Vietnam to host World Youth Chess Championship Oct 20-30, 2008
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/reports/2008/04/779550/
I am very interested in this. I would like to visit Vietnam and I am
considering giving chess lessons to my 6-year-old daughter just so
that she can play.
I have a few questions:
I need to know the hotel rates the players and their parents will be
charged. In recent years there have been scandals about this,
especially in France, where chess organizers have raised the hotel
rates and required players to stay in hotels selected by them at
exorbitant rates to make back the money it costs to run the event
So we need to know what rates are being charged and are they
reasonable.
Also, Beatriz Marinello, USCF Scholastic Council Member, informs me
that my 6-year-old daughter will have to reach at least 1200 strength
before she will be allowed to play. There is absolutely no chance,
none whatever, that my daughter will make 1200 any time soon. Is there
any way around this?
Sam Sloan
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