Chess players compete in Germany to help street children in Istanbul

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Hello everyone,

The intercultural Chess Club “Satranç Club 2000“organized the 7th Intercultural Rapid Chess Tournament in Cologne, Germany. Half of the proceeds have been donated to the Children of Hope Association, which helps impoverished children on the street in Istanbul, in cooperation with the Sister Cities Association of Cologne and Istanbul. Turkey’s Ambassador to Cologne Hüseyin Emre Engin attended the opening of the tournament, expressing his support for such events.

The Satranç Club was founded in the year 2000 by members of Turkish origin and now, many other nations are part of the club, thus realizing the World Chess Federation (FIDE) motto “Gens una Sumus” (We are one family). Istanbul and Cologne have been sister cities since 1997. (Hurriyet Daily News)

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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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