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7 STATES TO ATTEND INTERNATIONAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP IN DUHUK, NORTH IRAQ
Aswat al-Iraq (Voices of Iraq)
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November 15, 2011 Tuesday
BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: Seven Arab and International states have
officially agreed to attend the International Chess Champoinship,
scheduled to convene in the city of Dohuk, in northern Iraq's Kurdistan
Region early next week, the Chairman of the Central Iraqi Chess Union,
Dhafer Abdul-Amir, reported on Tuesday.
"The 7 states that have officially announced their agreement to attend
the International Chess Championship, organized by the Chess Union in
Dohuk, Iraqi Kudistan during the period from 19 to 25 November, are
Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Syria, Bahrain, Morocco and Palestine,"
Abdul-Amir told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
He said that the Central Iraqi Chess Union had also received
initial agreements by Nigeria and the Ivory Coast to attend the said
Championship in Dohuk, adding that each team would attend by 2 male
and 2 female players, whilst the Iraqi Union would cover their full
hosting costs, whilst the Iraqi Chess Union had allocated cash prizes
of US$3,500 for each of the 1st winners of the championship.
Noteworthy is that Iraq is attending the Arab Sports Session with
23 games, including soccer, basket-ball, volley-ball, weightlifting,
wrestling, boxing, swimming, body-building, chess, billiard, cycling,
washbuckling, gynamsium, judo, carate, shooting, squash, table-tennis,
etc.
Aswat al-Iraq (Voices of Iraq)
http://en.aswataliraq.info/Default.aspx?page=article_page&c=slideshow&id=1456 14
November 15, 2011 Tuesday
BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: Seven Arab and International states have
officially agreed to attend the International Chess Champoinship,
scheduled to convene in the city of Dohuk, in northern Iraq's Kurdistan
Region early next week, the Chairman of the Central Iraqi Chess Union,
Dhafer Abdul-Amir, reported on Tuesday.
"The 7 states that have officially announced their agreement to attend
the International Chess Championship, organized by the Chess Union in
Dohuk, Iraqi Kudistan during the period from 19 to 25 November, are
Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Syria, Bahrain, Morocco and Palestine,"
Abdul-Amir told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
He said that the Central Iraqi Chess Union had also received
initial agreements by Nigeria and the Ivory Coast to attend the said
Championship in Dohuk, adding that each team would attend by 2 male
and 2 female players, whilst the Iraqi Union would cover their full
hosting costs, whilst the Iraqi Chess Union had allocated cash prizes
of US$3,500 for each of the 1st winners of the championship.
Noteworthy is that Iraq is attending the Arab Sports Session with
23 games, including soccer, basket-ball, volley-ball, weightlifting,
wrestling, boxing, swimming, body-building, chess, billiard, cycling,
washbuckling, gynamsium, judo, carate, shooting, squash, table-tennis,
etc.