After 2 days of rapidplay chess ended Tuesday 5th March, where 12 teams participated, the results are as follows: Poland 21 out of 22 Match Points [MPs] Ukraine I – 20 MPs Ukraine II – 17 MPs The Classical chess will begin on Thursday 7th March.

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The Winter Deaflympics 2024 is currently underway in Erzurum, Turkey, under the auspices of International Committee of Sports for the Deaf (ICSD). Our ICCD President, Phillip Gardner, is the official Tournament Director [TD] running several chess tournaments with approximately 100 deaf chess players from all over the world. On Sunday 3rd March 2024, there was […]

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The ICCD Board wishes you all chess players from all over the world a happy and successful 2024, with our calendar now updated. The calendar is now listed as below: ICSD 25th Winter Deaflympics with Chess Championship — 2nd-12th March 2024 in Erzurum, Turkey ICCD – 18th World Deaf Chess Individual Championships — June 25th […]

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Wishing you all a happy International Chess Day on 20th July 2023 – which also marks the 99th anniversary of the founding of FIDE. Why not introduce chess to your friends? Chess can be played worldwide as we are all one big family – following FIDE’s motto ‘Gens una sumus‘ Have a good day! Note: […]

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It has now been confirmed that the 20th Winter Deaflympics will now take place on 2 to 12 March 2024 in Ankara and Kayseri, Turkey. Chess will be played in Ankara. Turkiye Deaf Sport Federation (TDSF) has released their first bulletin – with details of how to register, payments, flights to Ankara and choice of […]

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Dear Chess Friends! Thank you all for your patience over the last few months when things have been a bit quiet at our end but now this website is starting to have additional details and is continually being updated. Kindly look at the CALENDAR for the forthcoming events for 2023 and 2024. It was hoped […]

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Dear Chess Friends, Polish Deaf Sports Association organized by Word Team Deaf Chess Championships 2022 in Warsaw (Poland). All information (accommodation, program, etc.) you can find on the official website: https://chessdeafwarsaw2022.com/

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