Canadian Chess

2016 Chess Olympiad - Toronto Bid

Toronto, Ontario, Canada intended to make a bid for the 2016 Chess Olympiad.

Details

Although the bid was not submitted, you can find many items of interest here, including:

• some history of the Olympiad;
• links about Toronto;
• the Toronto Bid logos;
• the Toronto Bid Book;
• a video inviting you to Toronto; and
• the video making the pitch to potential sponsors.

Future

You can show potential sponsors that holding the Chess Olympiad in Toronto, Ontario, Canada is a great idea by Liking the Facebook page Toronto Chess Olympiad.

Bid Manager

David Cohen, MPPM (Yale), IA (FIDE)

Photo copyright 2011 by the photographer Carlos Esteves.

Funding

Funding to make this bid was provided by the Government of Ontario. We also received non-financial assistance from the City of Toronto and Tourism Toronto.