1376 chess players from 158 countries will participate in the 39th World Chess Olympiad to be held from September 19 to October 4, 2010 in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.
The Olympiad will host 67 foreign and 66 Russian umpires. A modern computer program will be enabled to read the data and select the best games. The prize fund totals 10 million rubles.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will attend the opening ceremony.
The Governor of Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug , Natalia Komarova, said a chess palace was built especially for the event.
