How many World Chess Champions and how many Grandmasters can you spot? Photos: Eteri Kublashvili
Which chess country can boast of the strongest national chess tournament in the world? It has to be Russia. The Russian Chess Superfinal opening ceremony was held in Nizhny Novgorod today. The event was attended by the sponsor of the tournament Gennady Timchenko, the Chairman of the Board of RCF Ilya Levitov and Deputy Governor of the Nizhny Novgorod region, Dmitry Svatkovsky, Olympic champion in 2000 on the Olympic pentathlon.
Gennady Timchenko and Ilya Levitov told the audience that the project "Chess in museums" will continue,...