International Braille Chess Tournament
January 2009
The event, which will take place from Friday 2nd January 2009 to Monday 5th January 2009, has been organised to celebrate National Braille Week 2009 and the 200th anniversary of the birth of Louis Braille and will take place in the Best Western Edinburgh Capital Hotel. The event will be a team event with teams from Sweden, Turkey, The Netherlands, France, Belgium and UK playing in a five round tournament. To support the 200th anniversary of the birth of Louis Braille, all competitors will play with Braille chess sets, Braille chess clocks and record the moves of their games in Braille.
The event will start with dinner on Friday 2nd January 2009 with the first round of chess that evening. For Saturday and Sunday the time table will be the same: Breakfast served between 08-00 and 08-30. A round of chess between 10-00 and 13-00 with a light lunch at 13-15. The afternoon round of chess between 14-30 and 17-30. Dinner at 19-00. The closing ceremony will take place during the Sunday evening.
The UK Braille Chess association is seeking to spread it's membership as widely as possible throughout the UK. Enquiries should be sent to:
Stan Lovell
28 Gosforth avenue, Redcar
TS10 3LL
Tel: 01642 775668
Email: stan.lovell@tiscali.co.uk
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