World chess meet for blind begins tomorrow
Panaji, Oct. 9 (PTI): The 11th World Chess Championships for the blind will get underway here from October 9. The 10-day event, to be held at Radisson White Sands Resort at Varca, South Goa, will see 82 players from 31 countries vye for the title. Reigning world champion, International Master Yunus from Kazakhstan will defend the title. There will be 16 other international masters, three international women masters and 6 FIDE masters among 45 international rated players who will take part in the event. "This is the first time that the tournament is being held outside Europe. Earlier, all the 10 events were held in Europe, mainly to maintain the standard," International Braille Chess Association president, Ludwic Bentelhoff, told reporters here. "I am glad that the championship is being held for the first time in Asia and I am sure it will be a tremendous success. The reason to have it in Asia is to make this game more popular among the Asians," said Ludwic. GTL the co-sponsors of the event, have specially designed chess software for the visually impaired which will be launched at a function on October 10. The championship will be conducted in 9 rounds in swiss league format. The everyday pairing will be done by the computers and the game played will be recorded and distributed to the players in print as well as braille the next day as per international practice, Ludwic said. Shadab Husain Mo: 9335206224 To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
