SA have a Gold Medal winner at the U/16 Olympiad as Danie van Huysteen wins Gold on board 5.

A new record with the number of countries
World Youth Under 16 Chess Olympiad starts in Dogubeyazit, Agri, Turkey between 5-13 August 2006. The tournament will be organized under the auspieces of Federation Internationale Des Echecs (FIDE). The main sponsor is Agri Governer and Doğubeyazit Municipality.

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Agri is one of the greatest cities with its culture and history in Turkey and it has never hosted this kind of organization before. It is a really good opportunity for Turkish Chess Federation to introduce other countries the great nature, history an culture of Agri which situated in Eastern Anatolia. This high level international tournament is going to be create affirmative impression both in media and country-wide.
Lots of countries showed interest in this tournament from different continents and this tournament has the highest participation in Children Olympiad history. 21 countries and 24 teams applied for this chess tournament including Australia, Azerbaijan, China with two teams, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Korea, South Africa, Singapore, India, Switzerland, Turkmenistan with two teams, Tunisia, Ukraine, Uzbekstan, Syria, Sweden, Iran, Iraq and Kenya. Also Turkey is participating with three teams. The participant number is 170 with players, officials, trainers and accompanying persons, another record broken in the history of the championship.
This Olympiad which has been organized in different countries every year, held with the participation of various players from different continents and cultures. In 1998 in Istanbul, and in 2003 in Denizli, TCF had organized this important traditional world championship. However now, the number of participating countries shows us not only the development of chess in Turkey but also the good image of Turkish Chess in international field.
The organization of this tournament is really important, because it introduces the tourism opportunities in Agri to the other countries. The guests have chance to see the mountainous formation of the area and Mount Agri which is the main peak of Turkey and the symbol of the city with a height rising up to 5165 m. Also provides opportunities for hunting, skiing and mountaineering.