"I usually played online every once in a while, but since I saw the news of the FIDE Checkmate Coronavirus program, I played a lot more", - he says. In 2010 Alan took part with the Bolivian team in the World Chess Olympiad in Khanty-Mansysk, Russia. Alan has played chess since he was 14 and participated in several international tournaments representing Bolivia. And I am already waiting for this Olympiad!"Īlan Borda is 35 and from the city of El Alto, Bolivia. First I didn't believe that it could be me! I am very happy. Who was the winner from Azerbaijan? I found the Checkmate Coronavirus page and saw my name there. "I saw publication on FB profile of Emil Sutovsky, he said, that we have winners from Algeria, Azerbaijan and. He never could imagine that he could win the first prize. He played around 15 tournaments and got two tickets without even knowing about it. Elshad has profiles on, Lichess, Chess24. Now he is a chess coach and an International Arbiter. He started to learn chess when he was ten years old. Not much a big fan of touristic attractions."Įlshad Abdullayev is 30 he lives in Baku, Azerbaijan. I'm a very basic tourist and like to enjoy cities by myself.
#ITS A CHECKMATE FREE#
If there's some free time between chess games, I will be glad to enjoy a walk in the city.
"I mainly want to enjoy the Chess Olympiad and play as many side events as possible. I nearly dropped my coffee mug!" he says. "I checked your Facebook page and could not believe my eyes. He played in hundreds of Checkmate Coronavirus tournaments! Still, he was very surprised to realize he had won a trip to the Chess Olympiad.
During the pandemic, he played online a lot on many platforms. He started playing chess for fun in the 2000s in France with friends, never in a club, and played his first classical FIDE-rated tournament in Bangkok in 2012. We have received many stories from the main prize winners, some of them are heart-warming.Ĥ4-year-old Nicolas Noel is from France but lives in Thailand. Very soon, they will go to Chennai to enjoy the mecca of Indian chess, and to attend the FIDE flagship event with 187 open and 162 women teams participating.
#ITS A CHECKMATE FULL#
6-nights trip to Chennai with paid air tickets, full board and a chance to meet the greatest chess players of our times were awarded to the chess amateurs representing Algeria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Brazil, Colombia, Egypt, Greece, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Myanmar, Pakistan, Serbia, South Africa, Spain, Sudan, Sweden and Thailand. The main prize winners were invited to the Chess Olympiad 2022. Winners of the event received mini-matches and master classes with top GMs, 800 souvenir prizes with FIDE Checkmate Coronavirus memorabilia. The aftermath of the project is no less exciting than the chess battles in its tournaments. In May 2020, FIDE launched a massive online project, Checkmate Coronavirus, a marathon of 720 non-stop hours and 2,762 tournaments played by 120,000 unique participants from at least 140 countries. Yet the nature of chess helped players, fans, and enthusiasts of the game to stay active and involved during this crisis, whereas online chess got an unprecedented boost.
In 2020 chess was affected by the pandemic like any other sport, with tournaments postponed or cancelled and clubs temporarily closed.
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