14 August at UNN as part of the All-Russian Festival “Cup of Hope-2019” a regional chess tournament for people with disabilities was held “Chess without borders”.
At the opening, the guests were greeted by the President of the FSSOC Ilya Asafovich Zavivaev, who thanked the audience for, that they find the strength to compete, to live an active lifestyle, overcome difficulties, break all boundaries and win!
Festival director Tatyana Aleksandrovna Khilova wished the participants good luck, beautiful parties and creative success.
This year, athletes from Nizhny Novgorod and Yoshkar-Ola took part in the rapid chess tournament, also, representatives of NROOI INVATUR took part in the competition. . Among the participants were masters and dischargers, and those were, who have never played in tournaments. Competitor Lyubov Sh. confessed, that in their 80 played in a real tournament for the first time and liked it, and she will definitely attend next time.
Among men 1 the place was won by the Nizhny Novgorod master Yuri Isaev, typed 5 points out of 5.
2 a place – Pomerantsev Dmitry, 4.
3 a place – Yudin Kirill, 4.
Among women, Antonina Spiridonova showed the best result (N.Novgorod), 3,5 points.
2 a place – Makarova Valentina, 3.
3 a place – Potylitsyna Svetlana, 2.
All participants of the tournament received diplomas for participation and memorable gifts.
Svetlana Shulakova, competition judge.
Photo by the author and Valery Erin.
