As part of the agreement between FIDE and ROSATOM, two more chess festivals will be held during the last two months of 2019, with support from this company.
International Chess Festival in Bangladesh
The International Chess Festival in Bangladesh will take place between November 24 and December 4 in Dhaka. The main event will be the 1st SAARC Countries Chess Championships 2019, a Swiss system competition in Open and Women categories (9 rounds), with a total prize fund of $18.000. There is also a number of side events:
- Blitz tournament, with an additional prize fund of $2.000.
- Master class and simul exhibition by GM Nigel Short for SAARC chess players (28-29 November).
- The 1st SAARC Chess Congress (29 November), which will be organized with the aim to establish a new organization, the SAARC Chess Federation. Its purpose will be to unite chess players and officials from this region to further develop chess in joint endeavors.
- FIDE Trainers Seminar (30 November - 2 December), with GM Nigel Short as one of the lecturers.
- FIDE Arbiters seminar (26-28 November), with Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh of Iran as one of the lecturers.
International Chess Festival in Turkey
The International Chess Festival in Turkey is to be organized from 7-14 December in the Turkish capital, Ankara. The festival consists of two main events:
- The 1st Confederation Cup for disabled people 2019, organized by FIDE as a premier event on the eve of the 1st World Chess Paralympiad 2020. The teams, consisting of 6 players with different groups of disabilities from 4 Continents (plus 1 team designated by the sponsor) will take part in a round-robin to determine a Continental Team Champion and individual inners in all three disability groups, per gender as well. This is an invitational tournament and all participants will have their expenses covered.
- The FIDE Cadet Blitz Festival 2019 (7 December), with the participation of the 12th World Chess Champion GM Anatoly Karpov, who will offer a seminar and a simul exhibitions for kids.
Along with the Cup, there will be also a master class by GM Victor Bologan (13 December), and meetings of the FIDE DIS and Event Commissions (12 December).
A round table with disabled chess players and members of the World project "Sales of Spirit" sponsored by Rosatom (will be held on December 11). “Sales of Spirit” is an inclusive project which united sales sportsmen with disabilities, who develop themselves through the sport as through an active adaptation and to achieve high sport results.
These two chess festivals supported by Rosatom follow the ones already held earlier this year in Finland (August) and Uzbekistan (September). [Link to the respective reports from these two festivals]
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