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Typical deflection game in Zurab's statement - pointing out how great he is and all the good stuff he's done for chess blah blah blah BEFORE addressing the situation..
There is some more information about GM.Zurab Azmaiparashvili as per "I know's blog", as below:
"The true life story of Zurab Azmaiparashvili, the worst criminal in chess history ever
October 22nd, 2016 admin
Dear chess presidents, delegates, politicians, and lovers of the game,
FIDE World Cadets Championship 2016 started in Batumi (Georgia).
We would like to draw your attention to the person who is, as you probably already know, organizing this event – Zurab Azmaiparashvili, whose moral portrait we would like to shed some light on, this being our duty.
There are some very interesting facts from the secret life of Azmaiparashvili, which are known to very few people in the world and which should not remain hidden from the public eye any longer. As he is the biggest fighter against corruption in chess at present, we think people ought to know him better.
It is a big shame that the FIDE, knowing the moral record of Azmaiparashvili, have granted this children’s event to such a person.
In the 80s Azmaiparashvili was an average GM, nothing special, around Top 50-100 in the world, max, but never even close to the Top 10 or anything similar.
His real career started when Garry Kasparov, for some unknown reason, employed him as a second for his WCC match vs Karpov in Seville in 1987. After a few more matches, in the spring of 1995 Azmaiparashvili received the news that Kasparov was going to fire him. He was mad at Garry, but also extremely worried about his future and that of his family.
So, during their last training camp in Croatia, taking advantage of the fact that Kasparov and his mother were absent from the house, Azmaiparashvili entered their room and stole all his chess analysis, the entire work of Kasparov’s lifetime.
Later on Azmaiparashvili started a coaching career and sold that analysis to all his students. His coaching career didn’t last long and, as far as we remember his most famous pupil was Judit Polgar.
The greatest purchase in chess history, 50 ELO points in Macedonia 1995. After his successful robbery, and finally being fired by Kasparov, Azmaiparashvili decided to start a solo chess career.
The only question was HOW? His rating was low, his reputation the same, and he was without any invitations for top tournaments. Our hero decided to make his next desperate move, to purchase rating.
So, in the autumn of 1995 a GM tournament of four players was organized in Strumica, FYROM. Apart from our hero, the rest of the players were GM Rashkovsky (Russia) GM Kurajica (Bosna) and IM Kuturov FYROM. A strange formula of 18 (!!!) rounds with only four players. Finally GM Azmaiparashvili won this event with the amazing score of 16 points from 18 games, winning 50 ELO points and for that time an incredible Rating performance of 2881.
His play was so brilliant and euphoric that he even used without any shame a lot of Kasparov’s analysis, which he had previously stolen.
One classic sample was his brilliant victory against GM Kurajica, in which both played the entire brilliant analysis of Kasparov in Sicilian Paulsen. Enjoy the game!
Azmaiparashvili,Zurab (2610) – Kurajica,Bojan (2585)
Strumica (18), 1995
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Be3 Nf6 8.0-0 Bd6 9.f4 Nxd4 10.e5!! TN Bc5 11.exf6 Nxc2 12.fxg7 Bxe3+ 13.Kh1 Rg8 14.Qxc2 Rxg7 15.Rae1Bxf4 16.Rxf4 Qxf4 17.Nd5 Qh4 18.Re4 Rg4 19.g3 Qg5 20.Nc7+ Kd8 21.Nxa8 Rxe4 22.Bxe4 Qa5 23.Qc3 Qxc3 24.bxc3 d5 25.Bxh7 b5 26.Nb6 Bb7 27.Kg1 Kc7 28.h4 d4 29.h5 dxc3 30.Bc2 f5 31.h6 Be4 32.h7 1-0
The solo chess career of our hero wasn’t very successful. His peak was in the ECU championship in Turkey 2003, one of the first ECU individual events, an average open. He won the tournament after taking a move back and beating the second classified GM Vladimir Malakhov from Russia. A brilliant achievement as usual.
Malakhov,Vladimir (2672) – Azmaiparashvili,Zurab (2678)
EU-ch 4th Istanbul (9), 08.06.2003
1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.Ne2 e5 6.dxe5 dxe5 7.Qxd8+ Nxd8 8.Be3 h5 9.Nd2 h4 10.0-0-0 Bh6 11.f4 Nf6 12.Rhf1 Bg4 13.Bf3 Ne6 14.fxe5 Bxe3 15.exf6 Bh3 16.Rfe1 Bf2 17.Rh1 Ng5 18.Nf4 Nxf3 19.Nxf3 Bg4 20.Nd5 Rc8 21.Rhf1 hxg3 22.hxg3 Bxf3 23.Rd2 Bxg3 24.Rxf3 Rh1+ 25.Rd1 Rxd1+ 26.Kxd1 Be5 27.Rb3 b6 28.Ra3 Ra8 29.b4 c6 30.Ne7 Kd7 31.Rd3+ Kc7 32.b5 cxb5 33.Nd5+ Kb7 34.Ne3 Kc6 35.Ng4 Re8 36.Ke2 Bb2 37.Rb3 Bd4 38.Rd3 Kc5 39.c3 Rxe4+ 40.Kf3 Rxg4 41.Kxg4 Bxf6 42.Rf3 Be5 43.Rxf7 a5 44.Kg5 Bxc3 45.Kxg6 Kb4 46.Rc7 Bd4 47.Rc2 Bc3 48.Kf5 Kc4 49.Ke4 b4 50.Rc1 a4 51.Rb1 b3 52.axb3+ axb3 53.Ke3 b2 54.Ke2 b5 55.Rh1 b4 56.Rf1 Bg7 57.Kd2 Kb3 58.Kd3 Bh6 59.Kd4 0-1
Debut in chess politics and the disaster of Calvia 2004. In 1995 Kirsan Ilyumzhinov was elected as FIDE President in the FIDE congress in Paris by surprise. Kirsan in reality never had the real power in FIDE; he was just a FIDE sponsor and Russian political figure who left the entire power to his Deputy President Makropoulos and his group of friends.
Failing as a coach, player, etc. our hero Zurab Azmaiparashvili went into chess politics, starting as a simple “dogsbody” of Makropoulos. He was a cashier, who brought the cash and organized the parties of Makro&friends, FIDE, etc. etc. In appreciation of his faithful services, Kirsan nominated him FIDE Vice president in Bled, Slovenia in 2002.
Two years later came his new great blow. During the closing ceremony of Calvia chess Olympiad in 2004 Azmaiparashvili hit a Spanish policeman on the head, was arrested and beaten, and spent three days in a Spanish prison.
Since I had lived for many years in Spain, his FIDE friends and his wife asked me for help. So, I personally spent about a month dealing with the lawyers of the government of Mallorca, who finally dropped the charges against him. Of course, he forgot that a long time ago. Typical for Azmaiparashvili, he usually starts to hate and fight against all the people who have ever helped him in his life. Clear examples are Garry Kasparov, Ignatius Leong, Mahir Mammedov, etc.
Working for the Bulgarian chess federation,in 2005 my company Kaissa chess management, together with the Bulgarian chess federation, started to organize MTel Masters super tournaments in Sofia for five years in a row, and introduced the famous present Sofia anti-draw rules. But there was a catch, many of the “experts” in the FIDE Rating commission were against calculating the tournament for rating with the new Sofia rule.
So, Makro&friends kindly “suggested” that if we find a job for their “dogsbody” Azmaiparashvili the problem could be solved.
Bearing in mind that, we invented the job of “draw specialist” and Azmaiparashvili was invited together with his wife to Sofia and worked through all five tournaments as adviser, doing absolutely nothing, and got paid a very generous fee. The couple became famous, because every day they spent many hours in the massage salon of the Grand Hotel Sofia, leaving big invoices for the organizers after their departure.
During the WCC match Anand-Topalov in Sofia 2010 the Bulgarian chess federation, again forced by Makro&friends FIDE, invited Azmaiparashvili to be commentator of the match and paid him the generous fee of 12,000 euros.
Showing gratitude as usual, Azmaiparashvili left the event three days before the finish to catch another FIDE appeal committee in Russia. So, in total our hero worked for the Bulgarian chess federation for six years, the same federation against which he has been fighting like hell for the last two years, trying to suspend and destroy it.
Sexual abuse harrassment in Mexico DF, during the WCC in Mexico DF in 2007, Azmaiparashvili as usual was a member of the FIDE Appeal Committee, appointed by Makro&friends.
One day he was accused of sexual harassment by Mrs Guadalupe Hernandez, the cleaning lady of his room in Sheraton Centro Historico, and was immediately thrown out of the official FIDE hotel.
The story is very similar to the story of Dominic Stross Kahn, with the only difference that the story of Stross Kahn might have been set up, but the story of our hero is for real. Jorge Saggiante, Director of the Championship, trying to avoid a big political scandal, persuaded Mrs Guadalupe Hernandez to drop the charges with the Mexican police, so our hero wasn’t arrested this time and could leave the country.
Of course, Makro&friends as usual helped him a lot to cover and hide the case. Nowadays, Azmaiparashvili is still appointed regularly as FIDE Appeal Committee member in almost all important FIDE events, bringing his mistress and girlfriends to the swimming pools of the official hotels, paid for by FIDE.
Of course, when someone protests about such vulgar behavior, sending an appeal to the FIDE ethical commission, such an appeal is immediately rejected by the same commission. Damn shame: http://danailov-for-president.com/?p=3196
Years in Singapore with Ignatius Leong, for some years, between December 2007 and May 2013 when Mikheil Saakashvili was President of Georgia, Zurab Azmaiparashvili was persona non grata in his home country. Desperate again, he asked Ignatius Leong, who was FIDE General Secretary at that time, for help.
Ignatius helped him a lot, gave him a job in his chess academy in Singapore, and arranged a residence permit in Singapore for him and his entire family. Later on Ignatius helped his son to finish medical school and to get a job as a doctor in Singapore.
Not bad, is it? As usual Azmaiparashvili appreciated that help by hating Leong, and turned to blackmailing and threatening him before the election in Tromso. Azmaiparashvili also went to the prosecutor in Singapore to testify against Ignatius Leong, trying to put him in jail for corruption. Montenegro CF and Budva EYCC 2013, when Azmaiparashvili became ECU President in 2014, he immediately started to fight against the previous management of the Montenegro chess federation and the organizers of Budva EYCC 2013."
Typical deflection game in Zurab's statement - pointing out how great he is and all the good stuff he's done for chess blah blah blah BEFORE addressing the situation..
A GM has every right to dress however he wants. He can even draw a non-game in 14 moves if he wants to. The rulebook allows it. But the flip side is that the fans and sponsors have every right not to pay to see the 'show'.
Chess is a poor's man game because everyone involved act like they're poor and they don't even want to be there. Including some top level GMs.
Last edited by Mathieu Cloutier; Monday, 11th September, 2017, 10:35 PM.
FIDE DRESS CODE POLICY: HELP CHESS BY WEARING PROPER ATTIRE
Regulations
3a The following is acceptable for men players, captains, head of delegation.
Suits, ties, dressy pants, trousers, jeans, long-sleeve or shirt-sleeve dress shirt, dress shirt, alternatively T-shirts or polo, dress shoes, loafers or dressy slip-ons, socks, shoes or sneakers, sport coat, blazer, Bermuda shorts, turtleneck, jacket, vest or sweater. Team uniforms and national costumes clothing.
Good lard... the lengths we have to go to justify a dress code.
Sponsors want to give you money and have their logo somewhere in the background when they take a picture of you. The least you could do is to dress up.
Seriously, the attitude everyone is showing in this thread explains why there's not more money into chess.
1-Dress up
2-Smile when they're taking the picture
3-Complain if something isn't to your liking.
Starting with 3 won't lead you anywhere. The very fact I have to explain this is beyond my understanding.
There already is a FIDE Dress Code:
FIDE DRESS CODE POLICY: HELP CHESS BY WEARING PROPER ATTIRE
Regulations
3a The following is acceptable for men players, captains, head of delegation.
Suits, ties, dressy pants, trousers, jeans, long-sleeve or shirt-sleeve dress shirt, dress shirt, alternatively T-shirts or polo, dress shoes, loafers or dressy slip-ons, socks, shoes or sneakers, sport coat, blazer, Bermuda shorts, turtleneck, jacket, vest or sweater. Team uniforms and national costumes clothing.
2) Therefore all chess players should have short hair.
As a logical argument, it is less than compelling.
Good lard... the lengths we have to go to justify a dress code.
Sponsors want to give you money and have their logo somewhere in the background when they take a picture of you. The least you could do is to dress up.
Seriously, the attitude everyone is showing in this thread explains why there's not more money into chess.
1-Dress up
2-Smile when they're taking the picture
3-Complain if something isn't to your liking.
Starting with 3 won't lead you anywhere. The very fact I have to explain this is beyond my understanding.
I hope all is well with your family. I agree, wearing the hijab was nonsense. But here in Canada be careful what you say. Some idiot from the federal (or even Ontario's provincial) government will label you an islamophobe and spend valuable time and money to uncover your master evil plan. Trouble is, there is no evil master plan. You, like all sensible people, simply don't believe in being forced to wear religious symbols. In countries where women's rights are compromised, however, this is par for the course.
As an attachment to my previous messages, this one as well:
"The ACP Board strongly condemns and protests the actions of Mr. Zurab Azmaiparashvili in his capacity as World Cup Organiser.
Bullying and threatening the player taking part in your event is unacceptable, doing it right before the game is even a bigger sin.
The dress-code policy in the tournament is vague, and it is not even clear if Grandmaster Anton Kovalyov has violated it - but that's not the point, as up to that moment, he was not even warned about any possible violation, wearing the very same attire in the previous rounds. And then, all of a sudden, he is threatened and insulted. No player can be treated this way and this is unacceptable. Grandmaster Kovalyov felt he got no choice but to leave the tournament, and we understand his decision.
Incidentally, Mr. Azmaiparashvili is not only the Organiser, but also the Chairman of the Appeals Committee. The Appeals Committee, that is the only body that can correct the actions of arbiters and organizers! This should not have happened, and we strongly blame FIDE for creating this conflict of interest.
We do not expect FIDE to act, and we do not believe they will do anything to remedy the situation. We address the global chess community and national federations.
Doesn't chess deserve better? Shall we swallow another bitter pill all again? Shall the players feel themselves like secondary creatures, accept these insults and obey? Isn't it the time to unite and take a STRONG stand? If you feel it's the time to change the situation drastically, please join our protest and sign this letter.
ACP Board"
Last edited by Caesar Posylek; Monday, 11th September, 2017, 06:26 PM.
To some extent, I think I have to agree with Mathieu. One of the reasons chess has a weak reputation in North America must be because of pre-conceived notions. One way to obliterate pre-conceived notions about the sport is to dress professional and put stereo types to shame. I don't think Anton took the idea of dress too seriously, and to some tiny degree that is a mistake.
However, having Zurab berate Anton and basically call him a clown is not the right solution. There should be room for warnings or other such smaller steps - obviously they could have been more private.
I think young people in general (Oh I was one, once?) need to be aware there is more than themselves to worry about. However, this should not be a green light for Zurab to get uppity. Zurab has been in Chessbase news repeatedly, one time even for being badly beaten if I recall. Trouble does not always manufacture itself out of nowhere or by chance, this guy seems to be a part of it on a regular basis.
Sorry Egidijus, I think I was trying to say they are making up the rules. There is no citation I know of. I just wanted to know what Roger was getting at, and he explained it.
The Association of Chess Professionals (ACP) is circulating a letter of protest in support of Anton.
I just signed it, I encourage everyone to sign it as well.
My question is whether the 'dress code' for the World Cup 2017 was ever specifically published in advance, and whether this had been agreed, among FIDE and the sponsors and hosts. If so, the players are responsible for knowing and following it. If not, then it seems reasonable to give players some benefit of the doubt, should questions arise. It was not as if GM Kovalyov turned up to play without a shirt! That would have been inappropriate. It is such a shame that this had to end the way it did; GM Kovalyov was playing fantastic chess in this event! He had defeated former World Champion GM Vishy Anand in the second match series!! :)
Other individual sports such as golf and tennis do have dress codes for competitions. For example, male professional golfers are NOT allowed to wear shorts in tournament rounds, except on the Australasian PGA Tour. Some events now allow them to wear shorts in practice rounds. Male amateurs CAN wear shorts with specified lengths in high-standard amateur events. At the Wimbledon tennis Grand Slam tournament, ALL players MUST wear white outfits. Women professional golfers can wear shorts and skirts in tournament play, but they do have some recently imposed regulations for dress, in the wake of Paige Spiranac (who is lights-out gorgeous) stretching the limits in that regard.
I'm a bit surprised Roger, assuming you do not believe in the FIDE rule that players must have proper attire. With NN you were quick to point out it was his duty to know and follow the rules by stopping the clock to promote, but here you do not seem to agree with the rule on attire, so your argument of the player's duty to follow rules has changed? Or is it because this rule on proper attire doesn't really exist and its a FIDE on-the-fly rule?
Mavros
FIDE is a joke; the women had to wear the hijab at their event and I could clearly see one of the men in attendance ( probably an arbiter or FIDE official ) dressed fairly casually. Forcing the women to wear the hijab was a much more serious issue then whether men wear shorts or not. In any event, I think the sport of chess is in decline and any young person of talent should consider a better pursuit. The CFC isn't as bad at the moment but has had its moments in the past. It often seems like people scrapping over limited resources and gaming the system is inevitable, as is trying to win chess competitions away from the board ( e.g. questioning player skills and potential, gender politics, provincial rivalries ). The CFC needs to focus on making the sport enjoyable for those who choose to compete and support the young players who face numerous obstacles in Canada if they pursue high goals. I just don't know if the CFC/FIDE world is a good place to be these days.
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