18 January 2017

RCF Grandmaster Center Siberia Carries Out a Training Camp in Tomsk

Alexander Riazantsev and other well-known grandmasters gave lessons to children.

The 5th training camp of the RCF Grandmaster Center Siberia took place on January 3-10 in Tomsk. Alexander Riazantsev, reigning Russian champion, European rapid chess champion, coach of Russian women's team, was a head coach. Grandmasters Andrey Belozerov (Tomsk), Inna Ivakhinova (Ulan-Ude), Pavel Kotsur (Kazakhstan; national team coach), Pavel Maletin (Novosibirsk), and international masters Ivan Smykovsky (Omsk) and Vassily Malyshev (Novosibirsk) were his assistants.

56 children from 8 subjects of Siberian Federal District (Omsk, Kemerovo, Novosibirsk, Irkutsk Regions, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Altai Krai, and Republic of Buryatia) joined the training camp. 31 of them represented Tomsk Region. Winners of local, Russian, and European junior competitions were present. 

Information by Maxim Ivakhin