Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Khanty-Mansiysk Chess Olympiad Opening Ceremony wrap up
Opening Ceremony of the 2010 Chess Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk There were some early technical issues with the LIVE video feed of the Opening Ceremony of the 2010 Chess Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiyk, Russia. The problems were fixed not long after...
Lighting the Olympiad Torch
Official Olympiad Website: www.Dresden2008.com I was very honored to be asked to be this Olympiad’s Ambassador and to light the Olympiad Torch at the Dresden Olympiad Opening Ceremony tonight. In the picture above, my torch was being lit by...
Olympiad Cups
The Olympiad Cups are being returned to FIDE at the start of every Olympiad. Then the winning countries get to bring them home for the next 2 years. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
The Honorary President
FIDE Honorary President Campomanes welcoming the players on behalf of FIDE President Ilyumzhinov who got into a car accident in Moscow on his way to the airport to come to Dresden. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Dresden Olympiad Trivia
Here are two very famous and high ranking German politicians who attended the Opening Ceremony to welcome all the players. Can you name them? Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Every country is represented
Every country in the Dresden Olympiad is being represented by German school children in the Opening Ceremony. All of the children who carried the flags and country names are chess players who qualified to be here tonight through a...