ICSD Notice on Audiograms. Important Infromation.
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 […]
Read More →Important Information – 19th Winter Deaflympics
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 […]
Read More →Chess Deaf Team Championship Kosovo
Team Chess Championship 2018 took place from 24 November 2018, in Kosovo.
Read More →World Team Championship for Disabled 2018
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 […]
Read More →Visit to Estonia
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 […]
Read More →The International Chess Committee of the Deaf, with deep sorrow, reports that, after illness at the age of 97, Mr. Gábor Vida died. We express our condolences to relatives and friends
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 […]
Read More →ICCD Deaf Chess Championships 2019 | Lviv, Ukraine, 15-21 July 2019
Dear chess friends, On behalf of the Ukraine Deaf Sports Federation and the Intenational Chess Committee of the Deaf, it is my great honor to invite all ICCD member countries to ICCD Deaf Chess Championships, to be held from 15th of July till 21th of July 2019 in Lviv, Ukraine. As you may know Lviv […]
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