Chess Olympiad: 'Deep regret': FIDE to reimburse teams affected by accommodation problems

FIDE will refund chess teams, including India, forced to pay for rooms after chaotic Samarkand Olympiad accommodation delays. FIDE cites organising committee failures but pledges compensation for affected federations.

Some teams, including India, were made to wait for hours and in some cases, players shared rooms or paid from their own pockets after arriving at Samarkand.