Annual Chess Festival of Russian School of Chess (Anatoly Karpov Chess Club)

Annual Chess Festival of Russian School of Chess (Anatoly Karpov Chess Club) was held recently at the Russian Centre in Colombo. There were 120 chess players participated in this event under the age groups 7/9/11/13 and over 13. Madam Anastasia Khokhlova, First Secretary of the Embassy of the Russian Federation and the Director of the Russian Centre inaugurated the event with Mr. Buddhapriya Ramanayake, Chief Executive Officer of the Russian Centre.