Canadian Chess
Logo
History
Here are many of the logos from past Olympiads, as well as the contest ideas for 2012 and the bid logo for 2014:
6th Olympiad 1935 Warsaw, Poland
9th Olympiad 1950 Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia
10th Olympiad 1952 Helsinki, Finland
11th Olympiad 1954 Amsterdam, Netherlands
12th Olympiad 1956 Moscow, U.S.S.R.
13th Olympiad 1958 Munich, West Germany
14th Olympiad 1960 Leipzig, East Germany
15th Olympiad 1962 Varna, Bulgaria
17th Olympiad 1966 Havana, Cuba
18th Olympiad 1968 Lugano, Switzerland
19th Olympiad 1970 Siegen, West Germany
20th Olympiad 1972 Skopje, Yugoslavia
21st Olympiad 1974 Nice, France
22nd Olympiad 1976 Haifa, Israel
23rd Olympiad 1978 Buenos Aires, Argentina
24th Olympiad 1980 Valletta, Malta
27th Olympiad 1986 Dubai, United Arab Emirates
29th Olympiad 1990 Novi Sad, Yugoslavia
30th Olympiad 1992 Manila, Philippines
31st Olympiad 1994 Moscow, Russia
32nd Olympiad 1996 Yerevan, Armenia
33rd Olympiad 1998 Elista, Russia
34th Olympiad 2000 Istanbul, Turkey
35th Olympiad 2002 Bled, Slovenia
36th Olympiad 2004 Calvia, Spain
37th Olympiad 2006 Turin, Italy
38th Olympiad 2008 Dresden, Germany
39th Olympiad 2010 Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia
40th Olympiad 2012 Istanbul, Turkey
Contest choices:
41st Olympiad 2014 Tromsø, Norway
Sources: Chessdom, OlimpBase, Wikipedia.
Development
Here's the first idea for 2016 Toronto's bid logo, by David Cohen, based on the Canadian flag:
Copyright 2011 by David Cohen.
Copyright 2011 by David Cohen.
Here's the same idea, as improved by animator Shabnam Abbarin:
Copyright 2011 by Shabnam Abbarin.
Here's an idea by Laura Grime, who originally designed this for the 2010 and 2011 Canadian Open Chess Championships in Toronto. It features the CN Tower, the world's tallest free standing structure for over 30 years:
Copyright 2010 by Laura Grime.
Here's an idea by Annex Chess Club member Marcus Wilker:
Copyright 2011 by Marcus Wilker.
Here's the fun version of our logo by animator Michael Magnan:
Copyright 2011 by Michael Magnan.
Here's the poster version of our logo by animator Michael Magnan:
Copyright 2011 by Michael Magnan.
Here's a version of our logo by animator Ryan Ferguson:
Copyright 2011 by Ryan Ferguson.
Here's an idea for our logo assembled by David Cohen from elements by photographer Carlos Esteves and animator Ryan Ferguson:
Copyright 2012 by David Cohen.
Here's a version of our logo by Carlyn Anderson, an Advanced Standing Advertising Student at OCAD U:
Copyright 2012 by Carlyn Anderson.
Here's two versions of our logo by Bryan Bermudez, a student at OCAD U:
Copyright 2012 by Bryan Bermudez.
Here's a version of our logo by Sang Hyun Jun, a graduate of OCAD U:
Copyright 2012 by Sang Hyun Jun.
Here's three versions of our logo by Casey Wong of Citra Design, a graduate of OCAD U:
Copyright 2012 by Citra Design.
Here's five versions of our logo by Tourism Toronto using designs by All Silhouettes:
Copyright 2012 by Tourism Toronto.
Here's two versions of our logo by Nick Trentadue, a graduate of OCAD U:
Copyright 2012 by Nick Trentadue.
Here's a version of our logo by Sejin Do, a student at OCAD U:
Copyright 2012 by Sejin Do.
Here's a version of our logo by Prairie Koo, a student at OCAD U:
Copyright 2012 by Prairie Koo.