No, we didn't get the accreditation, but at the same time two participants of the Olympiad volunteered to work as special correspondents of Chess-News inside the playing hall. You will see their pictures in this photo spread.
The teams of Bulgaria and England are heading to the round...
The author of these words got not only a lot of support during the Olympiad, and I thank everyone who wasn't indifferent, but I also got several literary quotes regarding the situation. Here's the one I would like to share:
"Did you ever hear the story about the human ear that caused a war?
Everything seems to be perfect in Turkey. Even taxis.
All taxi-drivers in Turkey are officially employed. I like it pretty much mostly because there is no need to negotiate a price before the trip but drivers usually tries to mark up the price at the end, well quite human desire.
Newly born Russian champion Natalija Pogonina gave a forecast for the upcoming Olympiad in Istanbul in her blog on sports.ru website. According to her forecast the Russians are the strongest players in the competition among men: “Yury Dokhoian should lead his team to victory unless something unexpected happens”.
There was an opening day of the World Chess Olympiad in Istanbul few days ago. It is a great event not only for the participants, organizer and guests but also for millions chess amateur all over the world. Every Olympiad first and foremost is an occasion which unites people in spite of their religion and political views.
Let's have a look at the faces of survivors in the Women's World Championship. Right here, right now: they are robust, more skilful and enduring, the level of their average moves is higher than others'. They continue fighting for the title. It's not their fault they have to do it exactly in this kind of a tournament.
FIDE Vice President Georgios Makropoulos and the President of Turkish Chess Federation Ali Nihat Yazici signed a contract on holding the 40th World Chess Olympiad in Istanbul, Turkey.
Six minutes and thirteen seconds remain before the start of the first game of the World Championship match.
A lone photographer appeared on the stage: Aleksey Yushenkov, one of the two official photographers of the match. All the others (and there are tens of those) were crowded behind the glass. That's how it was today and that's how, seemingly, it will be going forward.