U.S. to Field Chess Team at 2019 Winter Deaflympics
10.20.19 The United States will enter a team in the first-ever Deaflympics to include chess as a sport.
Sanctioned by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the 2019 Deaflympics, to be held at three locations in northern Italy in December of this year, will host hundreds of athletes from over two dozen countries competing in six sports: alpine skiing, chess, cross country skiing, curling, ice hockey, and snowboarding.
Four deaf chess players will represent the United States at the 2019 Winter Deaflympics to be held in Chiavenna, Italy on December 13-20, 2019.
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