7 states to attend International Chess Championship in Dukuk, north Iraq

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Seven Arab and International states have officially agreed to attend the International Chess Champoinship, scheduled to convene in the city of Dohuk, in northern Iraq‘s Kurdistan Region early next week, the Chairman of the Central Iraqi Chess Union, Dhafer Abdul-Amir, reported on Tuesday. “The 7 states that have officially announced their agreement to attend the International Chess Championship, organized by the Chess Union in Dohuk, Iraqi Kudistan during the period from 19 to 25 November, are Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Syria, Bahrain, Morocco and Palestine,” Abdul-Amir told IraqiNews.com news agency. He said that the Central Iraqi Chess Union had also received initial agreements by Nigeria and the Ivory Coast to attend the said Championship in Dohuk, adding that each team would attend by 2 male and 2 female players, whilst the Iraqi Union would cover their full hosting costs, whilst the Iraqi Chess Union had allocated cash prizes of US$3,500 for each of the 1st winners of the championship. Noteworthy is that Iraq is attending the Arab Sports Session with 23 games, including soccer, basket-ball, volley-ball, weightlifting, wrestling, boxing, swimming, body-building, chess, billiard, cycling, washbuckling, gynamsium, judo, carate, shooting, squash, table-tennis, etc. SKH (PT)Number of Reads:87