23 October 2017

Renault Russia Organizes Blitz Tournament for Employees

Timur Gareyev rewards prize-winners. 

A blitz tournament among employees of Renault Russia Company, a strategic partner of the Russian Chess Federation, and Arnzo Company was held in the Central Chess Club in Moscow. It was the third event organized by Renault Russia Company for its employees in order to popularize chess and determine the strongest players of the company. 

The tournament was a 7-round Swiss event. 14 employees of Renault Russia Company and Arnzo Company (Nikolay Bobrinsky, Yuri Borisov, Sergey Dvornikov, Kirill Egorov, Rifat Zaripov, Maxim Ledenev, Sergey Ryabov, Igor Sabitov, Alexandra Sinelnikova, Stanislav Skreminsky, Mikhail Smirnov, Daria Fedorova, Evgeny Foltz, and Mikhail Shvansky) took part in the event. 

Results:
 
1 place - Evgeny Foltz, Superintendent of Welding Department,  
2 place - Daria Fedorova, Quality Engineer, Quality and Customer Satisfaction Management,  
3 place - Kirill Egorov, Project Coordinator, Engineering Management.

GM Timur Gareyev, a world record-breaker in blindfold simultaneous play, congratulated and rewarded chess players. All participants were presented with RCF’s diplomas and chess sets signed by T. Gareyev. Prize-winners were rewarded with trophies. The event was concluded with an improvised simul in which 7 employees of the Renault Russia tried hand at playing against Timur Gareyev. 

Information and photos were presented by Renault Russia Company.