On to Baku

The 2016 Asian Chess Summit has just finished in Al Ain, and tomorrow I'm travelling to Baku for the Chess Olympiad. A number of teams are already arriving in Azerbaijan, with the opening ceremony tomorrow (1st) and play starting on the 2nd.
The Asian Chess Summit covered a lot of interesting topics, and had a number of good presentations. In no particular order the main take aways from the summit were

• Successful federations have motivated and energetic leaders
• You need to measure all your metrics (number of players, number of games, number of schools)
• Understand your brand, and your target audience
• Different cultures respect chess in different ways
• Success attracts success

I'm now off for a romp through the desert and hopefully will be back for tomorrow's flight.