Contract Signed for Chess Olympiad in Istanbul

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Hi everyone,

FIDE Vice President Georgios Makropoulos and the President of Turkish Chess Federation Ali Nihat Yazici signed a contract on holding the 40th World Chess Olympiad in Istanbul, Turkey.

 

According to Chessdom the ceremony was attended by a number of officials including FIDE Treasurer Nigel Freeman. Let us remind you that Turkey won the right to organise the Chess Olympiad 2012 at the FIDE congress in Dresden. Particularly, Makropoulos said, "I have visited 90 countries so far. I think Istanbul is the most beautiful city among the cities I have seen. Turkish Chess Federation is currently the biggest chess federation in the world and with a huge gap between the second. With the support of Ministry of Sport and Türkiye İş Bankası, I am confident that we will organise this Olympiad perfectly."

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Official Website Online Now of 40th Chess Olympiad in Istanbul

Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012


Hi everyone,


The official website for the 40th Chess Olympiad is now online. The 40th edition of this great event that brings the world's best chess players together to fight for the 'chess honour' of their country would be held in Istanbul from August 27 to September 101, 2011.


You can access the official website at: http://istanbul2012.tsf.org.tr/en/ The organising committee has started the process for obtaining visas and the website is being updated with all the latest information about the big chess event.

The Chess Olympiad is the principal team contest organised by FIDE. The Olympiad is held regularly at two year intervals in the autumn of the even numbered years (2006, 2008, etc.). 


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