Twitt the ACP!

European Championships, Rijeka 5-19 March 2010

Dear participants of the European Chess Championships in Rijeka,

This year you can register for the event directly on the official web-site: www.eurorijeka2010.com/home/Registration

Let us remind you that if you pay for your hotel accommodation until January 30th, you benefit from a 10% discount: www.eurorijeka2010.com/home/Services/Accommodation

ACP Board

Happy New Year!

Dear ACP members,

Every person will have his or her own memories about 2009; however, we are all united by our common passion to chess. This year the Association of Chess Professionals celebrated its 5th anniversary and we are glad that the number of ACP members is growing every year.

We wish you all the best for 2010 – good health, interesting trips, nice memories and brilliant chess games!

Happy New Year!

ACP Board

Vladimir Malakhov is the European Rapid Champion 2009!

ACP Membership Fee 2009

Dear ACP members,

We kindly remind you that the deadline for the annual payment of the membership fee is 31st of December 2009.

The results of players who failed to pay their membership fee before the deadline will not be counted for the ACP Tour and Women Series 2008-2009.

The ACP Board has taken the following decision concerning membership fees.

Starting from the year 2009, ACP members will be able to pay their fees for two or three years in advance. In case they wish to do so, they will benefit from the following discount:

- ACP membership fee for 1 year: 30 euros (as before)
- ACP membership fee for 2 years: 55 euros (instead of 60)
- ACP membership fee for 3 years: 80 euros (instead of 90)

For new members, the ACP fee is still at 50 euros for the first year. But they too can benefit from the discount, if they wish to pay in advance:
75 euros for 2 years (instead of 80), or 100 euros for 3 years (instead of 110).

This measure should ease the task of the Treasurer and reward trusting members.

May 6th 2009
ACP Board

First ACP Women World Rapid Cup

Alexandra Kosteniuk wins the First ACP Women World Rapid Cup!

CONGRATULATIONS!

Alexandra shares the following impressions about the ACP Women Rapid Cup and the ACP in general:

I am glad that I was able to change my schedule at relatively short notice to be able to fly to Turkey and take place in this great tournament. I was attracted by the prestige of the event and by the strong competition taking part, such as GM's Pia Cramling and Monika Socko, the sisters Tatiana and Nadezhda Kosintseva (Tatiana is GM, Nadezhda is IM), of course the very solid Viktorija Cmilyte, Natalia Zhukova, and Lela Javakhishvili, and some more good players. I knew the level would be very high and that I would have to give it my best. At the end, I am very satisfied with my 10/11, which corresponds to a performance of 2746 ELO! I made a full report about the tournament on my blog at http://www.chessblog.com/2009/12/kosteniuk-wins-first-acp-women-world.html

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First ACP Women World Rapid Cup

The ACP General Assembly takes place from December 10th to 24th 2009 on www.chess-players.org

ACP General Assembly 2009

The ACP General Assembly takes place from December 10th to 24th 2009 on www.chess-players.org

Agenda

I. ACP BOARD ANNUAL REPORT

II. OTHER ISSUES

ACP General Assembly 2009

First ACP Women World Rapid Cup

ACP WS 2008-09 qualifiers:

Kosintseva, Tatiana
Kosteniuk, Alexandra
Kosintseva, Nadezhda
Cramling, Pia
Cmilyte, Viktorija
Zhukova, Natalya
Javakhishvili, Lela
Socko, Monica (replaces Pogonina)

ACP nominee:

Klinova, Masha

TCF nominees:

Ozturk, Kubra
Menzi, Nezihe Ezgi
Yildiz, Betul Cemre

ACP Board

First ACP Women World Rapid Cup

The event will be a Round Robin rapid tournament with twelve participants including eight qualifiers from the ACP Women Series 2008-09, three Turkish Chess Federation nominees, one ACP nominee.

The total prize fund will amount to USD 20,000.

ACP & TCF

Letter to FIDE concerning players' contracts for the WC 2009

Here is the letter that the ACP Board has addressed to FIDE concerning the deadline for players' contracts for the World Cup 2009
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Galicia Chess Festival

The ACP is glad to help the organizers of the Galicia Chess Festival promote their event !
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