ACP Masters arrives in Ashdod, Israel

The strongest invitational tournament ever to be held in Israel, the ACP Masters, will be hosted by the city of Ashdod, in collaboration with the Association of Chess Professionals (ACP) on December 7-10 during the Chanukah holiday.

 

Participants:

GM Vassily Ivanchuk, Ukraine 2825

GM Ian Nepomniachtchi, Russia 2821

GM Gadir Guseinov, Azerbaijan 2739

GM Richard Rapport, Hungary 2736

GM Boris Gelfand, Israel 2713

GM Etienne Bacrot, France 2700

GM Dmitry Jakovenko, Russia 2700

ACP Wildcards for Qatar Masters

ACP is proud to announce the names of our wild cards for the fabulous Qatar Masters 2015, probably the strongest Open tournament ever.

 

Thanks to the cooperation with the organizers of Qatar Masters, and in particular GM Mohamed Al-Modiahki, the following players will receive the wild cards, accompanied by the exclusive financial conditions:

Men - Evgeny Tomashevsky, Dmitry Jakovenko, Baskaran Adhiban

Women - Nino Batsiashvili, Alexandra Kosteniuk, Humpy Koneru

 

ACP General Assembly - submit by 21 November!

Dear ACP Members,

 

This is a reminder that starting November 28 and until December 13 we will hold our General Assembly that will elect the new Board for the period 2016-2019.

 

Please note that if you wish to stand as a candidate for the Board, you need to send us a photograph and a few biographical lines together with your proposed plan of action on or before 21 November 2015 to the following email address: ga@chessprofessionals.org.

 

25th Keres Memorial – ACP Open Dedicated to Keres 100 Jubilee

ACP invites everyone to Tallinn (Estonia). The open rapid tournament, marking 100th Jubilee of the great Paul Keres is to be held on Jan 7-10, 2016 in a cooperation with Estonian Chess Federation and Kalev Sports Association. 

 

ORGANIZERS

Estonian Sports Association Kalev in cooperation with the Estonian Chess Federation and Association of Chess Professionals. 

The Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Estonia, the Cultural Endowment of Estonia, the Council of the Gambling Tax, the City of Tallinn and sponsors support organizing the competition.

ACP President Emil Sutovsky on Georgiev's and Koneru's cases

I want to have it as clear as possible. ACP will not only condemn the decisions of Bulgarian and Indian Chess Federations - we will also use all legal means to help our Premium Members Kiril Georgiev and Humpy Koneru. We are in touch with both players and also with FIDE, and we expect FIDE to act in accordance with the laws and common sense.

GM Tomashevsky and IM/WGM Batsiashvili qualified for Wijk aan Zee 2016

The ACP continues its successful wild card policy. After a very close race in the ACP Tour GM Evgeny Tomashevsky (Russia) got the coveted spot in the Tata Steel Masters group in Wijk aan Zee, and IM/WGM Nino Batsiashvili (Georgia) qualified for the prestigious Challengers group. The ACP Board thanks the organizers of Tata Steel Wijk aan Zee, on of the the oldest and most popular chess tournaments in the world, and wishes them to have another splendid event in 2016.

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