Anand to lead India in Calvia!
Posted by Webmaster on 23 September 2004
World rapid chess champion Viswanathan Anand will lead India in the men's section of the Chess Olympiad scheduled to be held in Madrid, Spain from October 14.
This is the first time that an all-Grandmasters team is representing India. Anand is playing in the Olympiad after a long gap of seven years and the man believes that despite having a good team, it won't be smooth sailing for India in the competition.
The Chess wizard has won almost everything that has come his way, including his third Chess Oscar and has already bagged three major titles this year- the Corus Super Grandmaster's title, the Dortmund Championship and the Mainz Classic.
Anand, who is touring various Indian cities to promote the game, made time for some school children in the capital on Thursday. Twenty-one students from Delhi's Vasant Valley School got an opportunity to play their moves against the world rapid chess champion.
Originally cited by Sun Network
World rapid chess champion Viswanathan Anand will lead India in the men's section of the Chess Olympiad scheduled to be held in Madrid, Spain from October 14. This is the first time that an all-Grandmasters team is representing India. Anand is playing in the Olympiad after a long gap of seven years and the man believes that despite having a good team, it won't be smooth sailing for India in the competition.
The Chess wizard has won almost everything that has come his way, including his third Chess Oscar and has already bagged three major titles this year- the Corus Super Grandmaster's title, the Dortmund Championship and the Mainz Classic.
Anand, who is touring various Indian cities to promote the game, made time for some school children in the capital on Thursday. Twenty-one students from Delhi's Vasant Valley School got an opportunity to play their moves against the world rapid chess champion.
Originally cited by Sun Network
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OlimpBase Quiz #2: Olympic Scandals
Posted by Webmaster on 13 September 2004
We have prepared a set of five Olympic knowledge quizzes for you, with 10 questions and 50 answers each, of which only 10 answers are correct. Are you ready to shoot the perfect 10 of each Quiz? Today we start with the first Quiz: The Olympic Scandals. Ten scandalous events from the history of the Olympiads were recalled. Each of them has been supported with 5 hypotheses, four false and a true one. Your job is to extract a drop of a truth from the ocean of lies. Enjoy!
OlimpBase Quiz #2: The Olympic Scandals
We have prepared a set of five Olympic knowledge quizzes for you, with 10 questions and 50 answers each, of which only 10 answers are correct. Are you ready to shoot the perfect 10 of each Quiz? Today we start with the first Quiz: The Olympic Scandals. Ten scandalous events from the history of the Olympiads were recalled. Each of them has been supported with 5 hypotheses, four false and a true one. Your job is to extract a drop of a truth from the ocean of lies. Enjoy!OlimpBase Quiz #2: The Olympic Scandals
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Calvia Mania begins! Bigwig preview
Posted by Webmaster on 7 August 2004
It's no more than 10 weeks until the start of the 36th Chess Olympiad held in Calvià, Spain. It is high time we focused entirely on the forthcoming event. We promise to do our best to provide you with most complete historical coverage of 1976-2002 period before Calvia take-off (however you can never know, if you can help, then do help). Who is going to take the Gold? Who is able to reach the medal zone? The July ELO ranking list is already at our disposal at www.fide.com. Here is the top 6 according to average ELO of top ten of each nation:
It's no more than 10 weeks until the start of the 36th Chess Olympiad held in Calvià, Spain. It is high time we focused entirely on the forthcoming event. We promise to do our best to provide you with most complete historical coverage of 1976-2002 period before Calvia take-off (however you can never know, if you can help, then do help). Who is going to take the Gold? Who is able to reach the medal zone? The July ELO ranking list is already at our disposal at www.fide.com. Here is the top 6 according to average ELO of top ten of each nation:| team | ELO | top players |
| 1. Russia | 2721 | Kasparov 2817, Kramnik 2770, Morozevich 2743, Svidler 2727 |
| 2. Ukraine | 2632 | Ponomariov 2722, Ivanchuk 2715, Moiseenko 2640, Volokitin 2638 |
| 3. Hungary | 2624 | Leko 2741, Polgar 2728, Almasi 2644, Gyimesi 2618 |
| 4. USA | 2610 | Onischuk 2655, Seirawan 2631, Goldin 2624, Kaidanov 2621 |
| 5. England | 2609 | Adams 2738, Short 2684, McShane 2643, Sadler 2617 |
| 6. France | 2608 | Bacrot 2712, Lautier 2666, Fressinet 2637, Tkachiev 2615 |
Russia seem to be favourites but who of the world's top players is going to visit Calvia? There will certainly be some major absentees like Kramnik and Anand. Who else?
Discuss at our forum , answer the poll question there and share your opinion with other users. Bet your dark horses, scorn the favourites. Who the Peonin, the Calvia mascot, will be lucky for? Is anyone able to predict top three?
Discuss at our forum , answer the poll question there and share your opinion with other users. Bet your dark horses, scorn the favourites. Who the Peonin, the Calvia mascot, will be lucky for? Is anyone able to predict top three?
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OlimpBase is fully recovered after server being down for dreadful fortnight!
Posted by Webmaster on 5 August 2004
More than two weeks ago we have suffered unexpected and awful server collapse. Unfortunately some data, namely Guestbook, Newsletter and Forum registers were lost forever. You are welcome to re-enter them. Our new server should be much faster and more reliable. Please let us know about errors or any inconvenience encountered.
More than two weeks ago we have suffered unexpected and awful server collapse. Unfortunately some data, namely Guestbook, Newsletter and Forum registers were lost forever. You are welcome to re-enter them. Our new server should be much faster and more reliable. Please let us know about errors or any inconvenience encountered.* * *
Looking for OlimpBase correspondents
Posted by Webmaster on 1 August 2004
It is time to enlarge OlimpBase Team a little bit. So far we have few dozens of people but we need more. Currently we are looking for OlimpBase correspondents. We need at least one correspondent from each country. To be an OlimpBase correspondent means that you will get your own username and password for our News script and you will, or will not, occasionally post Olympic news related to your country's team. There are no limits of your activity. Post one message a week if you like. Or you may post one message in 2 years, or less. We will accept all. Apart from that we need people who would take care about players' biographies from chosen country. They should be written in decent English and should not be bigger than 10 kB. You do not need to send biography for each player from your country, although this would be nice to see. They need to be send in a plain text to us. No time limits are set. Finally, we are looking for people who would generously send us players' photos, 150x210 jpeg format is preferable. Please do not forget copyrights, the owner must always agree to use the photos.
Please do not forget to give your valid email address so that we could contact you.
It is time to enlarge OlimpBase Team a little bit. So far we have few dozens of people but we need more. Currently we are looking for OlimpBase correspondents. We need at least one correspondent from each country. To be an OlimpBase correspondent means that you will get your own username and password for our News script and you will, or will not, occasionally post Olympic news related to your country's team. There are no limits of your activity. Post one message a week if you like. Or you may post one message in 2 years, or less. We will accept all. Apart from that we need people who would take care about players' biographies from chosen country. They should be written in decent English and should not be bigger than 10 kB. You do not need to send biography for each player from your country, although this would be nice to see. They need to be send in a plain text to us. No time limits are set. Finally, we are looking for people who would generously send us players' photos, 150x210 jpeg format is preferable. Please do not forget copyrights, the owner must always agree to use the photos.Please do not forget to give your valid email address so that we could contact you.
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Let's shed some light on unofficial Olympic events
Posted by Webmaster on 29 June 2004
The History of the Olympiads is more than just listing of official Olympic events. The Olympic history has many unknown yet fascinating threads, some of them worth deeper analysis. Today we bring you the data concerning first unofficial Chess Olympiad held in conjunction with Paris 1924 VIII Summer Olympic Games. This is even more important since the event was concluded with settling International Chess Federation (FIDE).
Apart from these we believe that infamous Anti-Israeli "Counter Olympiad" held in Tripoli in 1976 (yes, same Libya and same Gathafi as in 2004!) is also part of history worth at least quick look.
The information on the "Little Olympiad" held in Budapest 1926 has been a little bit extended as well. This tournament has everything that official Olympiad should have, except the number of teams participating (just 4).
As usual you are asked to support our efforts with additions and corrections of our data. Enjoy!
Paris 1924 Team Chess Tournament
Budapest 1926 "Little Olympiad"
Tripoli 1976 Anti-Israeli "Counter Olympiad"
The History of the Olympiads is more than just listing of official Olympic events. The Olympic history has many unknown yet fascinating threads, some of them worth deeper analysis. Today we bring you the data concerning first unofficial Chess Olympiad held in conjunction with Paris 1924 VIII Summer Olympic Games. This is even more important since the event was concluded with settling International Chess Federation (FIDE). Apart from these we believe that infamous Anti-Israeli "Counter Olympiad" held in Tripoli in 1976 (yes, same Libya and same Gathafi as in 2004!) is also part of history worth at least quick look.
The information on the "Little Olympiad" held in Budapest 1926 has been a little bit extended as well. This tournament has everything that official Olympiad should have, except the number of teams participating (just 4).
As usual you are asked to support our efforts with additions and corrections of our data. Enjoy!
Paris 1924 Team Chess Tournament
Budapest 1926 "Little Olympiad"
Tripoli 1976 Anti-Israeli "Counter Olympiad"
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