The opening ceremony starts in Tromso!
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Update 19:35 CET
The opening ceremony of the Chess Olympiad 2014 has started in Tromso. In a packed hall of chess players, coaches, journalists, and chess fans
The host of the opening ceremony is the Mayor of Tromso Mr. Jens Johan Hjort. He welcomed the guests, “We are proud and happy to host this games in the city of Tromso, in the land of the Midnight Sun in the middle of the Arctic. We look forward to the excitement, to the victories and defeats. We look forward to bringing the games to a constantly growing chess audience all over the world”
Update 19:50 CET
After the Mayor’s message the ceremony continued with an interesting violin-guitar performance. Right after, the FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov took the stage and greeted the organizers, the participants, and the chess fans. “I express my gratitude to the Government of Norway, to the sponsors, to the Norwegian Chess Federation, and the Mayor of Tromso Mr. Jens Johan Hjort”. Ilyumzhinov concluded,
“I strongly believe this Olympiad will become a festival of chess! Gens una sumus!”
Update 19:51 CET
The rising of the flag accompanied by the FIDE anthem was performed by local children.
Update 19:52 CET
The Norwegian flag was risen with the Norwegian anthem.
Update 20:00 CET
The Norwegian minister of finance took the stage. “Measured by the number of participating countries, it is one of the largest events in the world, with estimated audience of over 100 million people in the world” The minister of finance thanked Magnus Carlsen for the local and international chess boom.
Updates will continue all night long, with many more pictures and interviews from Tromso. Stay tuned with Chessdom.com!
Note: all images from Goran Urosevic, WGM Videnova, NKR live