65th World Congress of Chess Composition
46th World Chess Solving Championships
2 - 9 of September, Batumi, Georgia
Delphinarium
Europe Square
Dendrological Park
Botanical Garden
Axel Steinbrink has been selected as the director of both the World Chess Solving Championship and the Open Solving events. Assisting him in these roles will be Marko Klasinc, who will serve as the primary assistant.
Citizens of more than 100 countries do not need Georgian visas, including the US, EU and almost all European countries, formed SU countries, Israel, Turkey and many others.
Visa Information
Covid Entry rules for foreign citizens travelling to Georgia are quite simple:
COVID Information
The organizers and the participants should follow the official FIDE Health regulations.
There are 5 interantional airports in/near Georgia : Batumi, Kutaisi, Tbilsi, Rize/Artvin (Turkey) and Trabzon (Turkey).
Distances to Batumi:
Kutaisi - Batumi 120 km, Tbilisi - Batumi 360 km, Rize - Batumi 80 km, Trabzon - Batumi 150 km.
There are daily flights from and to Batumi airport - Istanbul, Minsk. Tel Aviv, Baku and many others will be added by the 1 April, 2023.
Batumi Airport
There are many daily cheap flights (including Wizz Air) from and to Kutaisi airport - Milan, Paris, Krakov, Vienna, Barcelona, Rome, Abu Dhabi, Minsk, Berlin, Vilnius, Athens and many others. Some will be added by the May, 2023.
Kutaisi Airport
Tbilisi is a capital of Georgia.
Tbilisi Airport
There are many daily flights from and to Tbilisi airport - Paris, Munich, Dubai, Warsaw, Tel Aviv, Sharjah, Kuwait, Hehran, Qatar, Abu Dhabi, Piyadh and many others.
There are many daily cheap flights from and to Trabzon airport, mostly Turkish cities - Istanbul, Ankara, Ismir and many others. There are 2 flights from Germany - Stuttgart and Dusseldorf.
Trabzon Airport
There are many daily cheap flights are from Isanbul, Ankara and Tashkent.
Rize Airport