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IV Chess Tournament started in Togliatti Chess School

15 June 2016

June 14, the IV Chess Tournament opened in Togliatti sports school №4 with the participation of chess teams from Togliatti and Shenzhen (PRC). Thesports delegation from Shenzhen includes 6 members of junior chess team of the Futian DistrictChess Union.

At the official opening ceremony Dmitry Mikel,the Chairman of the Duma of Togliatti, together with Tatiana Lesnyakova,Deputy Mayor for Social Affairs, and Alexander Gerunov,the Head of Department of Physical Training and Sports, welcomed the participants of the Chess Tournament in Togliatti. They highlighted the important role of the sports competitions aimed at the development of humanitarian and cultural contacts between the cities of Russia and China. The visit of chess team from Futian is one of the examples of mutual coopedation based onMemorandum of Friendship and Cooperation between the Futianadministrative district of Shenzhen City and Togliatti, signed inApril 2016.

After the ceremony a number of friendly matches have been started. In the next 3 days Russian and Chinese teams will meet each other 6 times. Final matches are on Thursday, June 16 and on Friday the awards will be given to the winners in the City Hall of Togliatti.