World chess record set in Norilsk

In the northern city of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, chess players played a game with Vice World Champion Ian Nepomniachtchi at a depth of 700 meters. This was reported by local media.

The world chess record was set in Norilsk at the Oktyabrsky mine. This was reported by the Taimyr Telegraph.

– Vice world chess champion Jan Nepomniachtchi and popular writer Alexander Tsypkin played a unique chess game in the Oktyabrsky mine. The team match took place at a depth of 700 meters, the journalists reported the details.

The partners of the Russian grandmaster and the famous writer were the employees of the mine – the turner Alexei Schneider and the marker Dmitry Sokolov.

The party in the rapid format began with the Italian version of the Four Knights Opening. It lasted 41 moves and ended with the victory of Nepomniachtchi’s team, which played with white pieces.

Later, the grandmaster played eight games with the best chess players of Norilsk in the Ayka sports hall. And he did it blindly and simultaneously with everyone.

– Yanu’s eyes were covered with a bandage. In addition, he was to the side of the chess boards and even turned his back to the wall. An assistant helped him to play the games, who, at the command of the master, moved the pieces on the board, local media told the details.

First, the grandmaster specified the number of the table and the arrangement of the pieces, because at the time of the start the pieces were on the chessboard in the same order. And then, depending on the situation, the master made an original combination with each participant in the game. And I kept all this in my head for several hours, thinking over the development.

Who did win? Grandmaster. Nevertheless, he noted the high skill level of the Norilsk chess players.

Recall that I visited Krasnoyarsk in March world champion in chess Anatoly Karpov.