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Press accreditation on the World Chess Blitz Championship 2008 is started
 
Grand opening of the World Chess Blitz Championship will be conducted in Almaty, at 7th of November, 2008.

The final of the World Chess Blitz Championship will take place at 8th of November, 2008, in “Alatau” sanatorium, in one of the most beautiful places of the city.
The strongest 16 chess-players of the world and masters of chess will take part in the championship. Kazakhstan’s representative will be international grand master, champion of Asia Murtaz Kazhgaleev.

Applications for accreditation from Mass Media are accepted till 1st of November, 2008.

Please, fill up the application blank for successful accreditation.

For more information, please, contact: + 7 (727) 266 39 00; + 7 705 18 18 395, ?? e-mail: seimarfund@gmail.com, Aliya Sagingalieva and +7 (727) 225 07 96; 225 99 76, e-mail: press-?enter@worldblitz2008.kz; voronina@image.kz, Ksenia Voronina


So you have decided to go along and watch a chess match or tournament. What are you going to encounter? And how are you expected to behave? The first thing to bear in mind is that, with the exception of world championship matches, most chess matches or congresses are held in confined spaces, as by in large the sport is not extremely well funded, so the accommodation is going to be cramped.
IV World Blitz Chess Championship was finished by unexpected victory of grand master from Cuba Leinier Dominguez Perez, who played with 15 great blitz-players in the world. Chess-player from Cuba won 8 games and didn’t lose no one, so he took 11,5 scores.
World Blitz Champion 2007 Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukrain) took 2nd place with 11 scores. Five times champion of Russia Peter Svidler became bronze medalist with 10 scores.
08.11.08 display of multi-board chess-play of honorable guest of the Championship, 12th World Champion Anatoly Karpov with 15 chess fancies from Kazakhstan was held.  Prize-winner of VIII international Seimar Chess Tournament among children and youth Yaroslav Ryabov draw with legendary chess-player.
The opening ceremony of the IV WBCC was conducted on November, 7 at 7 PM. FIDE president Kirsan Ilumzhinov, even office’s chief, mayor of Almaty Akhmetzhan Esimov and Kazakhstan Chess federation president Margulan Seisembaev made welcoming speeches on the ceremony.
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