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03/19/2016
Young disabled chess players met the Candidates Tournament grandmasters
Young disabled chess players visited the Candidates Tournament venue in Moscow's DI Telegraph. This was the part of the charity event «Grandmasters for children».

The event was organized by Candidates Tournament's General Partner – Tashir Group and the charity fund «Country of talents». The Candidates Tournament is organized by World Chess by Agon Limited as the part of FIDE World Chess Championship Cycle.

Children from Moscow chess schools took part in the event. Young chess players visited the game hall, where the players compete; TV studio, where all the official press-conferences for rounds are held, commentators' box and the flash-zone. After that all the guests took part in the simultaneous exhibition, held by international GM, Honoured Coach, Head Coach of Russian Chess Olympic Team Sergei Yanovski.


Candidates Tournament participants – Sergei Karjakin, Peter Svidler and Veselin Topalov – also took part in the event. They signed the autographs and took the pictures with the children.
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