constantin
Dear Colleagues,
Here are the results of the voting at the ACP General Assembly:
1. I discharge the President for his management during year 2022:
I discharge the President - 6 votes
I do not discharge the President - 0 votes
I abstain - 3 votes
Please find below the Treasurer's report for 2022, in the usual format. Download the appendices here.
Dear Colleagues,
The year 2022 was a turning point for the ACP when we tried to give the organisation a different direction.
We devised a strategic plan with two main changes in mind.
First was that ACP pivoted to a think-tank, an organisation that would analyse and present ideas to the chess public.
Second was using our Twitch channel to organise streams on important topics.
Dear Colleagues,
According to our Statute, Article 12, “The Association is run by a board of 11 members elected for 4 years by the General Assembly.”
Following our Statute, we would like to inform you that due to lack of interest (two applications) we are forced to cancel the elections for the new ACP Board.
The upcoming General Assembly will continue as scheduled (1-14 April) with the updated agenda:
1. President’s Report
2. Treasurer’s Report
The General Assembly will take place from 1-14 April, when the voting for the new ACP Board will happen.
Starting today, 25 January, you are invited to submit your applications to form part of the new ACP Board to the email secretary@
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