About
VIII World Team Chess Championship for Blind and Visually Impaired
General information
Duration
20-31 July 2018
Location
Hotel “Marinela”, 100 James Bourchier, Blvd., Sofia
Organizer
Bulgarian Sports Federation for the Visually Impaired (BSFVI)
International Braille Chess Association (IBCA)IBCA
Organizing Committee
Krasen Kralev Minister of Youth and Sports of Bulgaria and patron of the event.
Yordanka Fandakova Mayor of Sofia.
Rumyana Neykova Olympics winner of Bulgaria, trainer and sports figure.
Kubrat Pulev - The cobra The best Bulgarian professional boxer.
Maria Grozdeva Multiple Olympic gold medalists in shooting sport.
Mirela Demireva Silver Olympic medalist on high jump form Olympics games in Rio de Janeiro.
Tereza Marinova European, worldwide and Olympics champion.
Angelina Angelova Administrative director of Marinela Association and PR and Communication director of Victoria Group.
Tseno Tsenov Vice-president of UWW - United World Wrestling, President of UWW - Europe, Executive director of "Bulgarian sport" Foundation.
Plamen Markov National football player, trainer and sports figure.
Mihail Hristov Member of parliament from 44th National assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria.
Valya Demireva National athletic competitor, trainer and sports figure.
Magdalena Hristova National athletic competitor, trainer and sports figure.
Donko Angelov Paralympic medalist with visual impairment.
Anatoli Iliev Secretary General of “Sofia – European Capital of Sport” Foundation.
Vasil Dolapchiev President of the Union of the blind of Bulgaria.
Iliya Lalov President the Bulgarian Paralympic Association.
Mincho Koralski Executive director of Agency for People with Disabilities.
Maria Konstantinova Chief Operating Officer EasyPay. President of “Right to sight - Bulgaria”.
Radislav Atanasov Lecturer, coach and chess judge.
Maria Cherneva Journalist in Bulgarian National Television.
Arbiters
Chief Arbiter – Radislav Atanasov IA
Deputy Chief Arbiter – Ruzhka Genova IA
Ani Maneva FA
Emilia Djingarova NA
Ivaylo Stoyanov NA
Nikolay Nikolov NA
Participants
BULGARIA
GERMANY
INDIA
ITALY
MACEDONIA
POLAND
ROMANIA
RUSSIA
SERBIA
SLOVENIA
SPAIN
TURKEY
UKRAINE
UNITED KINGDOM
VENEZUELA