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ACP members to receive special conditions at the forthcoming European Individual Championship - clarification from organisers

ACP News [Fri Feb 03rd, 22:44]

Regarding the registration of ACP members and usage of the discount the Bulgarian Chess Federation would like to ask to take under consideration that this discounts will be applicable till 10th February, which is the deadline for registrations.
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Press Release - ACP and FIDE agreed on close cooperation

ACP News [Fri Jan 20th, 18:27]
On Thursday January 19th, FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov met with the newly elected ACP President GM Emil Sutovsky. The meeting took place after preliminary talks between GM E. Sutovsky, FIDE Deputy President Mr. G. Makropoulos and FIDE Vice President Mr. I. Gelfer (all members of the FIDE Commission for the Olympiads and World Championships), in which several issues concerning the relationships between FIDE and the ACP were discussed.
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Press Release - ACP members to receive special conditions at the forthcoming European Individual Championship

ACP News [Tue Jan 17th, 18:34]

We are proud to announce that the organizers of the European Individual Championship 2012 will provide members of the ACP with special conditions.
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Press Release - Join the ACP now!

ACP News [Sun Jan 08th, 08:14]

Today the ACP is home to roughly 300 chess professionals from 50 countries - and the number is ever increasing. The world's top players and the most renowned journalists, tournament organizers and the most respected arbiters have joined the ACP in order to make the professional chess world a better place. Today, you can join this community.
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Happy New Year!

ACP News [Sun Jan 01st, 23:39]

Dear Members and Chess Friends,

the ACP wishes all the best for 2012 to all chess persons!
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Press Release - ACP Women Cup 2012

ACP News [Sat Dec 31st, 04:13]

The Association of Chess Professionals and the Georgian Chess Federation are proud to announce the ACP Women Cup 2012 - the final tournament of the ACP Women Series 2009/2010 and 2010/2011 to be staged at Sheraton Hotel, Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia, from the 17th to 22nd of February 2012.
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Press Release - 27 December 2011

ACP News [Thu Dec 29th, 07:42]

The ACP General Assembly voted for a strong innovation in its main governance body. The new board, which will take office as of January 1, 2012 and work for four years thereon, was in fact renewed by two thirds.
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ACP Board 2012-15

ACP News [Thu Dec 15th, 11:04]

The newly elected ACP Board Members has staged its first meeting on December 13 and the following positions were approved:

ACP President - Emil Sutovsky
ACP Board Director - Yuri Garrett
ACP General Secretary - Bartlomiej Macieja
ACP Treasurer - Pavel Tregubov

The new Board will start its work on January 1st 2012.

We wish them a fruitful work!

ACP Board

ACP General Assembly 2011 - minutes

ACP News [Mon Dec 12th, 18:12]

The ACP General Assembly 2011 has come to an end.
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2nd ACP Women Series final

ACP News [Mon Dec 05th, 13:30]

Dear ACP members,

We are glad to inform you that the Georgian Chess Federation has just confirmed its intention to hold the 2nd ACP Women Series final in Tbilisi from February 17th to 22nd 2012. Georgian CF letter.

All the details will be published shortly.

ACP Board

Membership fee 2011

ACP News [Wed Nov 30th, 15:52]

Membership fee

Dear ACP Members,

We kindly remind you that the deadline for the annual payment of the membership fee is 31st of December 2011.

- ACP membership fee for 1 year: 30 euros

- ACP membership fee for 2 years: 55 euros

- ACP membership fee for 3 years: 80 euros

For new members, the ACP fee is 50 euros for the first year. They can benefit from the discount, if they wish to pay in advance: 75 euros for 2 years, or 100 euros for 3 years.

ACP Board

November 30th 2011

ACP General Assembly 2011

ACP News [Wed Nov 23rd, 16:48]

The ACP General Assembly 2011 takes place on the ACP official website http:// www.chess-players.org/index.html from November 28th to December 11th 2011.

All members registered in the Association before the end of the GA 2010 have the right to take part in votes.

GA AGENDA:

I. Annual report by the ACP President Vadim Morokhovsky (rus)

II. Financial Report by the ACP Treasurer Yannick Pelletier (vote)

III.Elections to the ACP Board 2012-2015 (vote)

The ACP is run by a board of 9 members. The Board's function is, among others, to initiate debates concerning official tournament rules, proposals to improve professional players' conditions, to search for sponsors in order to organize tournaments under the aegis of the Association, to establish the agenda of the Ordinary General Assembly, etc. This list is not exhaustive. Members already holding another post in an international chess federation cannot be elected to the Board. There should be at least one male and one female representative in the ACP Board.

All ACP members over 18 years old interested in taking part in the elections as candidates, should send their request to the ACP Board Director Pavel Tregubov at gmtregubov@hotmail.com.

The ACP Board took the decision to prolong the registration of candidates until November 30th 2011.

The vote will start on December 2nd. The last day will be December 11th.

Please kindly note, that all dates are according to the CET.

ACP Board