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Baku Chess Olympiad 2016
June 15, 2016
The 42nd Chess Olympiad will take place in Baku, Azerbaijan from September 1 to September 14, 2016.
At a press conference recently, Mr. Mahir Mamedov shared several details of the preparation process in his capacity as Director of the Operational Committee of the Baku Chess Olympiad:
The venue of the opening ceremony of the Olympiad has been finalized. It will be held at the National Gymnastics Arena, which satisfies all high international standards. Besides, by the decree of the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, a visa regime for the participants has been simplified. We work in close cooperation with various structures, including the Ministry of Youth and Sports, Ministry of Transport etc.
He said there will be 70 buses for the needs of the guests. We signed contracts with the hotels where the participants will be accommodated. All of them are situated in the sea zone, not far from the Crystal Hall. The Hall as a super modern complex, is ready to host the event, and the media centre satisfies all standards. We also are giving a lot of attention to security.
During the event, an official mascot of the Baku Olympiad was presented – a boy clad in a national dress – Shakh oglan. The author is Musa Changiev, who received an award for winning the competition among 600 various variations. Besides, the participants of the press-conference started a chess clock, symbolizing a countdown of 100 days before the start of the Olympiad.
Further, M. Mamedov touched upon the issue of the captain of the core men’s team of Azerbaijan. It was noted that ex-World Champion A. Khalifman is no longer captain. It was mutually decided to stop the cooperation. Soon the name of the new captain will be announced.
During the press-conference FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov replied to a number of questions:
The issue of the participation of Armenian team in the Baku Olympiad was raised.
He said that when in Armenia, I met with the President of the country S. Sargsian, who is also the President of the local chess Federation and this issue was raised. For the moment they confirmed that they are intending to play in Baku. There is no refusal from their side for the moment. During the press-conference in Yerevan, the leader of the Armenian team L. Aronian also confirmed that he was intending to participate and warmly recollected his participation in the Baku World Cup and a walk in the capital of Azerbaijan. When I was in Yerevan, I once again invited the Armenian chess players, journalists and head of the Armenian Chess Federation S. Sargsian to participate in the Baku Chess Olympiad," Ilyumzhinov said.
Besides, the FIDE President informed that in the immediate future a chess messenger will be introduced. He said: “I was recently contacted by the Telegram messenger representative, who offered to create a chess messenger. The proposal was based on the fact that chess is popular in the whole world. I do not think this messenger will be very different from existing ones, but it will have some applications connected to chess. The messenger presentation will take place very soon. ”
Olympiad Schedule
September 1 – Arrival day and Opening Ceremony
September 2 – Arbiters Meeting and Round 1
September 3 – Round 2
September 4 – Round 3
September 5 – Round 4
September 6 – Round 5 followed by the Bermuda Party
September 7 – Day Off
September 8 – Round 6
September 9 – Round 7
September 10 – Round 8
September 11 – Round 9
September 12 – Round 10
September 13 – Round 11 and Closing Ceremony
September 14 – Departure Day
Rounds start at 15:00 Baku time, which is 6:00 a.m. Toronto/Montreal time. Baku is nine hours ahead of us.
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It is said that more than 3,000 players from 170 countries (a male and female team from each) will participate.
Rashad Asianov, Charge d’Affaires of the Embassy of Azerbaijan in Argentina told the La Nacion newspaper recently:
“The State of Azerbaijan with the assistance of the private sector formed the Organizing Committee with a budget of 13,000,000 Euros (six of which will be allocated to housing in 1st class chess players and leaders) and who will be responsible for logistics challenge (accommodation, transfers, services and security). The fabulous covered stadium Baku Crystal Hall (capacity 25,000 spectators) was chosen to host the event, and already successfully passed testing control experts.
Argentines visiting Baku in September will not suffer with the weather; at that time of year the days seem to March here is the transition from summer to fall, but windy. There is also a good transport service, in subways, taxis and bus, to travel and visit the works of ancient and modern architecture, such as the Palace of the Shirvanshahs, Tower of Maidens or the Museum of Modern Art.
Baku is not an expensive city; maybe even somewhat cheaper than Buenos Aires. Our currency is the Manat, and a dollar has the value of 1.5 manat. You can have lunch or dinner with $ 10, and consume soft drinks or coffee from $0.50 to $3.”
With the social violence that is shaking Europe and the horror of its attacks, security is the point of greatest attention of the organizers. "It is a sensitive and very important issue for all of us; President Ilham Aliyev took command and gave the order to guarantee the safety of all participants and guests of the competition," Aslanov said.
Does that include the Armenian team?
“Yes, of course. We are open to receive all communities. the Armenian chess players played in the Chess Cup in 2015 and there was no incident.”
http://blogs.lanacion.com.ar/ajedrez...en-azerbaiyan/
June 15, 2016
The 42nd Chess Olympiad will take place in Baku, Azerbaijan from September 1 to September 14, 2016.
At a press conference recently, Mr. Mahir Mamedov shared several details of the preparation process in his capacity as Director of the Operational Committee of the Baku Chess Olympiad:
The venue of the opening ceremony of the Olympiad has been finalized. It will be held at the National Gymnastics Arena, which satisfies all high international standards. Besides, by the decree of the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, a visa regime for the participants has been simplified. We work in close cooperation with various structures, including the Ministry of Youth and Sports, Ministry of Transport etc.
He said there will be 70 buses for the needs of the guests. We signed contracts with the hotels where the participants will be accommodated. All of them are situated in the sea zone, not far from the Crystal Hall. The Hall as a super modern complex, is ready to host the event, and the media centre satisfies all standards. We also are giving a lot of attention to security.
During the event, an official mascot of the Baku Olympiad was presented – a boy clad in a national dress – Shakh oglan. The author is Musa Changiev, who received an award for winning the competition among 600 various variations. Besides, the participants of the press-conference started a chess clock, symbolizing a countdown of 100 days before the start of the Olympiad.
Further, M. Mamedov touched upon the issue of the captain of the core men’s team of Azerbaijan. It was noted that ex-World Champion A. Khalifman is no longer captain. It was mutually decided to stop the cooperation. Soon the name of the new captain will be announced.
During the press-conference FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov replied to a number of questions:
The issue of the participation of Armenian team in the Baku Olympiad was raised.
He said that when in Armenia, I met with the President of the country S. Sargsian, who is also the President of the local chess Federation and this issue was raised. For the moment they confirmed that they are intending to play in Baku. There is no refusal from their side for the moment. During the press-conference in Yerevan, the leader of the Armenian team L. Aronian also confirmed that he was intending to participate and warmly recollected his participation in the Baku World Cup and a walk in the capital of Azerbaijan. When I was in Yerevan, I once again invited the Armenian chess players, journalists and head of the Armenian Chess Federation S. Sargsian to participate in the Baku Chess Olympiad," Ilyumzhinov said.
Besides, the FIDE President informed that in the immediate future a chess messenger will be introduced. He said: “I was recently contacted by the Telegram messenger representative, who offered to create a chess messenger. The proposal was based on the fact that chess is popular in the whole world. I do not think this messenger will be very different from existing ones, but it will have some applications connected to chess. The messenger presentation will take place very soon. ”
Olympiad Schedule
September 1 – Arrival day and Opening Ceremony
September 2 – Arbiters Meeting and Round 1
September 3 – Round 2
September 4 – Round 3
September 5 – Round 4
September 6 – Round 5 followed by the Bermuda Party
September 7 – Day Off
September 8 – Round 6
September 9 – Round 7
September 10 – Round 8
September 11 – Round 9
September 12 – Round 10
September 13 – Round 11 and Closing Ceremony
September 14 – Departure Day
Rounds start at 15:00 Baku time, which is 6:00 a.m. Toronto/Montreal time. Baku is nine hours ahead of us.
_________
It is said that more than 3,000 players from 170 countries (a male and female team from each) will participate.
Rashad Asianov, Charge d’Affaires of the Embassy of Azerbaijan in Argentina told the La Nacion newspaper recently:
“The State of Azerbaijan with the assistance of the private sector formed the Organizing Committee with a budget of 13,000,000 Euros (six of which will be allocated to housing in 1st class chess players and leaders) and who will be responsible for logistics challenge (accommodation, transfers, services and security). The fabulous covered stadium Baku Crystal Hall (capacity 25,000 spectators) was chosen to host the event, and already successfully passed testing control experts.
Argentines visiting Baku in September will not suffer with the weather; at that time of year the days seem to March here is the transition from summer to fall, but windy. There is also a good transport service, in subways, taxis and bus, to travel and visit the works of ancient and modern architecture, such as the Palace of the Shirvanshahs, Tower of Maidens or the Museum of Modern Art.
Baku is not an expensive city; maybe even somewhat cheaper than Buenos Aires. Our currency is the Manat, and a dollar has the value of 1.5 manat. You can have lunch or dinner with $ 10, and consume soft drinks or coffee from $0.50 to $3.”
With the social violence that is shaking Europe and the horror of its attacks, security is the point of greatest attention of the organizers. "It is a sensitive and very important issue for all of us; President Ilham Aliyev took command and gave the order to guarantee the safety of all participants and guests of the competition," Aslanov said.
Does that include the Armenian team?
“Yes, of course. We are open to receive all communities. the Armenian chess players played in the Chess Cup in 2015 and there was no incident.”
http://blogs.lanacion.com.ar/ajedrez...en-azerbaiyan/
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