Kin-dza-dza!

The 5th Russia–China Junior Match of Friendship will be held from 15 to 18 July 2018 in Belokurikha, a balneological resort town in Altai Krai, Russia, involving, as usual, two teams of youngsters aged up to 14 years. Each team will feature two girls and six boys, and are scheduled two games at classical time control in two days. The big attraction of the Friendship summit meeting, however, will be an exhibition match between Russian Grandmaster Nikita Kirillovich Vitiugov and four-time Women’s World Chess Champion 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán). As a corollary, both 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) and Vitiugov will give a joint simultaneous chess exhibition, taking on all young comers.

Kin-dza-dza!’s spaceship (“pepelats”) appeared on the serpentine “Belokurikha-2”. The spaceship was made by the sculptor Vladimir Iosifovich Voychishin. Photo: Press service “Resort Belokurikha“.