NAO Is No More

Europe Echecs for October 2006 reported (p.5 & 68) that the NAO chess club of Paris lost the sponsorship of Nahed Ojjeh and closed its doors. According to Wikipedia (French version)...

N.A.O. Chess Club
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/N.A.O._Chess_Club

...the club twice won the European Club Cup (2003 and 2004), among other honors.

Ojjeh also had an impact on the World Chess Championship between 2002 and 2004...

Madame Ojjeh say NAO to Einstein
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=714
[15 January 2003]

Madame Ojjeh blasts the FIDE championship
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=1733
[22 June 2004]

...I haven't seen the news reported outside of France. It is bad news for French chess players.