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Chess Guide > FIDE This was largely because the Soviet Union refused to join, as it saw chess and politics as being inextricably bound up, and FIDE was a non-political organisation. This changed, however, when incumbent world champion Alexander Alekhine died in 1946. FIDE stepped up to organise a tournament to find a replacement, and the Soviet Union, aware that this was a process it had to be involved with, joined. www.chess.freegames.eu.com /rules/fide/index.html   (516 words)

Alexander Rueb - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Alexander Rueb (December 27, 1882 - February 2, 1959) was a Dutch lawyer, diplomat, and chess official. One of the founders of international chess governing body, FIDE, he was elected its first president in 1929. Rueb was also an important figure in the field of endgame studies, publishing several works on the subject. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alexander_Rueb   (102 words)

FIDE History The first President of FIDE was Dr. Alexander Rueb of Holland. Alexander Rueb (1882-1959) of Holland and President of the Dutch Federation. Dr Rueb served as President of Fide for 25 years, from 1924 to 1949. www.geocities.com /SiliconValley/Lab/7378/fide.htm   (813 words)

Alexander Rueb Alexander Rueb was one of the founders of the Fide in 1924 and the first President of FIDE in 1925. The chesscollection of the Alexander Rueb Foundation is now in the library of the University of Amsterdam. Alexander Rueb also was once chairman of the oldest dutch chessclub of Holland in the Hague DD (Discendo Discimus), where he bought a building which was called the NSG (Nationaal SchaakGebouw), translated as: National Chess Building. www.arves.org /English/Rueb.htm   (176 words)

[No title] Alexander Alekhine had defeated Jose Raul Capablanca at Buenos Aires. FIDE had been formed just four years before and Alexander Rueb was its first president... As soon as I won the title, although there was not at the time any international body which could make or enforce any rules, I myself took upon me the responsibility of drawing up a set of rules which would put the Champion under the obligation to defend his title under certain conditions. www.chesscafe.com /text/caparueb.txt   (894 words)

FIDE Online. FIDE History Following the death of World Champion Alexander Alekhine in 1946, FIDE went on to organize the World Championship Tournament among the leading players at the time and Grandmaster Mikhail Botvinnik became World Champion. The late Alexander Rueb was born on the 27 Rueb was one of the founders of FIDE, becoming the 1 www.fide.com /home/history.asp   (1215 words)

Chess Theory/Chess problems Arves is actually an initial abbreviation for Alexander Rueb Vereniging voor SchaakEindspelStudie. Al Rueb was one of the founders of FIDE and its first chairman in 1925. Alexander Herbstmann - a number of positional studies by Herbstmann, which all end in draw. www.schackportalen.nu /English/eschackteori.htm   (3602 words)

Chessville - Chess and other Occupations - Bill Walls' Wonderful World of Chess - by Bill Wall He was nominated for the Nobel prize in chemistry. C.H. O'D Alexander was a British Colonel and code breaker. Alexander Deschapelles lost his right arm fighting the Prussians. www.chessville.com /BillWall/ChessandotherOccupations.htm   (1135 words)

OlimpBase :: Chess Olympiad Paris 1924: information The core of the organizing committee were the Frenchmen Pierre Vincent and Alexander Alekhine. Although officially this was not part of Olympic games and the winners were not given official Olympic medals, the rules of the Olympiads applied, among them a ban on professionals imposed by IOC at the very beginning of the Olympic movement. Kleczyński, Jerzy (POL) - Rueb, Alexander (NED) 0 - 1 www.olimpbase.org /1924/1924in.html   (1396 words)

[No title] In 1920, Alexander Alekhine won the first Soviet Chess Championship. Alexander Rueb was the first president of FIDE. The first Interzonal tournament was held in Saltsjobaden, Sweden in 1958 and won by David Bronstein. www.geocities.com /SiliconValley/Lab/7378/quiz.txt   (2144 words)

Interregnum by Edward Winter Alexander Rueb, who had been the President of FIDE since its foundation in 1924, announced that a general meeting of the Federation’s delegates would be held during the summer of 1946. To settle the qualification issue regarding the future candidates a commission was appointed, comprising Rueb (Chairman), Louma (Vice-Chairman), Sir George Thomas, O. Bernstein and E. Voellmy. The world organization, of which Dr A. Rueb of The Hague is the head, is now practically complete and its rulings will carry full weight. www.chesshistory.com /winter/extra/interregnum.html   (4190 words)

Council Sketches Abilene Council was host to the State Convention in 1927 and 1936. The past Grand Knights are: John L. Whitehair, 1912-13; Mark V. Migliario, 1913-14, deceased; Frank Sullivan, 1914-15, deceased; John L. Hogan, 1915-17; Glen Owens, 1917-20; Frank Horan, 1920-21; Alexander Whitehair, 1921-22; Thomas F. VanSickel, 1922-26; Ralph Morton, 1926-28; J. Curran, 1928-30; J. The present officers of the Council are: Grand Knight, Louis D. Conrardy; Deputy Grand Knight, Andrew F. Lutz; Chancellor, Frank Durler; Recorder, Chas. www.kansas-kofc.org /history/csketch3.html   (9160 words)

RSTU   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) -Tyndall cemetery, SD Alvina Radack - of Heinrich Radack / Rosena Rueb Alexander Schmidt - of Wilhelm Schmidt / Christina Brokofsky Alexander A. Huebner - of Andreas Huebner / Anna Giedd www.dataflo.com /~thebergers/altdanzig/RSTU.htm   (1810 words)

The chess games of Alexander Rueb Based on games in the database; may be incomplete. Alexander Rueb born 1882 was a lawyer, chess organiser and one of the founders of FIDE (The World Chess Federation) in 1924. His large chess library was destroyed by bombing in 1945 and Rueb had to rebuilt it after the war. www.chessgames.com /perl/chessplayer?pid=23756   (255 words)

World Championship Disorder by Edward Winter At the following year’s General Assembly (Lucerne, 24-26 July 1936), the FIDE President, Alexander Rueb of Holland, stated that it was for the chess federations comprising the Assembly to take impartial decisions regarding the world championship, whilst also listening to the opinion of the world champion and other leading masters directly concerned. The FIDE President and the Czechoslovak delegate, Fine wrote, had deluded the General Assembly into believing that the Warsaw and Lucerne assemblies had taken a formal decision, to be adhered to as a matter of honour, that the federations needed to select a challenger. Mr Rueb is attempting to set himself up as an autocratic dictator in the chess world. www.chesshistory.com /winter/extra/disorder.html   (2322 words)

Rabun Co., GAGenWeb Queries 1998 His son James E. ALEXANDER was born in Rabum Co in 1845. Her parents were Hiram McCRACKEN and Hannah Jane GOEDFREY who are buried in the McCracken cemetery in Rabun County off of McCracken Road. THOMAS RUEB CHEEK was my husband's gr gr Grandfather, and we have no record of who his parents were, oral history tells us that he was the grandchild of a Freeman CHEEK (Laurens SC) married to an Elizabeth CAPE. www.usgennet.org /usa/region/southeast/garabun/rabque98.html   (1933 words)

The NDSU Libraries: Germans From Russia The German-Russian emigrants could trace their ancestry to Germany in the late 1700's when Catherine the Great and then later Alexander I offered them freedom of religion, freedom from military service, freedom from taxes and, most important of all perhaps, free land and the right to acquire additional land in Ukraine. This village was home also to many St. Francis families (Hilt, Leibbrandt, Rueb, Zweygardt). Fortunately with the help of an Ukrainian interpreter and the luck of stumbling into the only German left in the village, the two were able to document a wealth of information about the village that had suffered very little from the war. www.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu /grhc/media/newspapers/news/old_news/raile.html   (1859 words)

The Week in Chess Alexander Huzman of Israel won the B event. Alexander Morozevich took a quick draw with fl against Teimour Radjabov in the final round to finish on 7.5/10 a point and a half clear of Radjabov. Alexander Onischuk beat Yury Shulman in the men's final, almost winning game one and winning the 2nd game with fl. www.chesscenter.com /twic/even2006.html   (8249 words)

[No title] Introduction, biography of Rueb (1882-1959), catalogue of 3743 items arranged by subjects, with collation and notes, index by title and author. A facsimile reprint of LN 437, in Latin, the first chess book printed on the territory of nowadays Romania, with 4pp notes by Marian Stere. A miscellaneous collection of games and essays by Alexander, Golombek, Barden and others, compiled from the BBC radio Third Network programme. www.chessbooks.co.uk /Referenc.htm   (3301 words)

[No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) Kacper Cecek 6-3 3-6 6-2 Andrew Rueb d. Andrew Rueb 4-6 6-1 6-1 Mike Bryan d. Michael Joyce/Andrew Rueb 7-5 6-4 Semifinals (1)Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan d. www.stevegtennis.com /results/1998/f-usa10.txt   (276 words)

University of Bridgeport vs Southampton Colonials (01/09/02 at So) * 1-7 0-1 2-4 1 1 2 4 4 10 1 0 2 25 23 Kerri Rueb.......... * 1-6 0-1 2-4 1 0 1 2 4 5 0 0 1 16 23 Kerri Rueb.......... * 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2 0 5 1 0 1 9 23 Kerri Rueb.......... www.southampton.liu.edu /news/sportsOLD/01-02/wstats/ub.htm   (1537 words)

Historia FIDE Some people find it as a weakness of the organization. Since then, FIDE has successfully organized a series of qualifying tournaments to the preliminaries and final matches of the World Chess Championship. Federation is recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as the supreme body, responsible for the organization of chess and its championships at global and continental levels. www.v-lo.krakow.pl /~steton/english/fide.html   (623 words)

The Week in Chess 604 FIDE Presidents: Alexander Rueb 1924-1949 Folke Rogard 1949-1970 Max Euwe 1970-1978 Fridrik Olafsson 1978-1982 Florencio Campomanes 1982-1995 Kirsan Ilyumzhinov 1995- Evgeny Bareev Alexander Moiseenko Mark Paragua Surya Ganguly Alexander Huzman are registered entrants in the Open. Players include: Alexander Morozevich who will try to win the event for the 3rd time out of 3 appearances.. www.chesscenter.com /twic/twic604.html   (7239 words)

The Good 5 Cent Cigar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) After starting the season off 6-1, the team dropped its next five games, lowering their record to an even 6-6. January 24, 2002 - Alexander Wolff was able to link his love for basketball with a 20-year journalistic career and shared his affinity for the game during a presenteation of his recently-released book. An author/co-author of six books and senior writer for Sports Illustrated, Wolff presented, "Big Game, Small World: A Basketball Adventure" Wednesday night. www.ramcigar.com /media/paper366/sections/20020123News.html?norewrite&sourcedomain=www.ramcigar.com   (483 words)

Southampton Colonials vs University of Bridgeport (02-07-02 at Un) 0-0 0-0 3-4 0 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 15 23 Kerri Rueb.......... 1-10 0-4 0-0 0 0 0 2 2 3 6 0 3 20 33 Michelle Alexander.. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 Kerri Rueb.......... www.southampton.liu.edu /news/sportsOLD/01-02/wstats/UBSC.HTM   (1669 words)

[No title] Patrick Erhardt/Daniel Merkert First Round (1)Marcus Hilpert/Andrew Rueb d. Michael Jessup/Minh Le 6-4 7-6(3) Second Round (1)Marcus Hilpert/Andrew Rueb d. Jacob Adaktusson/Fredrik Giers 6-3 6-2 Semifinals (1)Marcus Hilpert/Andrew Rueb d. www.stevegtennis.com /results/1999/f-philippines2.txt   (536 words)

LKML: "Alexander Stohr": Fw; [Linux-abi-users] -> seems to be alive, patch for Linux 2.6.6 kernel has popped up LKML: "Alexander Stohr": Fw; [Linux-abi-users] -> seems to be alive, patch for Linux 2.6.6 kernel has popped up > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alexander Stohr" > [...] > Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 10:09 PM > Subject: Re: [Linux-abi-users] Eeek! Is this project as dead as it looks on sourceforge? lkml.org /lkml/2004/6/7/234   (469 words)

Sigma Chi Fraternity -Alumni Spotlight Hope all of you are doing well, and I hope to make it back to a Homecoming real soon.. Mark is the Regional Sales Manager for Heavy Construction System Specialists - H.C.S.S. He and wife Joyce (Mahan, U.of Houston), reside in Houston, TX with their two daughters: Kristin (15) and Megan (12) He currently resides in Somerdale, New Jersey with his wife Nancy (Barriskell) and their children: Alexander Nathaniel and Jacob Andrew. www.msusigs.com /spotlight.html   (3454 words)

Josiah Hitcock FIRST/Margaret Ann Lee First (NEE?)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) Name: William David FIRST Born: 1878 at: Married: 1908 at: Died: 1957 at: Spouses: Catherine Iona LAWSON Name: George Phenious FIRST Born: 1882 at: Married: 1907 at: Died: 1939 at: Spouses: Tressie C. Name: Nathan Alexander FIRST Born: 1882 at: Married: 1902 at: Died: 1969 at: Spouses: Maude M. Ema Myrtle FOLK Aldizera PIERCE Name: Goldie May FIRST Born: 1889 at: Married: 1907 at: Died: 1972 at: Spouses: Johann Christian Daniel RUEB madmotors.com /franksweb/Ged/fam/fam01358.htm   (268 words)

[No title] See also the paper by Korschelt immediately below. ---- Der gereinigite Alexander (by O. Korschelt, 30pp, folded photocopy). A paper originally published in sections in "Deutsche Schachblatter", identifying and correcting errors in Alexandre's "Collection"; in German. www.bcps.knightsfield.co.uk /libcat.txt   (17478 words)

[No title] In 1961 the first Blind Chess Olympiad was held in Meschede (West Germany). The founding of the "Fédération Internationale des Echecs" (F.I.D.E.), whose president for twenty-five years was the unforgettable Dutchman, Alexander Rueb, dates from the 20th of July 1924. Only nineteen member organisations took part at the start. www.schachkomet.de /ibcachp3.htm   (6433 words)

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