ARVES

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Alexander Rueb Vereniging voor SchaakEindspelStudie , better known under the abbreviation ARVES , is a Dutch - Flemish organization of chess lovers to promote the endgame study , a part of chess composition . It was founded on October 15, 1988 in Amsterdam. The name translated means Alexander Rueb Association for Endgame Studies in Chess .

ARVES secretary Hans Buijs at a meeting on May 11, 2002 in the Max Euwe Center in Amsterdam

The aim of ARVES is to promote study composition and the development of endgame theory in all areas. To this end, ARVES organizes, among other things, composers' meetings and tournaments, publishes magazines, archives endgame studies and makes them popular with the public. In addition, the biographical data of composers are collected at ARVES and historical research is carried out.

Membership in ARVES is subject to a fee, for which you receive a subscription to the magazine EG and a newsletter in which you are informed about all activities of ARVES, including book releases, meetings and tournaments. The EG magazine and issues of EBUR can also be obtained without membership of ARVES. Jan Timman is one of the most famous members . Have honorary membership

Magazines

The EG magazine is published by ARVES . It is directed by John Roycroft and is considered the most important magazine on chess studies.

EBUR , amagazine publishedfrom 1989 to 2006 and alsoeditedby ARVES , was the club magazine of ARVES and was headed by Harold van der Heijden , who had replaced René Olthof as editor. The name was an anagram of the last name of the first FIDE President Alexander Rueb , who was also interested in endgames and had published several books on endgame studies. In 2007, the content was transferred from EBUR to EC and EBUR was discontinued.

Older editions of both journals are available for free download.

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