African combination
First ever friendly online chess match between the chess club of the Russian foreign ministry and Togo national chess team will take place on June, 7 at 1 P.M. Moscow time
The event is organized by the chess federation of the Moscow Region and is dedicated to the 65-th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Togo and Russia.
The winners will be awarded with chess boards signed by many-times world chess champion international grandmaster Sergey Karjakin. Top-class players will get an opportunity to play against the champion in a simultaneous exhibition.
The match will be followed by a multilingual audience online thanks to different commentators in various foreign languages.
Russian spectators will be able to watch international grandmaster Sergey Shipov
English friends are welcome to follow Victor Ngani (Kenya)
French chess players can get live comments thanks to Mikhail Strovsky, Togo national champion
Players were welcomed by: Senator Sergey Karjakin, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Russian Federation in Benin and Togo I.D. Evdokimov, the chairwoman of the Council of young diplomats E.M. Akopyan and the officials of the Togo chess federation.
Sergey Karjakin: “I warmly welcome the first match between the team of the Russian ministry of foreign affairs and Togo national team. On my behalf I am ready to support chess development in Africa. I will be glad to hold a simultaneous for the best match players. They will also get chess boards signed by me”.
Igor Evdokimov: “The chess tournament is organized to commemorate the 65-th anniversary of diplomatic relationship between Russia and Togo which we celebrate in 2025. The match will strengthen cultural, humanitarian and sports relationships between Togo and Russia in recent years”.
Ekaterina Akopyan: “On behalf of the chess club of the Russian Ministry of foreign affairs and the Council of young diplomats I welcome the chess tournament with the Togo national team. Chess is indeed a diplomatic game and a tool to build bridges”.
Togo chess federation: “We are a rather young chess federation. We support chess development in our country. We would like to thank Sergey Karjakin for this tournament against the chess club of the Russian ministry of foreign affairs”.