Garry Kasparov: My visit to Baku not possible In an interview with an Azerbaijani news agency, ex-world chess champion Garry Kasparov stated that he will not visit Baku for the chess Olympiad unless Armenia and Azerbaijan settle the conflict...
15 million euros winning bid from Baku
The FIDE General Assembly has awarded the 2016 World Chess Olympiad to the capital of Azerbaijan, Baku. The other two application by Albena (Bulgaria) and Tallin (Estonia) did not make presentations before the voting and were not approved. The...
Baku bids for Chess Olympiad 2016
Azerbaijan World Chess Cup and Olympiad to be discussed in IstanbulAzerbaijan, Baku, Sept. 6 / Trend M. Aliyev / Holding of the Chess World Cup and Chess Olympiad in Azerbaijan will be discussed in Turkey. On September 7-8, in...
Special Chocolate
2016 Toronto Chess Olympiad Chocolate (artwork by Mike Magnan)! Yummy 🙂 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Greetings from up North!
(Lifestyles Magazine Founder Gabriel Erem and Oscar Winner Michael Douglas) Greetings from Canada! I arrived in Toronto for the special 40th anniversary bash of Lifestyles Magazine and to help with the 2016 Toronto World Chess Olympiad bid. With over...
Cold and windy Chicago
Let The ‘Games’ BeginParmy Olson, 02.11.09, 01:50 PM ESTForbes, NY As the economy slides, how much do Chicago, Tokyo and others still want to host the 2016 Olympics? A lot. Ah, the Olympics — a chance for some of...
Chicago 2016
Chicago 2016 reaches out to community groupsTuesday, February 10, 2009 3:38 PM Faced with criticism about a lack of true community involvement, Chicago’s Olympic planners are adding new committees to represent key interests from affordable housing to contract procurement...