Chess at the 2019 Winter Deaflympics explained

Event:Chess
Games:2019 Winter Deaflympics
Venue:Hotel Aurora
Dates:13–20 December
Num Events:4 (2 men, 2 women)
Next:TBD

The chess competition was held at the 2019 Winter Deaflympics between 13 and 20 December 2019 at Hotel Aurora except on 18 December.[1] The chess competition which was chosen as a sport being part of the multi-sport event was an unprecedented move and it made its debut at this edition of the Winter Deaflympics.[2]

Both men and women took part in the singles blitz event and in the team event.[3] [4]

Medal summary

Men Blitz
Women Blitz
Men's team
Samazhan Kettebekov
Viktor Maksimenko
Amangeldy Nauryzgaliev
Berik Nurymov
Dmitry Mochalsky
Maxim Rozhkov
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Artur Kevorkov
Wolfgang Kössler
Sergej Salov
Mohammed Reza Ghadimi
Sascha Bernwald

Zlatko Klarić
Goran Cechi
Emil Nikolić
Bogdan Božinović
Toni Vujčić
Darko Švec
Women's team
Tatiana Baklanova
Natalya Myronenko
Svitlana Gonchar
Alona Osypova
Alina Lyanguzova
Inga Rudenko

Natalia Kudriavtseva
Yulia Turkeeva
Olga Lagutina
Olga Gerasimova
Valeria Panina
Ljubov Kireeva

Monika Kobylińska
Joanna Strześniewska
Izabela Towarnicka
Malwina Szewczyk
Ewa Wardziak
Bożena Krzyszkowiak

Notes and References

  1. Web site: CHESS – 19 Winter Deaflympics. en-GB. 2019-09-07. 2020-02-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20200210153449/http://www.2019deaflympics.com/chess/. dead.
  2. Web site: Chess for 2019 Winter Deaflympics. www.deaflympics.com. en-US. 2019-09-07.
  3. Web site: Valtellina - Valchiavenna 2019 | ICSD. deaflympics.com. 2019-09-07. 2019-12-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20191228191453/http://www.deaflympics.com/games/2019-w. dead.
  4. Web site: deaflympics.com | ICSD. deaflympics.com. 2019-09-07.