{"id":26702,"date":"2024-05-01T14:10:57","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T14:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www1090.fide.com\/?p=26702"},"modified":"2024-05-31T10:27:08","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T10:27:08","slug":"abu-dhabi-and-fide-sign-agreement-for-47th-chess-olympiad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/abu-dhabi-and-fide-sign-agreement-for-47th-chess-olympiad\/","title":{"rendered":"Abu Dhabi and FIDE Sign Agreement for 47th Chess Olympiad"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The President of the International Chess Federation (FIDE), Arkady Dvorkovich, and the General Secretary of the Abu Dhabi Sports Council, Aref Hamad Al Awani, have signed the Agreement on hosting and organizing the 47th Chess Olympiad, the 4th Chess Olympiad for People with Disabilities, and the 98th FIDE Congress.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>

In December 2023, it was announced that the capital of the United Arab Emirates,\u00a0Abu Dhabi,\u00a0had won the bid\u00a0for the organization of\u00a0the 47th Chess Olympiad, which will take place in 2028.\u00a0In the FIDE Council meeting on December 17, 2023, Abu Dhabi won the bid with 96 votes, ahead of the\u00a0bid from\u00a0Genoa (Italy), which got 60 votes.<\/p>

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The 47th Chess Olympiad\u00a0is scheduled\u00a0to take place between October 28 and November 11, 2028, at the world-class Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center, the largest venue in the Middle East, with 154,678 m2 available for the event. The total proposed budget for the Olympiad is 15,300,000 Euros, while the budget for the Olympiad for People with Disabilities is 1,250,000 Euros.<\/p>

In their bid, the UAE emphasized\u00a0the country\u2019s\u00a0increasing role as a global hub for major international and sports events\u00a0and noted\u00a0the Olympiad\u2019s importance in promoting chess in the region. It\u00a0was pointed out\u00a0that the UAE already has a well-established chess community\u00a0made up\u00a0of players, clubs, and prominent chess\u00a0coaches,\u00a0and that it hosts several notable events, including The President\u2019s Cup, the Dubai Open, the Sharjah Women\u2019s Cup, and the Abu Dhabi Open.<\/p>

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\u201cThe signing of this Agreement is a formal but important step.\u00a0The UAE\u00a0lies\u00a0in a convenient geographical location and has the amenities and\u00a0the experience in organizing\u00a0large events. Now, work can begin on preparing for the 47th Olympiad and doing everything needed to make this a truly memorable successful event,\u201d FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich said in a statement.<\/p>

\u201cWe have good experience with our partner from the UAE and we have\u00a0every\u00a0faith that the organization of the Olympiad will\u00a0be executed\u00a0to the highest standard, like other events\u00a0which\u00a0the country has hosted,\u201c Dvorkovich added.<\/p>

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This will be the second time the Emirates will\u00a0be hosting\u00a0a Chess Olympiad. The country\u00a0was host\u00a0for the first time in 1986, for the 27th Chess Olympiad.\u00a0Held in Dubai, that Olympiad\u00a0is often regarded\u00a0as one of the best-organized in chess history.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The President of the International Chess Federation (FIDE), Arkady Dvorkovich, and the General Secretary of the Abu Dhabi Sports Council, Aref Hamad Al Awani, have signed the Agreement on hosting and organizing the 47th Chess Olympiad, the 4th Chess Olympiad for People with Disabilities, and the 98th FIDE Congress. In December 2023, it was announced that the capital of the United Arab Emirates,\u00a0Abu Dhabi,\u00a0had won the bid\u00a0for the organization of\u00a0the 47th Chess Olympiad, which will take place in 2028.\u00a0In the FIDE Council meeting on December 17, 2023, Abu Dhabi won the bid with 96 votes, ahead of the\u00a0bid from\u00a0Genoa (Italy), which got 60 votes. The 47th Chess Olympiad\u00a0is scheduled\u00a0to take place between October 28 and November 11, 2028, at the world-class Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center, the largest venue in the Middle East, with 154,678 m2 available for the event. The total proposed budget for the Olympiad is 15,300,000 Euros, while the budget for the Olympiad for People with Disabilities is 1,250,000 Euros. In their bid, the UAE emphasized\u00a0the country\u2019s\u00a0increasing role as a global hub for major international and sports events\u00a0and noted\u00a0the Olympiad\u2019s importance in promoting chess in the region. It\u00a0was pointed out\u00a0that the UAE already has a well-established chess community\u00a0made up\u00a0of players, clubs, and prominent chess\u00a0coaches,\u00a0and that it hosts several notable events, including The President\u2019s Cup, the Dubai Open, the Sharjah Women\u2019s Cup, and the Abu Dhabi Open. \u201cThe signing of this Agreement is a formal but important step.\u00a0The UAE\u00a0lies\u00a0in a convenient geographical location and has the amenities and\u00a0the experience in organizing\u00a0large events. Now, work can begin on preparing for the 47th Olympiad and doing everything needed to make this a truly memorable successful event,\u201d FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich said in a statement. \u201cWe have good experience with our partner from the UAE and we have\u00a0every\u00a0faith that the organization of the Olympiad will\u00a0be executed\u00a0to the highest standard, like other events\u00a0which\u00a0the country has hosted,\u201c Dvorkovich added. This will be the second time the Emirates will\u00a0be hosting\u00a0a Chess Olympiad. The country\u00a0was host\u00a0for the first time in 1986, for the 27th Chess Olympiad.\u00a0Held in Dubai, that Olympiad\u00a0is often regarded\u00a0as one of the best-organized in chess history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":26704,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[158,55],"regular":[],"sticky-post":[],"class_list":["post-26702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fide-news","tag-chess-olympiad","tag-uae"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26702"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26702\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26707,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26702\/revisions\/26707"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26702"},{"taxonomy":"regular","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/regular?post=26702"},{"taxonomy":"sticky-post","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sticky-post?post=26702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}