World Youth Under-16 Chess Olmpiad To Begin In Mersin
Published: 8/17/2008
MERSIN – The World Youth Under-16 Chess Olympiad will begin in the southern Turkish province of Mersin on August 17th.
Chess players from 23 countries including Albania, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Armenia, the Philippines, South Africa, Georgia, India, Britain, Iran, Switzerland, Kenya, Costa Rica, Uzbekistan, Russia, Slovakia, Sri Lanka, Syria, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Greece will participate in the event.
The event will end on August 25th.
Source: http://www.turkishpress.com
The regular Olympiad will take place in Dresden later on this year. Official Dresden Olympiad Website: http://www.dresden2008.org/
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
How come no US?
Hello, the official website is: http://wyco2008.tsf.org.tr/
Özgür Akman
Press officer of TCF