In concomitance with his visit to the “Sirius” Educational Centre for gifted children in Sochi, Russia, Russian President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (first on the centre) attended the exhibits “War and Chess” and “Chess and Music”. He was accompanied by the President of Russian Chess Federation Andrey Vasilievich Filatov (first on the left) and the Challenger to the World Chess Championship title Sergey Alexandrovich Karjakin (first on the right). Photo: kremlin.ru.
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Putin’s speech inaugurating the new chess course at the “Sirius” Educational Centre. Standing besides him were the “Sirius” Centre Director Elena Shmeleva and 14th World Chess Champion Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik, who will lead the program. Photo: kremlin.ru.
“Chess survived and helped people to survive the Great Patriotic War. Yesterday we celebrated the 71st Anniversary of Victory, but in 1942, when the Battle of Stalingrad had only just begun, a chess tournament was held in Moscow. It’s just amazing, stunning, and almost inimaginable; yet so it was. People kept playing chess even in besieged Leningrad”, Putin said in his speech. |
Putin greeting a special guest at the inauguration of the new chess course: 12th World Chess Champion Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov. Photo: kremlin.ru.
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And finally a group picture of the Russian President with some of the gifted children of the “Sirius” Centre. Photo: kremlin.ru.
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