Online Chess Olympiad
Ghana Set To Play Online Chess Olympiad
PRESS RELEASE: GHANA CHESS ASSOCIATION
Ghana National chess team is set to participate in the first ever Online Chess Olympiad organized by the World Chess Federation (FIDE) from 24th July to 30th August 2020.
Ghana will play from 31st July to 2nd August in pool E alongside 9 other countries including top ranked Angola, Liberia, Senegal, Haiti, Puerto Rico, Palestine, Suriname, Netherlands Antilles and neighboring Togo. All teams in the group would play 9 rounds round-robin after which the top 3 best performing countries will advance to the next stage of the competition.
The Golden Knights
The line up for Ghana is a gender balanced team of 4 men 4 women 2 girls and 2 boys under 20. Below is the team list of players including reserves
Senior Team – Men
FM John Kojo Hasford
CM Lionel Adu Jnr
Bernard Anwhere
IM Francis Anquandah
Senior Team – Women
WFM Tobi Felix
Christiana Ashley
WFM Angela Ayiku
Esi Dzidzor
Junior Team
Selikem Amoako
Rohan Karamchandani
Angel-Jordan Quansah
Devina Gokaldas
World Chess Olympiad
The World Chess Olympiad was originally scheduled to take place in Russia this year but was rescheduled to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Ghanaian Players and officials will converge at the Media Center of the Accra Sports Stadium from 31st July to 2nd August to play the Pool E games in the novel online olympiad.
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<font color="yellow"> <em><strong>Reis and Co</strong></em></font>, an Agriculture, Pharmaceutical and IT Company will support the team with logistics and internet for the tournament.
Results will be posted on chess-results.com on a daily basis whilst games can be followed live on chess.com which is the hosting platform.
Live coverage of games: chess.com
Official tournament website: https://olymp.fide.com/
The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams representing nations of the world compete. FIDE organises the tournament and selects the host nation. The use of the name “Chess Olympiad” for FIDE’s team championship is of historical origin and implies no connection with the Olympic Games.
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