Because the nation is all set to host the world’s largest chess occasion for the primary time ever within the 100-year historical past of the Olympiad, a vibrant brand, expressing the thrill with its exuberant colors, was unveiled in Chennai as All India Chess Federation’s President Sanjay Kapoor, Secretary and Olympiad Director Bharat Singh Chauhan alongside different dignitaries have been additionally current on the event.
“That is the primary time that India is internet hosting a sporting occasion of this magnitude in any self-discipline and we determined that the Mascot of the Olympiad must be the ‘knight’ popularly often called the stuntman on the chess board” AICF Secretary and Olympiad Director Chauhan mentioned on the launch whereas speaking to the media.
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With lower than 50 days remaining for the upcoming version of the Chess Olympiad, AICF officers have been working around the clock to make sure the graceful conduct of this prestigious occasion.
“We need to set this Olympiad as a milestone for different sporting occasions in India. This Olympiad goes to not solely script historical past but in addition encourage generations. I’m assured that our crew at AICF will go away no stone unturned in making this occasion an enormous success,” AICF President Kapoor added.
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FIDE has earlier introduced the introduction of the Olympiad Torch Relay from this yr’s occasion, celebrating the recognition of the sport in India, the land the place chess originated.
A report 343 groups in open and ladies’s sections from 187 international locations throughout the globe have registered thus far for the forty fourth Chess Olympiad, which can see India’s two groups every collaborating in open in addition to the ladies’s sections.
