Silvio Danailov
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Silvio Danailov is a Bulgaria
n International Master chess
player and the manager of two former FIDE world chess champions, Veselin Topalov
and Ruslan Ponomariov
.
Danailov attained notoriety during the FIDE World Chess Championship 2006
by making accusations against Topalov's opponent Vladimir Kramnik
(who subsequently won the match).
On 28 September 2006, Danailov complained to the match organizers and the press about Kramnik's repeated visits to the bathroom. He noted that the bathrooms were the only place not under audio or video surveillance, and called the frequency of the breaks "strange, if not suspicious". Danailov suggested that Topalov would abandon the match if the concerns were not addressed.
On 4 October 2006, Danailov issued a press release that identified what it labelled "coincidence statistics" showing the percentage of times that Kramnik played a move that would be recommended by Chessbase's Fritz 9
chessplaying software in that position. The press release did not state the comparable percentage for Topalov.
Since 2010, Silvio Danailov is the new President of the European Chess Union. He won the elections during the Chess Olympiad in Khanty Mansiysk, Russia, with 30 votes, defeating Ali Nihat Yazıcı
with 24 votes.
Silvio Danailov inherits Boris Kutin, who registered a very successful period for ECU during his mandate.
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
n International Master chess
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
player and the manager of two former FIDE world chess champions, Veselin Topalov
Veselin Topalov
Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov is a Bulgarian chess grandmaster. He currently has the sixth highest rating in the world, and was the challenger facing world champion Viswanathan Anand in the World Chess Championship 2010, losing the match 6½–5½....
and Ruslan Ponomariov
Ruslan Ponomariov
Ruslan Olegovich Ponomariov is a Ukrainian chess player and former FIDE World Champion.-Early career:Ponomariov was born in Horlivka in Ukraine. In 1994 he placed third in the World Under-12 Championship at the age of ten. In 1996 he won the European Under-18 Championship at the age of just...
.
Danailov attained notoriety during the FIDE World Chess Championship 2006
FIDE World Chess Championship 2006
The World Chess Championship 2006 was a chess match between Classical World Chess Champion Vladimir Kramnik, and FIDE World Chess Champion Veselin Topalov. The match, which was won by Kramnik, determined the undisputed World Chess Champion for the first time in 13 years...
by making accusations against Topalov's opponent Vladimir Kramnik
Vladimir Kramnik
Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik is a Russian chess grandmaster. He was the Classical World Chess Champion from 2000 to 2006, and the undisputed World Chess Champion from 2006 to 2007...
(who subsequently won the match).
On 28 September 2006, Danailov complained to the match organizers and the press about Kramnik's repeated visits to the bathroom. He noted that the bathrooms were the only place not under audio or video surveillance, and called the frequency of the breaks "strange, if not suspicious". Danailov suggested that Topalov would abandon the match if the concerns were not addressed.
On 4 October 2006, Danailov issued a press release that identified what it labelled "coincidence statistics" showing the percentage of times that Kramnik played a move that would be recommended by Chessbase's Fritz 9
Fritz (chess)
Fritz is a German chess program developed by Frans Morsch and Mathias Feist and published by ChessBase. There is also a version called Deep Fritz that is designed for multiprocessing....
chessplaying software in that position. The press release did not state the comparable percentage for Topalov.
Since 2010, Silvio Danailov is the new President of the European Chess Union. He won the elections during the Chess Olympiad in Khanty Mansiysk, Russia, with 30 votes, defeating Ali Nihat Yazıcı
Ali Nihat Yazici
Ali Nihat Yazıcı is the head of Turkish Chess Federation.After graduating from Istanbul Technical University as an electronics and communication engineer in 1987, Yazıcı worked for the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation as an engineer. He got an MBA on Business from Middle East Technical...
with 24 votes.
Silvio Danailov inherits Boris Kutin, who registered a very successful period for ECU during his mandate.