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The Hempel World Cup Series - Allianz Regatta entered the second part of the competition on Wednesday 9 June as the 49er and 49erFX fleets took to the water in Medemblik, The Netherlands.

Apart from last Sunday's Medal Races, light wind has been prevalent in Medemblik throughout the event, and the first day of racing for the 32-boat 49er fleet and 16-boat 49erFX fleet was a tactical affair.

"It was a bit like playing chess on the water," commented France's Emile Amoros.

Amoros and his helm, Lucas Rual, were the grandmasters in the 49er fleet on Wednesday as they took a pair of seconds and a race win to grab the early initiative.

"It was a really good day," continued Amoros. "We were fast and it was just a pleasure to get back on the water. The conditions were really tricky.

"There were a lot of tactics out there, but we had three good starts and once you're out in front, it's always a bit easier. We were going fast today and I hope we can keep this up."

The French crew, selected to race for their nation at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, have already opened up a healthy advantage. They lead on five points and are followed by Germany's Jakob Meggendorfer and Andreas Spranger on 16-points.

The day's other race wins went to Erwan Fischer and Clment Pequin (FRA), who are fourth overall, and Bart Lambriex and Pim van Vugt (NED), who are fifth.

Tokyo-bound Annemiek Bekkering and Annette Duetz (NED) put together the perfect performance in the 49erFX, claiming all three race wins.

"It was pretty light and super unstable," explained Bekkering on the day's action. "It was never the same up or downwind, which was a lot of fun. We tried to play the shifts, look out for the pressure and it worked quite well."

"We're quite happy to sail in a light wind event after so much wind during the winter. We're doing our final preparations at home, and we have a good fleet, which is nice to prepare for the Games."

Germany's Marla Bergmann and Hanna Wille and Great Britain's Isabelle Fellows and Alice Masterman trail the Dutch pair, tied on 11 points in second and third respectively.

HOW TO FOLLOW

EVENT WEBSITEClick here for further information on Medemblik and the Hempel World Cup Series - Allianz Regatta http://www.allianzregatta.org.

ENTRIES / RESULTS / SCHEDULEClick here to view the entry list in full.

Click here for the schedule.

Results will be available here.

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PRESS RELEASESAll World Sailing international press releases throughout the duration of the Hempel World Cup Series, including the latest news and reports, are available to read here - https://allianzregatta.org/the-event/news/.

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Chess on the water at Hempel World Cup Series - Allianz Regatta - International Sailing Federation

Rook and pawn endgames are the most common type of endgames. Last week, we looked at the principle of cutting off the king in a rook endgame. This week the importance of a rook on the 7th rank is illustrated.

In this weeks position, black has a pawn advantage. Even so, black is in trouble. Whites well-located rook is more threatening than blacks pawn. With this hint in mind, please try to find whites winning attack.

The white rook has the black king corralled on the 8th rank. To fully exploit this whites king enters the fray with king to e5. Blacks best reply is to advance its pawn to f4. Whites king next moves to e6 (see next diagram).

White now threatens to win blacks rook and pawn with rook to a8, check. This is because the black king must move to c7 and abandon its rook, allowing white to skewer blacks rook. Meanwhile, the black rook has no safe square along the f file.

As for the 8th rank, if the black rook moves to any other square than e8, whites rook skewers blacks rook. If the black king moves to e8, white mates with rook to a8. This leaves black opting for rook to d8. But now white moves its king to d6 (see next diagram).

White threatens to mate with rook to a8. To avoid mate black must move its king to c8. Nevertheless, whites rook checks black, skewers its rook, and then snatches blacks run away pawn.

The lesson this week is that a rook on the 7th rank is worth at least an extra pawn.

Reach Eric Morrow at ericmorrowlaw@gmail.com or (505) 327-7121.

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Chess Corner: Sitting on the 7th rank - Muskogee Daily Phoenix

Joe Burows competitive streak is a big part of the reason hes on track to start the regular season in Week 1 despite his rehab from a season-ending injury.

Its also part of what made him so appealing to the franchise in the draft and now to teammates, too.

Understandably, this competitive fire translates to off the field, where Burrow even trash talks teammates like C.J. Uzomah overchess?

The Athletics Paul Dehner Jr. shared the fun note from the veteran tight end:

The good thing I can say is we have been talking crap about chess right now. We havent played yet but he thinks hes good at chess. He probably watched Queens Gambit. I have been playing chess for longer than that. I think Ive probably got him on that. He knows I like traveling a lot and he will hit me with, So, where we going? You going somewhere and going to get another dumb tattoo? I say yes the majority of the time.

In other words, while Chad Johnson just had his first pro boxing match, maybe Burrow will land in the chess scene after his football career.

Kidding aside, its always fun to get a look at the players behind the scenes and this comment from Uzomah about the teams franchise passer doesnt come as much of a shocker.

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Joe Burrow is so competitive he's trash talking teammates about...chess - Bengals Wire

Bollywood star Aamir Khan will battle former world champion Viswanathan Anand in a game of chess, an online Twitter handle dedicated to the game called Chess.com announced recently. Sharing that Aamir Khan is a big fan of the game, the forum tweeted about the moment everyone had been waiting for.

The moment you all have been waiting for! Superstar Aamir Khan, an ardent chess lover, will be playing an exhibition match against former world champion Vishy Anand! Please feel free to donate generously to make this event a success, read the complete post.

A fan also shared photos of the two celebrities in the comments section, indicating how the duo had previously met and battled in a game of chess. The admirer wrote that the match would be epic! Many other users expressed similar emotions in the comments. One wrote, Wow, this is huge! While yet another mentioned, It is great, cant wait to see them.

The event is called Checkmate Covid and is being organised to help raise fund for chess community members who have been dealing with the virus. It is said to be held on June 13 and will reportedly feature a slew of celebrities playing the game against Indian chess grandmaster Viswanathan Anand.

Meanwhile, on the work front, Aamir Khan is looking forward to the release of his epic period drama Laal Singh Chaddha. The film is a Hindi adaptation of Tom Hanks award-winning Forrest Gump. It also features Kareena Kapoor Khan and Mona Singh in pivotal roles.

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Aamir Khan to battle Viswanathan Anand in a game of chess to raise money for fighting Covid-19 - The Indian Express

MOSCOW, June 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- PhosAgro, one of the world's leading vertically integrated phosphate-based fertilizer producers, has renewed its strategic partnership agreements with the International Chess Federation (FIDE) and the Russian Chess Federation (RCF).

The signing ceremony, which was attended by FIDE President and Skolkovo Foundation Chairman Arkady Dvorkovich, RCF President Andrey Filatov, and PhosAgro CEO and RCF Vice President Andrey Guryev, took place at the Mikhail Botvinnik Central Chess Club.

FIDE President and Skolkovo Foundation Chairman Dvorkovich congratulated PhosAgro on its 20th anniversary: "It's impossible to imagine a World Championship without PhosAgro as a partner, and I am happy that the company is going to be a partner once again this year for the Championship and, no less important, the Chess World Cup to be held this July and August in Sochi.

"I believe that this yet again affirms the company's commitment to the philosophy of chess and its support both for the Russian school and for the development of chess throughout the world. Our partnership will have a significant impact in terms of supporting the younger generation of chess players both in Russia and around the world.

"This time, the World Championship will be held in the context of the World Expo in Dubai, which will bring together top minds in not only the world of chess world but also of politics, business and technology. I think this is completely in line with the combination of expertise that the International Chess Federation and PhosAgro have."

RCF President Filatov thanked PhosAgro for its long-term support: "Today we have entered the annals of our country's history: our team is simultaneously the European and World Champion and the winner of the Olympic Games. PhosAgro and Andrey Guryev personally played a major role in these historic victories. I would like to thank Arkady Dvorkovich for his appreciation of this fact and for presenting Andrey [Guryev] with an Olympic gold medal for his considerable contribution to the development of the chess movement in Russia and at the international level he deserves it!"

"Chess has become a traditional corporate game for us, a part of our corporate culture", said Mr Guryev. "Our Company is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, and we have been supporting the Russian Chess Federation for 11 of those years. We are also a sponsor of the World Chess Championship and its qualifying tournaments. This signing ceremony has become a tradition: chess is gaining in popularity in our country and around the world, and it requires proper support from the business community. Chess and PhosAgro have a lot in common: we are always thinking about our next move or rather two or three moves in order to outperform our competitors. For PhosAgro, it's important to support Russian chess and Russian chess players, but the main goal of our efforts is to crown another Russian World Chess Champion."

In addition to chess, PhosAgro is a long-time partner of the Russian Olympians Foundation, the Russian Rhythmic Gymnastics Federation, the Moscow Rhythmic Gymnastics Federation, the Russian Swimming Federation, the Russian Cross-Country Skiing Federation and the St Petersburg Regional Judo Federation, and it is a sponsor of the Severyanka volleyball club (Vologda region) and the Proton volleyball club (Saratov), the Avtodor basketball club and the Turbina Balakovo Speedway Team (Saratov region), thus contributing to the international success of Russian sport.

About PhosAgro

PhosAgro (www.phosagro.com) is one of the world's leading vertically integrated phosphate-based fertilizer producers in terms of production volumes of phosphate-based fertilizers and high-grade phosphate rock with a P2O5 content of 39% and higher. PhosAgro's environmentally friendly fertilizers stand out for their high efficiency, and they do not lead to the contamination of soils with heavy metals.

The Company is the largest phosphate-based fertilizer producer in Europe (by total combined capacity for DAP/MAP/NP/NPK/NPS), the largest producer of high-grade phosphate rock with a P2O5 content of 39%, a top-three producer of MAP/DAP globally, one of the leading producers of feed phosphates (MCP) in Europe, and the only producer in Russia, and Russia's only producer of nepheline concentrate (according to the RAFP).

PhosAgro's main products include phosphate rock, 39 grades of fertilizers, feed phosphates, ammonia, and sodium tripolyphosphate, which are used by customers in 102 countries spanning all of the world's inhabited continents. The Company's priority markets outside of Russia and the CIS are Latin America, Europe and Asia.

PhosAgro's shares are traded on the Moscow Exchange, and global depositary receipts (GDRs) for shares trade on the London Stock Exchange (under the ticker PHOR). Since 1 June 2016, the Company's GDRs have been included in the MSCI Russia and MSCI Emerging Markets indexes.

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PhosAgro Renews Strategic Partnership Agreements with FIDE and the Russian Chess Federation - PRNewswire