Catching Breath to Catch up with the Program
Vladimir Barsky’s picture report from the Belaya Ladya final in Dagomys
As tradition has it, Dagomys is full of fast developing events. Junior schoolchildren from six regions of Russia, participants of the project "Chess in schools" have already finished their tournament adventures. They had a sightseeing tour of Sochi that included a visit to the dolphinarium on Sunday, while on Monday they are to leave for their homes already. Meanwhile, Belaya Ladya has gradually approached the equator, this sailing regatta headed by a crew from St. Petersburg. However, the formidable Indians lag behind only by additional tiebreakers, which makes a head-to-head encounter of these two teams in round five of paramount importance in terms of medals contesting.
Dagomys comes up with an extensive program that leaves you barely enough time to catch your breath. With the RCF executive director Mark Glukhovsky and the merited coach of Russia Boris Postovsky having finished their lectures already, the latter managed to take a trip to Sirius at that to perform with great success there as well. Grandmaster Sergey Janovsky helps dissect the most interesting encounters, while Andrey Shumakov, the World Champion in Brain Ring, tests children’s general knowledge in a trivia game "What, Where, When?" A round table dedicated to the chess in schools educational issues was held, taking part in which were Mark Glukhovsky, Deputy General Director of the Timchenko Foundation Igor Baradachev and President of the International School Chess Union Alexander Kostyev. Besides, Alexander Nikolayevich gave a talk about chess development in schools both inside and outside of the country.
Have I missed anything of importance? Indeed, the weather has shown a tendency to improve, the beaches are more populated and the sea has warmed up almost to the point of bathing. Although the forecast says +17, it feels like a degree or two warmer. Well, the sea water pool has been out of action under no circumstances, as well as numerous practice grounds and a beautiful park, which turns out to trace its foundation to Nicholas II. Despite having been a frequent guest to Dagomys all those years, it is not until today that I have become privy to this exciting particular; so I hasten to share it with you.
Given below is a small album with a few pictures for you to have a look at. We would like to repeat a small guideline for downloading pictures to your liking for those of you who may be new to our website: position the cursor right over the picture’s middle (a handle-shaped cursor turns into an arrow-shaped one), then right-click and select "save image as". I wish you a pleasant viewing!
Pictures by Vladimir Barsky
