Posted in Africa, Namibia, Olympiad, Tournaments on Sep 19th, 2010 No Comments »
Namibia is excited to be participating in the 39th Olympiad and have assembled their delegation to make the long trip to Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. The event will take place from 20 September to 4 October and the Namibian side will be sporting their beautiful colors with immense pride. The 2010 Namibian Olympiad Chess Team Max Nitzborn, [...]
Posted in Olympiad, Photos, Tournaments on Sep 19th, 2010 13 Comments »
This is an open forum for teams and players to write about their experiences at the 2010 Chess Olympiad in Khanty Mansiysk, Russia. There are 157 teams scheduled to participate and an important FIDE election for the office of President. Olympiad tournaments are filled with memories, so we would like you to share yours with [...]
Posted in Caribbean, Jamaica, Olympiad, Tournaments on Sep 18th, 2010 3 Comments »
2010 Jamaican Olympiad delegation at Normal Manley International Airport Jamaica’s best and brightest chess minds left Norman Manley International Airport enroute to the 39th Chess Olympiad. President Ian Wilkinson expressed excitement of the possibilities for the island nation of 2.7 million patriots. Jamaica acheived their best performance in the 2008 Olympiad in Dresden. In addition, [...]
Posted in FIDE, Olympiad, Tournaments on Sep 12th, 2010 11 Comments »
In two years, so much has changed in the chess world. New players have emerged and the playing field is slowly leveling with a number of strengthened federations. In Khanty Mansiysk, the Siberia region of Russia, players from around the world will vie for glory at the 39th Chess Olympiad. A projected 160 nations will [...]
Posted in Europe, FIDE, Olympiad, Opinion/Editorials, Russia on Aug 28th, 2010 32 Comments »
The Chess Olympiad is less than one month away and there are continued grumblings about the logistical arrangements. One month ago there was a story about the venue in Khanty-Mansiysk still being under construction. There was also the revelation that the organizers may have chosen a venue unable to accommodate all the attendees. Israel Gelfer, [...]
Posted in Africa, Olympiad, Uganda on Aug 24th, 2010 No Comments »
The Uganda Chess Federation is for the first time in history set to send a Ladies team of five alongside the Men’s team to participate in this year’s World Olympiad to be held in Khanty Mansiysk, Russia from 19th September to 4th October 2010. Confirmation of Uganda’s participation follows UCF’s successful acquisition of US$10,000 from [...]
Posted in FIDE, Olympiad on Jun 3rd, 2010 1 Comment »
Invoices for Olympiad Charters and Accommodation Tuesday, 01 June 2010 10:44 IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT TO ALL PARTICIPANTS & FEDERATIONS Today, June 1st, two different invoices have been sent to all federations by the Organising Committee of the Olympiad: 1. Invoice for Charters [airport tax for teams, full fare for others] in USD. 2. Invoice for Accommodation [...]
Posted in FIDE, Olympiad on Mar 21st, 2010 61 Comments »
Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) is gearing up for a pivotal election this fall involving the Presidency of its body. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov will attempt to defend his position as the incumbent President. Also vying for the position will be former World Champion Anatoly Karpov. The Candidates Karpov announced his candidacy earlier this month and stated [...]
Posted in Africa, Nigeria, Olympiad on Mar 6th, 2010 6 Comments »
Adekunle Elegbede has sent a report from Nigeria that the federation will hold the first stage of their Olympiad Qualifiers March 21st-27th. The field will include 118 players including 64 men and 54 women in a nine-round Swiss. Each field will produce 10 players for a round robin where the top five players will represent [...]
Posted in FIDE, Olympiad on Feb 28th, 2010 4 Comments »
Many federations are organizing their teams for the 2010 Olympiad (Khanty-Mansiysk) which will take place September 19th until October 4th. FIDE has recently released an announcement of important details. Federations should begin preparing to meet various deadlines to avoid any complications later. In 2008, there were a lot of controversies surrounding visas. Many federations (particularly [...]
Posted in Africa, Nigeria, Olympiad on Nov 11th, 2009 2 Comments »
Nigeria Chess Federation (NCF) last week, departed from its traditional selection trial process following the directive that all state chess associations must organize a tournament to select three male and female chess players that will converge on Lagos for the national trial to select the team that will represent the country at the next World [...]
Posted in China, FIDE, Olympiad on Jun 14th, 2009 38 Comments »
The clock strikes one… or two! In yet another controversy brought on by the FIDE “no tolerance” rule, two players forfeited games at the Chinese Championships recently held in Jiangsu, China. The rule was famously deployed at the 2008 Chess Olympiad in Dresden, Germany, an event replete with controversial ruling. There were several forfeits and [...]
Posted in Olympiad on Apr 10th, 2009 6 Comments »
Chicago is a long way from Dresden, Germany, but David and Sheila Heiser made the trip to begin stating a case for hosting the 2016 Olympiad in the beautiful city of Chicago. The founders of a hugely-successful Renaissance Knights Chess organization, David went to Dresden with his wife to lobby for the bid. The Chess [...]
Posted in Africa, Olympiad, Uganda on Feb 5th, 2009 5 Comments »
Uganda’s Moses Kawuma has been awarded the title of FIDE Master based on the strength of his Olympiad result. Kawuma scored 9/10 in the 2008 Olympiad to tally the highest win percentage in the open section. The Ugandan team had to forfeit two boards due to visa problems and both Moses and Stephen Kawuma performed [...]
Posted in Olympiad on Jan 4th, 2009 6 Comments »
FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov was visiting the Asian Club Chess Championships and stated that he confident that chess will be included in the quadrennial Olympic Games in the future. He mentioned the progress being made in chess in various regions of the world. My aim is to ensure that chess becomes a part of the [...]
Posted in Olympiad, Opinion/Editorials on Dec 18th, 2008 11 Comments »
Approximately one month ago, teams trekked across the globe to attend the premier team event in chess… the biennial Chess Olympiad. Many federations make plans to attend well in advance and the nationalistic fervor heightens as the date approaches. However, the Dresden Olympiad had a number of rule changes. Some were mentioned in GM Bartlomiej [...]
Posted in Africa, Olympiad on Dec 7th, 2008 No Comments »
I’m compiling a photo montage of photos from the 2008 Chess Olympiad. It will contain images of players of African descent around the world. While covering the Olympiad at home from rounds 1-7, I noticed very few photos showing a diversity of federations. In fact, you would have thought only 10-20 teams were playing since [...]
Posted in Africa, Germany, Olympiad, Rwanda, Tournaments on Dec 6th, 2008 No Comments »
Rwanda, only fielding three players, also had visa problems and were not permitted to stay until the end of the Olympiad. It’s ironic that they mentioned the success of Uganda, a team fielding two players due to visa problems. Several other African nations reported visa problems. Other affected African nations were Angola, Botswana, Ethiopia, Ghana, [...]
Posted in Germany, Olympiad, Tournaments on Dec 2nd, 2008 21 Comments »
The 2008 Dresden Olympiad was one of memories… some good, some bad. Overall the Chess Olympiad is like a dreamland for chess players. A place were thousands of people assemble from all corners of the earth for one thing… chess. Imagine that. People traveling for thousands of miles for chess… playing it, speaking about it, [...]
Posted in Africa, Drum Majors, Olympiad, Uganda on Dec 1st, 2008 31 Comments »
Moses Kawuma (near right) playing against British Virgin Island’s Christopher Art. Kawuma scored 9/10 for the highest winning percentage in the open section. Steven Kawuma plays the legendary Bill Hook. Photo by Daaim Shabazz. Kawuma performance sparkles, but not golden Moses Kawuma and brother Steven came to the Olympiad with high hopes. Those hopes were [...]
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