The training of the volunteers who will participate in the 45th Chess Olympiad that will take place in Budapest between 10 and 23 September went very well last Saturday at the Hungarian University of Sports Sciences.
The 45th FIDE Chess Olympiad will be held in the BOK Sports Hall in Budapest, Hungary from 10 to 23 September.
The highly anticipated 45th Chess Olympiad is bringing together acclaimed heavyweights and rising stars, promising a showcase of chess brilliance from top-tier players from all around the globe.
The world’s fifth biggest sports event could not take place without the help of volunteers. The volunteer programme of the 45th Chess Olympiad is run by the Volunteer and Sustainability Office of the Hungarian University of Sport Science (TF) under the guidance of Dr Szilvia Perényi, Volunteer Programme Manager and Associate Professor of the Department of Sport Management.
Almost 450 volunteers will be present in the event, participating in 20 functional areas. Some of the volunteers have experience from previous sporting events, but there are also many new volunteers from the world of chess, including both Hungarians and internationals.
The first training took place at the Hungarian University of Sports Science on 31 August.
"Last Saturday's training was attended by more than 300 volunteers," said Dr Szilvia Perényi. "Not only Hungarians, but foreigners as well from countries including Brazil, Great Britain, the United States, China, Morocco, Germany, Nigeria, Slovakia, Turkey, Vietnam and Uzbekistan. They were assisted by a simultaneous interpreter. Both the Hungarian and English language training were streamed, the latter being a great success among foreign volunteers from all over the world. Those who could not attend can access the training material through a sharing platform."
The opening speech was delivered by TF’s Rector Professor Tamás Sterbenz, and it was also attended by Dr Zoltán Polyánszky, President of the Hungarian Chess Federation and Balázs Major, Project Manager of the Chess Olympiad. In his opening speech, the Rector stressed that chess is a game, a science and an art, but most of all a sport, and that intellectual sports at TF have great potential both in research and education.
The Volunteer and Sustainability Office (VSO) introduced the sixteen coordinators who will help to guide the volunteers in the running of the Chess Olympiad. It was also revealed that the event coordinator for the volunteers of the Chess Olympiad on behalf of the VSO will be our former student, TFSE chess player Levente Lajtos.
The training concluded with a chess tournament for volunteers, including ninety participants both in the ranked and the amateur category. The winners were offered special gifts by the Hungarian Chess Federation and the National Event Agency. The university also offered a special prize to the two best female players.
VSO has already sent volunteers to the preparatory programmes of the Chess Olympiad, who tested the chess boards and other equipment to be used in the Olympiad over the weekend, and from Wednesday, thirty volunteers will be present at the BOK Sports Hall, which is the venue of the event. The volunteer centre will open on Thursday, and volunteers will be able to collect their uniforms during a site visit on 8 September.
"Compared to other sporting events, the Chess Olympiad will be special and interesting because it is a silent event, which means that the chess players cannot be disturbed during the competition, which is a challenge for the volunteers", concluded Dr Szilvia Perényi.
Photo by Attila Nemes
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