18 December 2021 year, as part of the development of sports in the Nizhny Novgorod region, a chess tournament was held, dedicated to the Day of Disabled Persons among persons with PODA. The tournament was held in the walls NROOI INVATUR. The competition was opened by the coach of table sports of the Nizhny Novgorod region, Eduard Vladimirovich Samarin, a multiple winner of the Summer Paralympic Games 2012, Honored Master of Sports of Russia in Swimming among athletes with motor impairment (PODA).
The tournament was open to all people with mobility impairments- Locomotive organs of both sexes. Of the restrictive measures, 9 man.
On Saturday, everyone was in the mood for a serious fight.
Competitions were individual. This time we used the Swiss system of the tournament.. Men played with women. The fight between the participants was intense, interesting. All the participants of the tournament tried their best to show their skills. According to the results of the tournament, Kirill Yudin became the absolute winner. The winners among men were: 1 a place- Kirill Yudin, 2 place - Ivan Aleksandrovich Konovalov, 3 a place – Ilyin Ivan Mikhailovich. And the winners among women: 1 a place – Potylitsyna Svetlana Evgenievna, 2 a place- Kozina Lyubov Vasilievna, 3 a place- Ilyina Ksenia Mikhailovna
All winners and prize-winners received medals and diplomas, as well as gifts.
The event was organized by NROOI INVATUR with the support of the Department of Physical Culture and Sports of the city of Nizhny Novgorod.
