Yesterday, Tatarstan Classical Chess Tournament for girls and boys below 11, 13, 15, 17 and 19 started in Kazan, attracting a record-breaking number of 306 participants.
Girls’ and boys’ Swiss-system tournaments include nine rounds and act as a qualification for Volga Federal District Tournament that takes place in the beginning of November. Sofia Matveyeva is the chief judge.
The final day of Kazan Summer Cup started with women’s final. Ludmila Kichenok’s confident style paid off as she won against Valentina Ivakhnenko 6:2 2:6 6:2.
Kazan Kremlin reserve museum director, Zilya Valeeva, has commented on the situation around Kul Sharif mosque’s participation in the Russia 10 project.
World Tataneft TNA Championship starts a partnership with Kick-Boxing Federation of Russia. The news was announced at press conference on the 15th of August.
According to press service of Kazan Mayor’s Office, Ilsur Metshin, Mayor of Kazan, and Sports Diving Federation (Moscow) administration discussed an opportunity to open a diving school for children utilizing Aquatics Palace premises.
On August 15 at the youth forum “Selet” in Alekseevsky region Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov said that the forum will soon be of the same scale as “Sozvezdie-Yoldyzlyk” festival with tens of thousands of participants.
On August 14 Tatarstan State Counsellor, Chairman of the Board of guardians of “Revival” Regional Foundation Mintimer Shaimiev and State Secretary of the Union State Grigory Rapota visited the ancient town of Bolgar. Mintimer Shaimiev told about activity of the Foundation on reconstruction of unique historical and cultural monuments