A few weeks ago the ACP Board unanimously voted to support the candidacy of Arkady Dvorkovich for the FIDE presidency, an unprecedented stance in the history of our association. Never before had…
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Aug 22, 2018
ACP is glad to announce its special prizes for the Isle of Man Chess.com Open 2018. We have managed to provide a special additional prize fund for the ACP Members for the amount of 5000 GBP thanks…
Aug 06, 2018
Dear friends,
ACP Board has thoroughly discussed the forthcoming FIDE Presidential elections and unanimously voted to support the candidacy of Arkady Dvorkovich.
It is the first…
Jul 10, 2018
Chess alive by the Dead Sea
by Yochanan Afek
The "Gideon Japhet Cup" ended in Jerusalem on Friday, July 6th. Grandmaster Ian Nepomniachtchi slipped into the lead in the double-round rapid…
Jul 03, 2018
Dear Members,
The summer is in full swing and our work has intensified in the last period. Here we are giving you an overview of our activities.
The Poikovsky …
Apr 11, 2018
ACP Board wishes to congratulate the European Chess Union and Georgian Chess Federation on the excellent organization of the European Individual Chess Championship held in Batumi 16-29 March 2018…
Apr 04, 2018
The European ACP Women’s Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship 2018 took place from 29 March to 1 April in Tbilisi, Georgia. In total there were 78 players from 16 federations.
The total…
Mar 08, 2018
The ACP Board is concerned about the conflict between GM Alexei Shirov and the Latvian Chess Federation.
As a consequence of this conflict, the top player of the country is not allowed to…
Feb 22, 2018
Dear Members,
We would like to update you on our recent activities that went as planned.
Our cooperation with the Tata Steel tournament in Wijk aan Zee saw three of our…
Feb 20, 2018
ACP Board received a request from Premium member GM Alexei Shirov to publish the letter he sent to FIDE.
We are concerned about the situation. However, before issuing any statement on the…
Jan 18, 2018
Our Tournament of the Year 2017 poll, which this year has been anticipated to the earliest part of the year in order to make it even more relevant, saw quite a few tight races for the best…
Jan 15, 2018
Dear Members,
We hope that you had a good start of the new year. 2017 was a very eventful period for the ACP and its Tour. We would therefore like to inform you that the official…
Jan 07, 2018
The General Assembly of the ACP took place from December 21, 2017 to January 4, 2018. All Premium and Standard Members who were registered had the right to vote for approval of the the financial…
Jan 07, 2018
Dear Premium Members,
The final standings of the ACP Tour 2017 will be published on January 20th.
Before this date you are kindly requested:
- to check that all your…
Dec 30, 2017
Dear Members,
The Association of Chess Professionals continues the tradition of appreciating and awarding the best chess organizers from around the world. This year we are anticipating…