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Opening ceremony
Semperoper
Frauenkirche Dresden, Church of Our Lady

4th FIDE World Chess Championships for People with Disabilities

3rd round 1st WTCD 2018

Some impressions from the 3rd round:

DSC 4482 Dr. Jordan begrusst Stephan Pohler Behindertenbeauftragter SachsensDSC 4492 1. Zug mit Stephan Pohler Behindertenbeauftragter Sachsens DSC 4496 Jerzy Strzelecki Poland DeafDSC 4500 Chief Arbiter Egmont PonischDSC 4501 Alexey Petrov Russia DeafDSC 4504 Ilia Lipilin IPCA RussiaDSC 4506 Dora Kajtar Team HungaryDSC 4508 Istvan Vojan Team HungaryDSC 4513 IM Andrei Obodchuk IPCA RussiaDSC 4515 IM Dmitrij Scerbin IPCA RussiaDSC 4516 Ljubov Kireeva Russia Women DeafDSC 4517 WIM Olga Gerasimova Russia Women DEafDSC 4518 Mariusz Cwiek Poland DeafDSC 4525 Team PolandDSC 4527 Uwe Ritter Team NiedersachsenDSC 4531 Sven Hagemann Team NiedersachsenDSC 4534 Valeria Panina Russia Women DeafDSC 4538 Stefan Krause Danil KhayrullinDSC 4539 Stefan Krause DGSV 1920 eDSC 4542 Viktoria Cseke Hungary

1st FIDE World Team Chess Championship for Disabled 2018

DSC 4382 1. Zug durch Thomas LutherThe 1st FIDE World Team Chess Championship for Disabled 2018 started today on 15 October in Wyndham Garden Hotel Dresden, Germany. The event is organized by Dresdner Schachfestival Dresden e. V. under the auspices of FIDE. Dr. Jordan, the Chairman of the Organizing Committee and his team have successfully organized the World Chess Olympiad back in 2008 in Dresden as well as other chess competition of senior and disabled formats in Germany.
The FIDE Observer of the tournament is Thomas Luther.
Here is what he replied to the question “Why do we need competitions for people with disabilities” at the 2nd FIDE World Junior Championship for the Disabled: “Special care for all chess players is a motto of the events for disabled players. They feel supported and understood. Here we have nice playing conditions that help players deal with the complexities of the competition.”
The first edition of the team championship gathered 9 teams from 4 participating federations. Germany is presented with three teams: DGSV 1920 e.V with blind and deaf chess players, Deutschland Jugend and Niedersachsen team with different kinds of disability. Other teams are from Russia (IPCA, Russia Deaf, Russia Women Deaf and Russian Youth Team), Hungarian mixed team with deaf and blind chess players and Polish deaf participants. This year’s competition is marked with two junior teams from Germany and Russia.
The Captains’ meeting was opened by the Chairman of the Organizing Committee Dr. Dirk Jordan who greeted representatives of the teams and introduced the team: Chief Arbiter, Social program coordinator, FIDE Observer and other arbiters.
Chief Arbiter Egmont Poenisch briefed captains on the regulations of the competition.
The team compositions were confirmed and the drawing of lots was conducted.
On the same day the Opening Ceremony took place. It was started by Dr. Dirk Jordan who later on gave the floor to Thomas Luther who warmly greeted the participants and wished them luck.
The IPCA President Svetlana Gerasimova thanked the organizers for the unique opportunity for all disabled chess players to compete in the World Team competition for the world chess title.
The magic show by famous magician Andreas Roethig was to continue the Opening Ceremony. It made the start of the event special.
The first round started right after the Opening ceremony. The former World Chess Champion for the Disabled IM Andrey Obodchuk of Russia, the current World Junior Chess Champion for the Disabled FM Ilia Lipilin of Russia, the President of IPCA Svetlana Gerasimova and other strong chess players are going to make the first moves.
DSC 4242 Dr. Dirk Jordan begrusst die TeilnehmerDSC 4253 Captain of Polish Team KopieDSC 4257 Chief Arbiter Egmont Poenisch KopieDSC 4264 Drawing of Lots KopieDSC 4271 Team Niedersachsen KopieDSC 4297 GM Thomas Luther im Interview mit dem Dresden Fernsehen KopieDSC 4320 Begrussung durch Thomas Luther als Reprasentant der FideDSC 4331 Swetlana Gerasimova President IPCADSC 4334 Teilnehmer der EroffnungDSC 4336 Yulia Turkeeva Team Russis DEafDSC 4341 Zauberer Andreas RothigDSC 4351 Steffi Kassandra mit Zauberer Andreas Rothig

Official Invitation and Regulations of the World Team Championship for Disabled 2018

Official FIDE logoIn accordance to the FIDE Handbook 01. General Regulations for FIDE Competitions Organization 11. the ZMDI Schachfestival Dresden is now publishing the official invitation and regulations for the World Team Championship for Disabled in 2018.

Please find the invitation and regulations under the following link:

pdf  Invitation and Regulations World Team Championship for Disabled

Errors and Omissions excepted.