The All India Chess Federation (AICF), which will likely be bidding to host the forty fourth version of the Chess Olympiad later this yr, has submitted its ensure of USD 10 million to the sector frame, FIDE.
“Yeah, we now have submitted the ensure for the bid quantity of USD 10 million to FIDE as a part of our bid to host the Chess Olympiad,” AICF secretary Bharat Singh Chauhan advised PTI on Wednesday.
The Olympiad was once moved out of Russia after it invaded neighbouring Ukraine on February 24.
FIDE made up our minds to open the bids after Russia started the army operations towards Ukraine.
He had previous mentioned that the AICF could be bidding for the Olympiad this yr. The finances for the development could be USD 10 million (about Rs 75 crore), Chauhan had mentioned.
The Chess Olympiad is a biennial workforce match by which groups from some 190 nations compete for honours over a two-week duration.
The Chess Olympiad 2022 was once intended to happen in Moscow from July 26 to August 8.
However the FIDE (the Global Chess Federation) made up our minds to transport the Olympiad and all different professional competitions deliberate from Russia within the wake of the rustic’s invasion of Ukraine.
The opposite occasions which have been moved clear of Russia are the primary chess Olympiad for Other people with Disabilities and the 93rd FIDE Congress.
FIDE is claimed to be already running on discovering selection dates and places for those occasions.
If India will get the nod to host the Olympiad, it will be the 2nd primary international match to be held within the nation after the International Championship fit in 2013 between Viswanathan Anand and Magnus Carlsen, the present international No.1.
