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The Olympiad starts on Friday 1 August and goes to 14 August. It is the 4th largest sporting event in the world. The FIDE General Assembly starts on the 11th and also goes to the 14th.
I expect that once the results of the General Assembly are clear, the negative campaigning will not stop by the "Kasparov team" and, may, in fact, intensify. Why stop the demagoguery and scapegoating? If they can't win, then they will just poison the well.
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norway's intelligence service said Thursday it has received information about an imminent "concrete threat" against Norway from people with links to Islamic fighters in Syria.
Benedicte Bjoernland, the head of Norwegian security service PST, said the agency has received "reliable information" from a foreign partner about some kind of attack "within days." She declined to identify the source.
"It was unspecific about what the target might be," Bjoernland said, adding PST has no information about how or when such an attack would take place.
According to PST's assessment last month, about 50 people have traveled to Syria from Norway as foreign fighters, half of whom have now returned to Norway.
The domestic intelligence agency could not exclude that people involved with the threat already were in Norway.
Bjoernland told a news conference authorities hoped a terror act could be averted by going public with the information.
National Police chief Vidar Refvik said law enforcement would be more visible at border crossings, airports and train stations but reiterated the threat was vague about a target.
Russia has a strong national team. I was looking at one of Kramnik's games the other day. I think it was in something you posted. Kramnik had the black side of the Spanish Berlin defense which he lost. Maybe to Pono. Looked like he played a bit sloppy and I wondered if there was something he didn't want to show or maybe it's something he was working on which was causing problems.
On the Chess-Results site, the final team listings are given. The Russians have wavered between Ian Nepomniachtchi and GM Dmitry Jakovenko - 2747 on Board Five. Today it is Nepomniachtchi:
1. RUS (ELO:2777,Captain: DOKHOIAN, Yury)
Br. Name ELO FED
1 GM KRAMNIK Vladimir 2777 RUS
2 GM GRISCHUK Alexander 2795 RUS
3 GM KARJAKIN Sergey 2786 RUS
4 GM SVIDLER Peter 2751 RUS
5 GM NEPOMNIACHTCHI Ian 2730 RUS
2. RUS ELO:2521, Captain: RUBLEVSKY, Sergei)
Br. Name ELO FED
1 GM GUNINA Valentina 2501 RUS
2 GM KOSTENIUK Alexandra 2533 RUS
3 WGM POGONINA Natalija 2508 RUS
4 WGM GIRYA Olga 2493 RUS
5 GM LAGNO Kateryna 2540 RUS
Although this might be irrelevant if he doesn’t make the team, a brief biography of Jakovenko from chessgames.com:
DMITRY JAKOVENKO (born Jun-28-1983) Russia IM (1998) ; GM (2001) ; U18 World Champion (2001) ; Moscow Champion (2006) ; twice Olympiad individual gold medalist (2008 & 2012) ; European Champion (2012).
Background
Dmitry Olegovich Jakovenko was born in Omsk, but spent his childhood in the Northern Siberian town of Nizhnevartovsk, over 3000 kilometers from Moscow. He learned the game at the age of 3 and was competing with adults at the local chess club in Nizhnevartovsk by the time he was 5. He reached Russian 1st category at the age of 7 during the 1990 city championship, gained his candidate master title in 1994 at age 11, the International Master title in 1997 at the age of 14, and the Grandmaster title at age 18 in 2001. While competing for the U10 World Championship in Bratislava, he met Aleksander S Nikitin (Garry Kasparov ’s head trainer at the time), who then became his coach. Jakovenko went professional in 2004.
Jakovenko’s academic record was one of being a straight-5 student (equivalent of straight As), and prior to the examinations which enabled him to enter Moscow State University to enroll in computing, math and cybernetics, and upon graduation to eventually go on to study a PhD in economics, he won a zonal final of the all-Russian Mathematical Olympiad.
On the July 2014 FIDE Rating List, Jakovenko is World Number 15 at 2747 and Nepomniachtchi is World Number 25 at 2730.
Vladimir Putin granted Russian citizenship to Catherine Lagno Tuesday, 22/07/2014
Russian President Vladimir Putin granted Russian citizenship to Ukrainian chess player Catherine Lagno, reports ITAR-TASS.
The corresponding decree was published today on the official website for legal information: "The application for Russian citizenship Lagno, Catherine, born December 27, 1989 in Ukraine is satisfied," - the document says.
Thus, the operation "From Ukraine to Russia", apparently, can be considered complete. Catherine officially won the right to play for Russia (Ukrainian Chess Federation disagrees), the organizers of the Olympic Games in Tromso abandoned their intention not to allow the national team in the competition, and now, by obtaining citizenship - the question as to whether a citizen of Ukraine, who played for her national team, can represent another country at the Olympics is legitimized. The lady chess player herself emphasizes that her transfer is not affiliated with the political situation between Russia and Ukraine.
Kasparov denounces those who politicize terrible messes! No, I am not making this up!
Kasparov weighs in on the good news that all teams will be allowed to play:
I do not intend to allow Kirsan Ilyumzhinov’s plan to drag me and the election for FIDE president into the situation around the Olympiad teams excluded from the Tromsø Olympiad. Ilyumzhinov’s gang and his allies at the Russian Chess Federation are desperate to politicize this unfortunate mess of their own making. They should not be allowed to distract from how and why they created this scandal by attacking me and the Norwegian organizers.
aha ha ha ha! aha ha ha ha! And who said Kasparov had no sense of humour?! Kasparov the Wise! Kasparov the ... steady-handed Statesman! Kasparov ... the comic genius! Kasparov ... the Magnificent! :D
Thank goodness justice and common sense prevailed and Olympiad players can get back to thinking about chess..............................................................................
I wouldn't want to be in the viper's nest of Kasparov's camp and the hissing recriminations probably going on right now. OTOH, all the nasty things they're saying about each other are probably all true. lol. Leong and Sand are going to have large bull's eyes painted on their foreheads, and any irregularity will undoubtedly be looked at under a microscope.
I'm looking forward to photos of Kateryna Lagno proudly wearing the Ribbon of St. George. I hope she kicks ass.
Good luck to all the Canadian players as well! Go, Canada, Go!
Last edited by Nigel Hanrahan; Monday, 21st July, 2014, 12:10 PM.
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