On January 30, 2023 the Ministry of Digital Development of the Kyrgyz Republic puts into circulation a series of 2022 Kyrgyz Express Post postage stamps: "44th Chess Olympiad, Chennai 2022".
The 44th Chess Olympiad organized by FIDE was held in Chennai (India) from July 28 to August 10, 2022. It included open and women's tournaments, in which 1,733 world chess players took part. In the open part of the tournament (both men and women could play in teams), the gold medal was claimed by the team of Uzbekistan. In the women's part of the competition, the team of Ukraine emerged victorious.
KEP stamps feature the cups which are awarded to the winners of the Chess Olympiads. The stamp with face value of 75 soms represents the Hamilton-Russell Cup, which is awarded to the winners of the men's (open) tournament. The stamp with face value of 150 soms depicts the Women’s Chess Olympiad Cup, taken by the winning women's team. The coupons of the minisheet show the Nona Gaprindashvili Cup, which is awarded to chess players with the best overall result according to the Chess Olympiad results.
KEP hopes that this postage stamps issue, dedicated to the Chess Olympiad 2022, will contribute to the promotion and development of this wonderful, intellectual and sport game.
For this series, KEP also issues two postcards, which are used to realize two maximum cards.
