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Last update: Friday November 14, 2008 10:08
The ECF is pleased to announce that mutual insurance and investment group LV= will be sponsoring the English teams at the 2008 Chess Olympiads in Dresden.
The Championships take place 12 to 25 November in Dresden, Germany.
The English teams will consist of:
Open: Michael Adams, Nigel Short, David Howell, Gawain Jones, Stuart Conquest.
Captain Peter Wells
Women's: Jovanka Houska, Dagne Ciuksyte, Ingrid Lauterbach, Meri Grigoryan-Lyell,
Kanwal Bhatia.
Captain Glenn Flear
Stewart Reuben, English Chess Federation Director of International Chess, said “This is excellent news. This will enable us to field our best teams for the event which is the most prestigious team event in the chess calendar. Each team is an interesting mix of players who are highly experienced and youngsters who have a great deal of potential.”
ENDS
For further information contact:
| Stewart Reuben ECF Director of International Chess 020 8892 6660 www.englishchess.org.uk |
Katherine Hart Sponsorship Manager LV= 01202 502 346 www.LV.com |
Notes to editors:
LV=
LV= and LV= Liverpool Victoria are trademarks of Liverpool Victoria Friendly
Society Limited (LVFS) and LV= and LV= Liverpool Victoria are trading styles
of the LVFS group of companies. The new LV= brand identity was launched in March
2007.
LV= employs more than 2,500 people, serves more than 2.5 million members and customers, and manages around £8 billion on their behalf. We are also the UK’s largest friendly society (Association of Friendly Societies Yearbook 2006/2007, total net assets) and a leading mutual financial services provider.
LVFS is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority and entered on the Financial Services Authority Register No. 110035. LVFS is a member of the ABI, AMI, AFS and ILAG. Registered address: County Gates, Bournemouth BH1 2NF.