Record-breaking Dresden Olympiad 2008

Dresden, 07/10/2008152 federations in the Chess Olympiad 2008 Historical mark of number of participants in Chess OlympiadDresden is moving towards the largest Chess Olympiad of all times. After the final closing of the registration on 19 September 2008 more than 2000 active participants – players, captains, arbiters, delegates, officials and “others” – have announced their attendance in the tournament from 12 to 25 November 2008. So far, estimates of the number had settled at around 1500, which

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