The first Russian World Chess Championship in the history of the Republic will be held in South Ossetia, President of the Chess Federation of the Republic Georgy Shavlokhov has announced at the press conference in Tskhinval.
“In September we are planning to hold the largest chess tournament ever held in South Ossetia. This will be a significant event for us. The sporting event will bring together participants from Russia, Belarus, Abkhazia, Transnistria and several other friendly countries,” Shavlokhov said.
According to him, the event is organized by the Chess Federation of the Republic, the representative office of Rossotrudnichestvo and the South Ossetian State University