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Play Grandmaster Natalia Pogonina, get her iPod and signed Book!
Written by Administrator
Sunday, 11 July 2010
Great news for all chess fans: grandmaster Natalia Pogonina announces a June chess auction the winner of which will get:
a chance to play 2 games* against Natalia (with White and Black)
Natalias 8GB iPod Nano with her favorite music and exclusive pictures
One of grandmaster Natalia Pogoninas favorite chess books, personally signed
* Time control and location (online or live) to be discussed individually. Game analysis and signed score sheet by grandmaster Natalia Pogonina included. Report at Pogonina.com optional.
iPod Nano 8GB
Image: Amazon.com
Auction Rules:
Starting bid: $300, the current highest bid will be displayed at the website (anonymously)
Winning criteria: the person with the highest bid wins. If he fails to confirm his bid after the end of the auction, the right goes to the 2nd highest bidder, etc.
Auction close date: 10 p.m. Moscow time, July, 11th, 2010
All the proceeds will go to Grandmaster Natalia Pogoninas Chess Fund and be spent on promoting chess internationally.
Current bid: $450 (updated July, 9th)
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Lately a lot has been said about Magnus Carlsen's decision to pursue a career in modelling. Leaving aside the argument between his fans (who are excited about it and say that chess needs that type of promotion a lot) and haters (no need to repeat their words here), I would like to share a funny pic that I found at Chess.com's message board:
Not only hilarious, but also with some hidden sense. Magnus (currently #1 in the world, FIDE 2826) is climbing the rating ladder at such a pace that sometimes he seems to be invincible for others...
On the current FIDE ratings list only one country can boast having a 2700+ average rating of top-10 players (Russia), 14 more - over 2600, 25 - over 2500. As we have covered all of them, now it's the time to review Peru.
1 Karpov, Anatoly g URS 2725
2 Tal, Mikhail N. g URS 2705
3 Kortschnoj, Viktor g SUI 2695
4 Portisch, Lajos g HUN 2655
5 Polugaevsky, Lev g URS 2635
6 Mecking, Henrique g BRA 2615
6= Petrosian, Tigran g URS 2615
6= Spassky, Boris V. g URS 2615
9 Ribli, Zoltan g HUN 2610
10 Gheorghiu, Florin g ROM 2605
11 Huebner, Robert g GER 2600
11= Timman, Jan H. g NED 2600
11= Balashov, Yuri S. g URS 2600
11= Kavalek, Lubomir g USA 2600
15 Hort, Vlastimil g CSR 2595
15= Kasparov, Garry g URS 2595
15= Tseshkovsky, Vitaly g URS 2595
18 Andersson, Ulf g SWE 2590
18= Beliavsky, Alexander G. g URS 2590
18= Gulko, Boris F. g URS 2590
18= Vaganian, Rafael A. g URS 2590
18= Ljubojevic, Ljubomir g YUG 2590
23 Larsen, Bent g DEN 2585
24 Romanishin, Oleg M. g URS 2580
25 Sax, Gyula g HUN 2570
25= Sveshnikov, Evgeny g URS 2570
25= Dzindzichashvili, Roman g USA 2570
28 Geller, Efim P. g URS 2565
28= Gligoric, Svetozar g YUG 2565
30 Bagirov, Vladimir g URS 2560
30= Tukmakov, Vladimir B. g URS 2560
32 Smejkal, Jan g CSR 2555
33 Adorjan, Andras g HUN 2550
33= Krogius, Nikolai V. g URS 2550
33= Smyslov, Vassily g URS 2550
36 Miles, Anthony J. g ENG 2545
36= Olafsson, Fridrik g ISL 2545
36= Liberzon, Vladimir M. g ISR 2545
36= Sosonko, Gennadi g NED 2545
36= Vasiukov, Evgeni g URS 2545
41 Panno, Oscar g ARG 2540
41= Dorfman, Josif D. g URS 2540
41= Browne, Walter S. g USA 2540
44 Knaak, Rainer g GDR 2535
44= Pinter, Jozsef m HUN 2535
44= Bronstein, David I. g URS 2535
44= Dolmatov, Sergey m URS 2535
44= Kholmov, Ratmir D. g URS 2535
44= Kochyev, Alexander g URS 2535
44= Kupreichik, Viktor D. g URS 2535
44= Psakhis, Lev URS 2535
52 Stean, Michael F. g ENG 2530
52= Schmid, Lothar g GER 2530
52= Kuzmin, Gennadi P. g URS 2530
52= Timoshchenko, Gennadi A. m URS 2530
52= Byrne, Robert E. g USA 2530
52= Tarjan, James E. g USA 2530
52= Ivkov, Borislav g YUG 2530
59 Pfleger, Helmut g GER 2525
59= Lombardy, William J. g USA 2525
61 Malich, Burkhard g GDR 2520
61= Ree, Hans m NED 2520
61= Torre, Eugenio g PHI 2520
61= Rashkovsky, Nukhim N. m URS 2520
61= Zhidkov, Valery S. URS 2520
61= Lein, Anatoly g USA 2520
61= Rogoff, Kenneth S. g USA 2520
61= Parma, Bruno g YUG 2520
69 Quinteros, Miguel A. g ARG 2515
69= Nunn, John D. M. g ENG 2515
69= Razuvaev, Yuri S. g URS 2515
69= Tseitlin, Mark D. m URS 2515
69= Alburt, Lev O. g USA 2515
69= Shamkovich, Leonid g USA 2515
69= Velimirovic, Dragoljub g YUG 2515
76 Najdorf, Miguel g ARG 2510
76= Uhlmann, Wolfgang g GDR 2510
76= Vogt, Lothar g GDR 2510
76= Pachman, Ludek g GER 2510
76= Unzicker, Wolfgang g GER 2510
76= Csom, Istvan g HUN 2510
76= Dvoretzky, Mark m URS 2510
76= Gufeld, Eduard g URS 2510
76= Savon, Vladimir A. g URS 2510
76= Taimanov, Mark E. g URS 2510
76= Seirawan, Yasser m USA 2510
76= Kovacevic, Vladimir g YUG 2510
88 Garcia Gonzales, Guillermo g CUB 2505
88= Farago, Ivan g HUN 2505
88= Szabo, Laszlo g HUN 2505
88= Gurgenidze, Bukhuti g URS 2505
88= Palatnik, Semon g URS 2505
88= Kurajica, Bojan g YUG 2505
94 Vadasz, Laszlo g HUN 2500
94= Mariotti, Sergio g ITA 2500
94= Gipslis, Aivars g URS 2500
94= Suetin, Alexey S. g URS 2500
94= Tseitlin, Mikhail S. m URS 2500
94= Bukic, Enver g YUG 2500
100 Ermenkov, Evgenij g BUL 2495
This nostalgic table reminds of the times when there were no 2800+ rated
player when one could enter the top-100 being rated below 2500, when some
great world champions were still alive.
All the historical FIDE ratings and lots of other interesting information
is available at Olimpbase.
