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Text 5F. The International Chess Tournament
‘North Urals` Cup’
The year 2007 was the 5th time when Krasnoturyinsk cordially welcomed the chess Queens. It was not long ago when the 1st tournament took place, 8 women players participated in it. And today every chess player wants to come to Krasnoturyinsk.
‘North Urals` Cup’ became one of the biggest women chess tournaments in the world and gave a powerful incentive to chess development in the region. In May 2007 the 1st World Women’s Team Chess Championship took place in Yekaterinburg, last year the Urals capital held World Women’s Individual Championship.
This tournament attracts the attention of the whole sport world. ‘North Urals Cup’ is one of the brightest pages of Russian sport. It is impossible to overestimate the role which the tournament plays in the propaganda of chess as a beautiful, intellectual, exciting game which has millions of admirers and fans.
It is a new step to popularization and development of this ancient game. Chess is not just a sport. This game makes man wise and far-seeing, helps to do impartial assessment of the situation and to know all deeds for several ‘moves’ ahead. But the main thing is that chess train character. It is pleasant to realize that in Krasnoturyinsk people are greatly interested in chess.
During years of its existence the tournament has become the part of international chess calendar. Many famous chess players, leading grandmasters of the world and legendary personalities attended Krasnoturyinsk. They are Maya Chiburdanidze, Nona Gaprindashvili, Boris Spasskiy, Anatoly Karpov, Yury Averbakh. Chess admirers of Sverdlovsk region had a possibility to see their idols and to watch their skill.
Today millions of chess fans can easily find our Krasnoturyinsk on the world map. ‘North Urals` Cup’ was and is the most magnificent women’s chess supertournament.
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