World Individual Deaf Chess Championships

31st I.C.S.C. Congress
Almaty,
Kazakhstan 27th
September - 7th October 2012
http://www.almaty-2012deafworldchess.com/
RECORD NUMBER OF ENTRIES FOR 2012 WORLD INDIVIDUAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS
P.s. after the March 28, 2012 deadline, the following applications were received by:

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| Invitation | Programme | Preliminary Entry | Congress Delegates | Partecipation Fees | Hotel |
ICSC SECRETARY-GENERAL VISITED ALMATY
Mr.Rafael Pinchas, the ICSC Secretary-General has just returned from the city of Almaty, Kazakhstan. There he made an on-site inspection visit related to the organization of the 15th ICSC World Individual Championships, which are scheduled to take place September 27 through October 7, 2012.
Here are the key points of the visit:
1. the Organizing Committee was formed with the following leading persons in charge of the running of the event:
President - Burul Begakhmet
Vice President/Treasurer - Maxim Rozhkov
Secretary-General - Yelena Rozhkova;
2. a financial backing pledge was obtained by the Kazakhstan Ministry of Sports and the Almaty Municipality;
3. a beautiful, and spacious Hotel-Sanatorium - ALTYN KARGALY - has been chosen as the main venue of the 2012 Championships and the 31st ICSC Congress, which is planned to take place on October 1st, 2012; see the hotel website
4. competitions in the following categories will be held
Men's Individual
Women's Individual
Juniors - Boys ( up to the age 19 )
Juniors - Girls ( up to the age 19 )
Deaf-Blind
Blitz
Seniors - Men ( age 60+ )
Seniors - Women ( age 55+ )
Open
5. by the end of this month the Organizing Committee will send out invitation letter, program schedule and other relevant information, including the Preliminary Entry Form ( Form 1 ) to all ICSC country-members.