24 November 2019

New Chess Club Launched in Skolkovo

It was opened by FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich.


The V. Dvorkovich Chess Lounge was opened in the Amaltea Business Centre in Skolkovo. In his welcome speech, FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich said that the club would be open for all chess amateurs: tournaments will be held there, the children's chess school will be opened, and one will be able just to drop in and play chess. At the same time, the V. Dvorkovch Chess Lounge in the 1st Koptelsky Lane will keep on working.  

Mr Dvorkovich also invited the guests to visit big chess events in Moscow: the King Salman Rapid and Blitz Championships (December 25-30) and the World Chess Olympiad, which will be held in August 2020. 

Among guests were President of the Skolkovo Foundation Viktor Vekselberg, a well-known political and public figure Gennady Burbulis, CFR Executive Director Mark Glukhovsky, journalists Marina and Sergey Makarychev, grandmasters and coaches Liudmila Belavenets and Sergey Yanovsky, and many others. 


Photos by Boris Dolmatovsky