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The city of Maribor in Slovenia, this year's European Capital of Culture, witnessed a spectacle that was organized in preparation for the upcoming World Youth Chess Championship 2012 and as a part of the ECOC project Black and White World.
The beautiful city near the river Drava was visited by many chess fans and media representatives. They all came to be a part of a great event – a simultaneous blindfold exhibition. The viewers were also given the opportunity to follow the event live online.
Jonas Znidarsic, a Slovenian television personality and a huge chess fan,
hosted the spectacle...
... and the youthful players got to meet the TV star
Slovenia’s strongest player, a former World Youth Chess Champion and a permanent member of the Slovenian national team, grandmaster Luka Lenic (above, photo by Chess Tigers), played against six young Slovenian hopefuls. This way the six chosen young players got the opportunity to play against a real grandmaster.
Jonas Znidarsic blindfolds the simultaneous master...
... who then calls out his moves against the opponents
Before the event Lenic said that this was his first public attempt to try to play blindfold chess against this many opponents. A difficult task required his full concentration. Despite his great effort, the simultaneous blindfold exhibition did not go quite smoothly: at one stage Lenic got a little confused. But after approximately two hours of playing, the Slovenian grandmaster won all six games.
The simultaneous blindfold exhibition was the last in a series of preparatory events for the November’s World Youth Chess Championship, which will also take place in Maribor. Judging by the data that is available this year’s event will become a championship of records, because the organizers are expecting more than 1600 players and about 1200 spectators from 90 countries to fill the city streets and the nearby towns. One of the highlights of the championship will undoubtedly be the visit of the former World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov. The city is prepared for the arrival of chess players, which was also confirmed by the chief arbiter Guran Unal after his recent visit to Maribor.
You can find all information about the chess events on the following websites:
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