1 June 2017
Boris Postovsky’s Anniversary Celebration Took Place in Central House of Chess Player
Many guests arrived to congratulate the hero of the day.
The program was hosted by the historians Vladimir Linder and Sergey Voronkov. President of the Russian Chess Federation and FIDE Vice-President Andrey Filatov, FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, the oldest grandmaster of the world Yuri Averbakh, famous coaches, chess players, organizers, and journalists Lyudmila Belavenets, Evgeny Eletsky, Sergey Smagin, Sergei and Marina Makarychevs, Sergey Dolmatov, 64-Chess Review publisher Igor Burshtein, a famous satirist Lion Izmailov, RCF Executive Director Mark Glukhovsky and many others said a lot of kind words about Boris Postovsky and congratulated him.
Former World Chess Champions Boris Spassky and Garry Kasparov, grandmasters Boris Gulko and Igor Zaitsev, Chess Federations of Serbia and Saint Petersburg, and Chess Informant sent their congratulatory letters.
A photo report from the celebration will be published on our website later.