MUSCAT: The world’s best amateur chess players are among the more than 400 participants who have arrived in Muscat ahead of the start of the FIDE World Amateur Chess Championships for Open and Women 2023.
Players get into action at the Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex (SQSC) from Thursday and the nine round event will conclude on November 10.
The prestigious world tournament will be formally inaugurated at the SQSC on Thursday. Organised by the Oman Chess Committee under the auspices of the International Chess Federation (FIDE), a total of 427 players from 64 countries will be in action during the tournament where a total of six titles in three categories are at stake.
The opening ceremony on Thursday will be presided over by Said bin Sultan Al Busaidi, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Youth for Culture, in the presence of Asian and International chess federations’ representatives
There are a total of 354 male and 73 female participants and among the countries represented are Algeria, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Brazil, Bahrain, Belgium, China, Chile, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Egypt, England, Spain, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Indonesia, India, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Jamaica, Jordan, Japan, Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Libya, Lebanon, Lithuania, Morocco, Malaysia, the Maldives, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, the Philippines, Palestine, Mongolia, Pakistan, Poland, Qatar, Romania, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Slovakia, Sweden, Syria, Taipei, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, Uganda, Ukraine, the United States, Uzbekistan, Yemen, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and, hosts Oman.
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