Record Breaking Olympiad in Dresden

Record-breaking Olympiad

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FIDE and Organizing Committee enable further registrations. Clear already: largest Olympiad of all times.

Three days after the official registration deadline it is obvious that Dresden will not only be a reform but also a record-breaking Olympiad. The so far highest number of participants was listed in Torino in 2006 but will be beaten by length in Dresden. After the closing of the registration period the national federations have nominated 148 for the open and 114 teams in the women’s tournament.

Despite the enlargement of the women’s teams to now four seated and one substitute players already more women teams than in 2006 have registered. The most impression number is, however, the of active participants. Including the 309 registered coaches and accompanying persons, 80 arbiters and 35 FIDE Officials this number is up to 1984.

The world chess association FIDE and the Organizing Committee agreed to give another ten federations the chance to participate, providing they will register until Friday, 19. September 2008. This exception does include all federations that have already contacted the organnizers in whatever way. Federations which have not yet done so will receive no further chance for late registration.

Final figures and detailed participation lists of nations will be published in the following days.

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