Chess Olympics 2010 in Russia

Russia does not have many cities that can boast their "Olympic" status. Very soon their number will be added up with Khanty-Mansiysk that will host the World Chess Olympics from September 19 through October 4, 2010.


In pre-Olympic Khanty-Mansiysk everything is changing for the better with every passing day. For example, yesterday the operating team of the Olympyiskaya Hotel, which will receive about 1,400 chess-players, started commissioning of the rooms. The catering for chess-players has been arranged. 


The Olympyiskaya Hotel is a 13-storey building for 846 rooms. The first and the second levels accommodate a restaurant, fitness-club, service and office facilities. Olympyiskaya offers both single suites and standard rooms for 2-3 people.Chess celebrities like Veselin Topalov, Magnus Carlsen and Vladimir Kramnik will be able to stay there with comfort.

10 more city hotels are ready to accommodate participants of the Chess Olympics. All the hotels are ready to offer their services to chess-players anytime. 


All the chess tables will be equipped with electronics. It will make it possible to broadcast the games in the Internet in the real-time mode. 


Chess enthusiasts will equally be interested in the FIDE Congress that will also take place during the Olympic days. The Congress will be held in the Chess Academy. This complex has no rivals in Russia. The total floor space of the Academy is 2,845 square meters. Its opening is scheduled for August 25, and at the end of September, there will be a grand ceremony, at which the new FIDE president will be elected and the capital of the Chess Olympics - 2014 will be named.


Khanty-Mansiysk is not a very large, but a comfortable city; visitors are always welcomed there.