Chess – Press Release
From 24 July to 2 August 2015:
The 6th IBCA European Chess Championship for Blind and Visually Impaired players will take place in France for the first time.
Indeed, no International individual tournament has never been held in France for blind and visually impaired players. The AEPA (the French Chess Organisation for Blind and Visually Impaired Chess Players), driven by Bernard DUTHOIT, Adrien HERVAIS, Olivier DEVILLE and Bertrand CATHERINE, gave the impetus to succeed in finding passionnate and dynamic support.
62 players from 20 nations (Germany, England, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark, Scotland, Spain, Finland, France, Greece, Italy, Lithuania, Monaco, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia and Ukraine) will thus compete in Lyon to win the European Championship title. Among them, 1 International Grandmaster, 4 International Masters and 7 FIDE Masters. 10 French competitors will participate, 3 of them coming from the Rhône-Alpes Region.
Quite unexpectedly, in this sport blind and visually impaired people can make the most of a game, playing along with full sighted people.
We invite everyone, chess players and non chess players, to join us at the Mercure hotel, located 29 rue de Bonnel in the 3rd Arrondissement of Lyon. Come and see those breathtaking matches featuring genuine intellectual prowesses. Free entrance.
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Full press release:
http://www.lyon-olympique-echecs.com/2015/ChEurDV2015/EuropeanChampionship_PressRelease_July_22.pdf
http://www.lyon-olympique-echecs.com/2015/ChEurDV2015/EuropeanChampionship_PressRelease_July_22.odt
Web sites:
http://www.aepa64.asso.fr/aepa/?q=contenu/championnat-deurope-des-deficients-visuels-lyon-2015-0
http://lyon-olympique-echecs.com/