Dear Chess Friends,
From 12th to 17th April 2019 in the International Chess Academy in Tashkent takes place the training camp with chess legend GM Boris Gelfand.
Organized by the Central Chess Cup and Uzbekistan Chess Federation the training camp provides interesting and useful experience for the members of national chess team of Uzbekistan, including the champions of the World Youth Chess Olympiad 2018 GM Abdusattorov Nodirbek, IM Yakubboev Nodirbek and IM Vokhidov Shamsiddin.
Intense training sessions in the best chess school in Uzbekistan help to learn something new from one of the elite chess players, who was among the first players to reach the rating mark 2700.
A six-time World Championship Candidate (1991, 1994-95, 2002, 2007, 2011, 2013), Boris Gelfand won the Chess World Cup 2009 and the 2011 Candidates Tournament, becoming Challenger for the World Chess Championship Match 2012 with Viswanathan Anand.
With best regards,
Husan Turdialiev