Poland one step away from the gold

By Milan Dinic (FIDE Press Officer) and Marjan Kovacevic (DIS Reporter) Photo: Mark Livshitz Poland have defeated their direct competitor for first place, India, and are one round away from clinching gold at the first Chess Olympiad for people with disabilities As the event in Belgrade nears its end, key games on top boards are […]

Let’s accept and be accepted

It’s not just about people with disabilities being accepted by others. WE – people with disabilities – need to notice and accept other marginal categories in our society By Marjan Kovacevic (DIS reporter) Photo: Mark Livshitz Already having separate international organisations and separate chess competitions for different categories of disabilities, do we need a joint […]

Round Four Report: The link between chess, football and Royalty

By Milan Dinic (FIDE Press Officer) and Marjan Kovacevic (DIS Reporter) It’s not every day that a world-famous footballer comes to follow a chess event, but that’s just what happened in Belgrade on the fourth round of the first Olympiad for people with disabilities The first move ceremony in chess is a peculiar affair. A […]

The centenary of the birth of Svetozar Gligoric

By Milan Dinic A hundred years since the birth of one of the greatest names in the history of chess, friends, players, officials and lovers of the game gathered in the Serbian capital to remember Svetozar Gligoric Grandmaster Svetozar Gligoric, who died in 2012, would have turned 100 today. Gligoric was born on 2nd February […]

Breaking barriers: The inaugural Chess Olympiad for people with disabilities opened in Belgrade

In the historic building of the National Assembly of Serbia players from all continents, FIDE officials, members of the Serbian government, chess celebrities and guests gathered to inaugurate the first-ever Chess Olympiad for people with disabilities The Serbian National Assembly building is a majestic and breathtaking structure. It has been the epicentre of many historic […]