Dear Friends in chess. To participate in the 19 Winter Deaflympics, all chess players need to have an ICSD identification code (ID) for the audiogram.  To obtain an identification code (ID) for the audiogram, you need to contact the National  Deaf Sports Federation  of your country. See also the letter ICSD with the ICSD Audiogram […]

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Dear friends in chess, As you know, the 19th  Winter Deaflympics will take place in Italy on December 12-21, 2019. Chess tournament are included into the 19th  Winter Deaflypics program. There will be 2 types of chess competitions: Team Standard and Blitz Individual. The International Committee Sports of the Deaf (ICSD) has started the preliminary on-line registration for […]

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Seven rounds of a tense chess battle for the title of the Team Champion 2018 at the 1st FIDE World Team Chess Championship 2018 for the Disabled came to its successful end. The championship was organized by Dresdner Schachfestival e.V. under the auspices of FIDE. It started on 14 October with 9 teams participating from […]

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On November 7, 2018, Phillip Gardner and Ivan Kulakov met with the leadership of the Estonian Sports Union of the Deaf. They visited the Keres Chess House, a school for deaf children, and the office of the Estonian Sports Union of the Deaf. We held preliminary talks on holding an individual World Deaf Chess Championship  […]

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He was born on May 11, 1921. He completed elementary school in Budapest at the hard of hearing school. Since 1940 he has been trained in an artisan and turn-key profession. He worked for the United Bulb Factory for 42 years until his retirement until 1981. He was 18 years old when he was elected […]

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