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FIDE Chess Olympiad INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF SILENT CHESS 35th FIDE Chess Olympiad Bled, Slovenia, 25th October – 11st November 2002 BULLETIN Šahovska zveza Slovenije Šahovska Organizacijski odbor šahovske olimpiade 1001 Ljubljana Olimpiada Kolodvorska 9, p.p. 3529 Bled, Slovenija Telefon: 01/300 80 38 Telefaks: 01/231 98 54 2002 e-mail:[email protected] Chess Chess Federation of Slovenia Organising Committee of The Chess Olympiad Olympiad Slovenia, SI-1001 Ljubljana Bled, Slovenija Kolodvorska 9, P.O. BOX 3529 Telephone: +386 1 300 80 38 2002 Fax: +386 1 231 98 54 e-mail: [email protected] Ljubljana, June 21, 2002 To All Chess Federations Dear Chess Friends! Bled has been chosen by FIDE as the Host City for the 35th Chess Olympiad and 73rd FIDE Congress in the year 2002. It is a great pleasure for us to extend our sincere invitation to participate in the 35th Chess Olympiad to be held between October 25 to November 11 and 73rd FIDE Congress to be held between November 1 to November 10 2002. (November 1 arrival for Committee and Commission members; November 2 to 4 Meetings; November 5 and 6 Executive Board, November 7 arrival for FIDE delegates, November 8 to 10 FIDE General Assembly). We will host the costs of maximum 7 members (captain + 6 players) of Men's Team and maximum 5 members (captain + 4 players) of Women's Team for each participating federation. Accommodation will be on full board basis from October 25 2002 (arrival day) until November 11 2002 (departure day) for a total 17 days (14 rounds + 2 free days). In case participants will arrive in Bled before or leave Bled after the above mention days, they will have to pay all accommodation expenses for these days. The Opening Ceremony will be on October 25 at 8 p.m. and Closing Ceremony will be on November 10 at 8 p.m. We kindly ask you to send enclosed registration forms to our address or fax by 15 August 2002. You can make registration also with internet forms: http://www.sah-zveza.si/ol2002/forms. We are looking forward to welcome you. Milan Knezevic President of the Slovene Chess Federation President of the Organising Committee of the Bled Chess Olympiad Šahovska zveza Slovenije Šahovska Organizacijski odbor šahovske olimpiade 1001 Ljubljana Olimpiada Kolodvorska 9, p.p. 3529 Bled, Slovenija Telefon: 01/300 80 38 Telefaks: 01/231 98 54 2002 e-mail:[email protected] Chess Chess Federation of Slovenia Organising Committee of Chess Olympiad Olympiad Slovenia, SI-1001 Ljubljana Bled, Slovenija Kolodvorska 9, P.O. BOX 3529 Telephone: +386 1 300 80 38 2002 Fax: +386 1 231 98 54 e-mail: [email protected] Time schedule of The 35th Chess Olympiad Bled 2002 Arrival 25 October 2002 Opening Ceremony 25 October 2002 20.00 1st Round 26 October 2002 14.00 - 18.30 2nd Round 27 October 2002 14.00 - 18.30 3rd Round 28 October 2002 14.00 - 18.30 4th Round 29 October 2002 14.00 - 18.30 5th Round 30 October 2002 14.00 - 18.30 6th Round 31 October 2002 14.00 - 18.30 7th Round 1 November 2002 14.00 - 18.30 8th Round 2 November 2002 14.00 - 18.30 Free day 3 November 2002 9th Round 4 November 2002 14.00 - 18.30 10th Round 5 November 2002 14.00 - 18.30 11th Round 6 November 2002 14.00 - 18.30 12th Round 7 November 2002 14.00 - 18.30 13th Round 8 November 2002 14.00 - 18.30 Free day 9 November 2002 14th Round 10 November 2002 10.00 - 14.30 Closing Ceremony 10 November 2002 20.00 Departure 11 November 2002 President of ICSC’s visit to Bled It was on the evening of November 4th 2002 when Mr.Phillip Gardner (ENG) and I made a surprise visit to the Hotel Ribno, located at a beautiful place near the Bled village in Slovenia, close to the Austrian border. We entered a room specially reserved for the ICSC teams to carry out analysing games and there we greeted Michele Visco and the players. We noted the routine of the day and the players themselves were happy about the arrangements. The players received the daily booklets of games played on the previous round. Once they knew who their teams were for the afternoon matches, they analysed their opponents’ openings and prepared their little surprises. There was a lot of goodwill and co-operation between the players who were willing to exchange ideas and they were led by the energetic veteran, Serguei Salov, who gave up his valuable time for the players by going through their games. The players very much appreciated help from Salov. On November 5th, after the morning analysis work session, Visco, Gardner and I went for a delightful walk through the forest with the ladies S.Gonchar, O.Nazarova and L.Rossinskaya and we enjoyed communicating with each other in the International Sign Language. We then returned for lunch and after lunch, we were taken to the playing hall by a coach. On arrival, the hall was a huge building, made colourful by the presence of the flags of every country and our own flag, ICSC! The sight of so many tables with chess clocks and boards and pieces lined up beautifully, was out of this world. It was simply wonderful to behold. We will never forget this experience. Gradually all players arrived on the scene. Many gathered to one area with flashing cameras and this was where Garry Kasparov played. Clocks were started and heads were down. Gardner and I had the change to look around and were helped by the large electronic chess boards to see how some of the world’s best players were progressing. Judith Polgar, Mickey Adams, and so on were. Our ICSC teams were playing some fantastic chess and justified themselves as capable of playing against best players of other countries. We were proud of them, both men and ladies who represented ICSC. We also noted the valuable contribution to the well being of the teams by their captains, Salov for men, and Visco for ladies. During the afternoon matches, Visco and I went to another hotel for a meeting with the FIDE Committee on Chess for the Disabled. The President of the Slovenia Deaf Sports Federation, Mr. Janez Slatinsek was present, having brought the translator, Blanka Rot. Also present was Mr. Blatny (CZE) who was the chief arbiter at the ICSC World Teams Chess Championships in Brno. He represented the IBCA (Blind). There a few others present. We discussed the problems and we presented our case. We were assured that our proposals would be laid before the FIDE Congress to be held in a few days’ time. It was a very constructive meeting and the members of the committee had the opportunity of meeting Visco as the newly elected President of ICSC. At the end, we thanked Mr. Walsh the Chair of the Committee for his advice and help. Back to the Hotel Ribno, we received the results of the round and the pairing of the teams for the next day’s matches and the games bulletins. After supper, the players were back in the analysis room and the routine went on as usual. The next morning Gardner and I returned to England and our hearts went out to the ICSC teams who faced the ordeal of playing 14 rounds. When we received the final results, and tables, the decision to send the ICSC teams to participate in the Olympiad Chess was justified. My grateful thanks to Mr. P.Gardner, Messrs. Visco and Salov for ensuring the well-being of the players and to the players themselves for keeping the flag ICSC flying high. Also our grateful thanks to Mr. Janez Slatinsek of Slovenia for giving up his time to help us through with interpreting services and to allow the ICSC group to visit the Slovenia Deaf Sport Federation headquarters and Mr. Walsh for the opportunity for us to meet the committee members. On the whole, one of my most memorable visits of my life. A.J. Boyce, I.C.S.C. President (from the bulletin “Mitteilungsblatt“ – December 2002 - Nr. 113) Mr.A.J. Boyce ICSC President and the players deaf chess 35th FIDE Chess Olympiad 2002 Final Result 85 I.C.S.C. Team Men, Bled (Slovenia) Media Rating 2371 26\10\02 27\10\02 28\10\02 29\10\02 30\10\02 31\10\02 1\11\02 2\11\02 4\11\02 5\11\02 6\11\02 7\11\02 8\11\02 10\11\02 Rating 1234567891011121314Points 1 Gretchikhine V. 2543 - 0,5 0,5 0 - 0,5 - 0,5 - 0,5 0 0,5 - 0 3 /9 2 Georgiev V. 2310 0 0 - 1 0 1 1 0 - 0,5 0,5 0,5 1 1 6,5 /12 3 Salov S. 2297 0 0,5 1 1 1 0,5 1 0 1 1 0 0,5 1 1 9,5 /14 4 Collutiis D. 2332 0,5 1 0,5 0,5 1 0 0,5 0,5 1 1 0 0 - 0 6,5 /13 5 Bokros I. 2143 0 - - - 0 - - - 0 - - - 0,5 - 0,5 /4 6 Cehic G. 2157 - - 0 - - - 0 - 0,5 - - - 0,5 - 1 /4 I T E N D R T T C Z M V F I U W 27 S H T I O E U U H I A I A S G A R A H C M P N R I M L E R L A L A I I A I U I K L B A T O A N E E L O R N B S E E A Y N E N D S L A P A I L I Y B S A D A N I G C I A W I M S D A U A C E A A N Media Rating 2660 2227 2100 2225 2336 2323 2348 2419 2074 2224 2513 2304 2119 2280 Final Result 9 89 90 117 82 99 76 60 101 75 47 92 114 80 ICSC Team Men’s Grechihin V.
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