It’s a big event to play against a chess player of such a rank: Shavlokhov on participation in the World Youth Festival in Sochi
President of the South Ossetian Chess Federation Georgy Shavlokhov and teacher Andrey Tskhovrebov took part in a chess tournament, which was held as part of the World Youth Festival in Sochi.
In total, over 50 participants from different countries of the world competed in the intellectual game. Of these, 20 people reached the semifinals, including Shavlokhov.
Representatives of South Ossetia also took part in a session of simultaneous play on six boards for the diplomatic corps, which was conducted by Russian chess player, grandmaster Sergei Karyakin
