Women's World Chess Championship 2013 Anna Ushenina vs Hou Yifan: FIDE General Secretary Ignatius Leong to Inspect Venue Options
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013
Hi everyone,
FIDE General Secretary Ignatius Leong was appointed by the World Championship & Olympiad Commission to inspect the venue and facilities for the Women’s World Championship between World Champion Anna Ushenina and Grand Prix Winner Hou Yifan. The only bid came from Taizhou City, Jiangsu Province, China.
On 26 & 27 April, Mr Leong visited three 4 & 5 hotels as the potential venues for the Match. All 3 choices offer excellent living conditions, variety of cuisine and high level tournament venue facilities. He held two long meetings with the highest ranking officials of the Taizhou Municipal Bureau of Sports, the Chinese Chess Association and the Jiangsu Chess Association. After lengthy discussions, a general consensus was reached to have the Match held at the 5-star Taizhou Hotel where the players will also stay. The event is being sponsored by the China Medical City.
Not in the picture were Chinese Chess Association General Secretary GM Ye Jiangchuan, CCA Vice General Secretary Ms Abigail Tian, Jiangsu Province Chess Association Director IA Tang Jianming and the Chief Financial Director from Taizhou City.
From Alexandra Kosteniuk's
www.chessblog.com
Also see her personal blog at
www.chessqueen.com
Don't miss Chess Queen™
YouTube Channel
Hi everyone,
FIDE General Secretary Ignatius Leong was appointed by the World Championship & Olympiad Commission to inspect the venue and facilities for the Women’s World Championship between World Champion Anna Ushenina and Grand Prix Winner Hou Yifan. The only bid came from Taizhou City, Jiangsu Province, China.
On 26 & 27 April, Mr Leong visited three 4 & 5 hotels as the potential venues for the Match. All 3 choices offer excellent living conditions, variety of cuisine and high level tournament venue facilities. He held two long meetings with the highest ranking officials of the Taizhou Municipal Bureau of Sports, the Chinese Chess Association and the Jiangsu Chess Association. After lengthy discussions, a general consensus was reached to have the Match held at the 5-star Taizhou Hotel where the players will also stay. The event is being sponsored by the China Medical City.
Left to right: Taizhou Municipal Bureau of Sports Deputy Director Mr Wang Jian, Chief Director Mr Ge Zhihui, Deputy Director Mdm Fan Rong with Mr Leong.
Not in the picture were Chinese Chess Association General Secretary GM Ye Jiangchuan, CCA Vice General Secretary Ms Abigail Tian, Jiangsu Province Chess Association Director IA Tang Jianming and the Chief Financial Director from Taizhou City.
From Alexandra Kosteniuk's
www.chessblog.com
Also see her personal blog at
www.chessqueen.com
Don't miss Chess Queen™
YouTube Channel
Labels: anna ushenina, china chess, Hou Yifan, taizhou city, women's world chess championship 2013
posted by Chess Blog Admin @ 12:55 PM
1 Comments:
At May 10, 2013 at 7:27 AM ,
Anonymous said...
China! I thought this was the year of knockouts world chess women champnshp ah well
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.
Subscribe to Post Comments [Atom]
<< Home