{"id":38849,"date":"2025-09-24T11:23:57","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T11:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/?p=38849"},"modified":"2025-09-24T20:36:58","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T20:36:58","slug":"2nd-fide-chess-olympiad-for-people-with-disabilities-list-of-teams-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/2nd-fide-chess-olympiad-for-people-with-disabilities-list-of-teams-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"2nd FIDE Chess Olympiad for People with Disabilities: List of teams announced"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"38849\" class=\"elementor elementor-38849\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dae5e2c e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"dae5e2c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7063cfa elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7063cfa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"818\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DIS-Olympiad-PAGE.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-38852\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DIS-Olympiad-PAGE.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DIS-Olympiad-PAGE-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DIS-Olympiad-PAGE-1024x698.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DIS-Olympiad-PAGE-768x524.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17e3610 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"17e3610\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>FIDE is pleased to announce the official list of participating teams for the 2nd Chess Olympiad for People with Disabilities, to be held from October 19\u201326, 2025, in Astana, Kazakhstan. Following the success of the inaugural edition in Belgrade in 2023, the event once again brings together players from all over the world to celebrate inclusivity, fair play, and the unifying power of chess.<\/p><p>A total of 35 teams will compete in Astana, with participation from all four continents, the three international associations of players with disabilities, and additional nominations from the FIDE President and the host federation.<\/p><p><strong>Participating teams<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Europe \u2013 9 teams<\/strong><\/p><p>Poland, Hungary, Israel, Ukraine, Germany, Croatia, Czech Republic, North Macedonia, Serbia<\/p><p><strong>Asia \u2013 7 teams<\/strong><\/p><p>FIDE, Philippines, India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Uzbekistan, United Arab Emirates<\/p><p><strong>Americas \u2013 7 teams<\/strong><\/p><p>Cuba, Venezuela, Argentina, Colombia, USA, Chile, Panama<\/p><p><strong>Africa \u2013 5 teams<\/strong><\/p><p>Egypt, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Uganda, Kenya<\/p><p><strong>International Associations of Players with Disabilities \u2013 3 teams<\/strong><\/p><p>International Braille Chess Association (IBCA), International Chess Committee of the Deaf (ICCD), International Physically Disabled Chess Association (IPCA)<\/p><p><strong>Nominations of the FIDE President \u2013 2 teams<\/strong><\/p><p>Kazakhstan ICCD, FIDE 2<\/p><p><strong>Host Federation \u2013 2 teams<\/strong><\/p><p>Kazakhstan 1, Kazakhstan 2<\/p><p>With 2025 declared the Social Chess Year, this Olympiad highlights FIDE\u2019s continuing commitment to making chess accessible to everyone, regardless of physical abilities. With strong representation across continents and organizations, Astana is set to welcome a truly global competition that embodies the spirit of inclusion and the universal language\u00a0of\u00a0chess.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-da0e6b7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"da0e6b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"123\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DIS-Olympiad-Footer.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-38850\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DIS-Olympiad-Footer.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DIS-Olympiad-Footer-300x31.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DIS-Olympiad-Footer-1024x105.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DIS-Olympiad-Footer-768x79.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\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\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FIDE is pleased to announce the official list of participating teams for the 2nd Chess Olympiad for People with Disabilities, to be held from October 19\u201326, 2025, in Astana, Kazakhstan. Following the success of the inaugural edition in Belgrade in 2023, the event once again brings together players from all over the world to celebrate inclusivity, fair play, and the unifying power of chess. A total of 35 teams will compete in Astana, with participation from all four continents, the three international associations of players with disabilities, and additional nominations from the FIDE President and the host federation. Participating teams Europe \u2013 9 teams Poland, Hungary, Israel, Ukraine, Germany, Croatia, Czech Republic, North Macedonia, Serbia Asia \u2013 7 teams FIDE, Philippines, India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Uzbekistan, United Arab Emirates Americas \u2013 7 teams Cuba, Venezuela, Argentina, Colombia, USA, Chile, Panama Africa \u2013 5 teams Egypt, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Uganda, Kenya International Associations of Players with Disabilities \u2013 3 teams International Braille Chess Association (IBCA), International Chess Committee of the Deaf (ICCD), International Physically Disabled Chess Association (IPCA) Nominations of the FIDE President \u2013 2 teams Kazakhstan ICCD, FIDE 2 Host Federation \u2013 2 teams Kazakhstan 1, Kazakhstan 2 With 2025 declared the Social Chess Year, this Olympiad highlights FIDE\u2019s continuing commitment to making chess accessible to everyone, regardless of physical abilities. With strong representation across continents and organizations, Astana is set to welcome a truly global competition that embodies the spirit of inclusion and the universal language\u00a0of\u00a0chess.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":38851,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[74,158,190],"regular":[],"sticky-post":[],"class_list":["post-38849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chess-news","tag-chess-for-impaired","tag-chess-olympiad","tag-fidediscom"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38849","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\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38849"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38864,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38849\/revisions\/38864"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38849"},{"taxonomy":"regular","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/regular?post=38849"},{"taxonomy":"sticky-post","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sticky-post?post=38849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}