After the opening ceremony finally it was time for action in Ankara!
The first round saw two heavily fought matches in Ankara: Asia vs. Africa and Europe vs Russia-Turkey with Team America resting today. The competitive spirit of the players was absolutely laudable, in fact on two boards games lasted almost until the fifth hour. The fighting spirit didn't mean the lack of friendliness obviously, on the contrary the friendly exchanges between players outside the tournament hall, usually by the coffee break stand where there are delicious cookies to be found, were also worth seeing.
2019 Confederation Cup for the Disabled People Has Started in Ankara
FIDE Confederation Cup for the Disabled People has officially started with the opening ceremony. The cup which is organized for the first time this year by FIDE with the support of Russian State Atomic Energy Cooperation (ROSATOM) will continue until December 14. Five teams, each consisting of six players with visual, auditory or physical disabilities coming from four different continents, namely America, Asia, Africa and Europe, will compete against each other in a friendly atmosphere. To emphasize the Russian-Turkish friendship one of the teams is called Russia-Turkey and it consists of 3 Russian and 3 Turkish players.
FIDE Confederation Cup for the Disabled People (Video)
Turgay Seckin Serpil, member of FIDE Commission for Chess for the Disabled, is also an experienced chess trainer for players with visual and hearing impairment. His years of experience in the field led to a project called "Chess without Disabilities" where he came up for the first time with a methodological manual for teaching chess to players with visual impairment.
Chess is a game for everyone, regardless of their physical conditions, gender, ethnicity or social status. With this egalitarian vision in mind FIDE supports the development of chess amongst players with disabilities and the 1st FIDE Confederation Cup for the Disabled People organized in Ankara with the financial support of Rosatom is a testament to it.
Technical Meeting
The technical meeting of the 1st FIDE Confederation Cup For The Disabled People, organized by FIDE in cooperation with TCF and with the financial support of ROSATOM, has been held today with the participation of players, arbiters and the organizational team as well as FIDE Vice President Akaki Iashvili, FIDE Executive Board Member Ozgur Solakoglu and FIDE Event Manager Kema Goryaeva. Throughout the meeting two sign language translators were present for Turkish and English translations.
After an introductory speech by Mr. Solakoglu, the chief arbiter of the event IA Dr. Dirk Jordan proceeded to explain the tournament regulations and rules to players. The only change with respect to the published regulations is regarding the time control. Players will receive 90 min for 40 moves and after 40 moves 30 min extra time will be added. Starting from the first move 30 seconds will be added after each move throughout the game.
1st FIDE Confederation Cup For The Disabled People 2019
The 1st FIDE Confederation Cup for the disabled people 2019 is an invitational championship between mixed teams from 4 continents, with the participation of chess players from three groups of disabilities (visually impaired, hearing impaired and physically disabled). The Cup is organized as a premier chess competition on the eve of the 1st World Chess Paralympics 2020.