The opening ceremony of the 40th World Chess Olympiad will take place today, August 27th, in Istanbul. Venue of the official start of the competition will be at WOW Convention Center at 21:30 local time.
The ceremony will be broadcasted live in 4 languages simultaneously. It will include a warm welcome to the participants, presentation of the host country, a rich cultural program, national and FIDE anthems, officials speeches, and the drawing of colors for the first round.
The opening ceremony will be preceded by a press conference of the Turkish national teams at 19:00 and by the Captains meeting at 20:00, both to be held at WOW Hotel.
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