Chess: Bulgaria’s Veselin Georgiev becomes world champion
31 July 2008 22:17 FOCUS News Agency
Zurich. Veselin Georgiev of Bulgaria is world chess champion for people with impaired hearing, Chessdom.bg announced.Georgiev won the title at the world championship in Switzerland without a single loss. The Bulgarian chess player finished 9,5/11, 8 victories and 3 draws. This is Georgiev’s latest title. He won the highest chess title in 2000 and 2004 in Poland and Germany respectively. Georgiev is also gold-medal winner at many European championships and open tournaments.
Source: FOCUS News
So the championship for the deaf has been promoted to the fullblown world championship now?
It’s the silence that’s deafening here.
He won the highest chess title in 2000 and 2004 in Poland and Germany respectively.
And if the championship for the deaf is the world championship now, who knows what the highest titles in Poland or Germany are. The Championship For Elvis Impersonators?
Seriously, what is that about?! is it April’s fools day already? As bad a thing impaired hearing is, I do not see why this would (negatively) impact on the ability to play chess. What’s next, the Chess World Championship for lefties?! Or smokers?
Yes, it does seem a bit strange. Having impaired hearing is absolutely no handicap in chess, so the special championship is not neccesary.
Deaf could be a big advantage.
we know where bulgaria is
Absolutely ridicule!
Worldchesschampion of deaf people… why not of people < 5 feet?
An why to speak about this, and with a map (!), in a chess blog?
The time when chess was serious is definitively gone.
I like this. If this goes further, we all can be WCs in some way or other.