International Chess Tournament Sberbank Open Begins
Tuesday, 4 June 2013, 4:14 pm
Press Release: Sberbank Open
Press release, Kyiv, 03.06.2013 –
The International Chess Tournament Sberbank Open Kicked Off In Kyiv Today
The international chess tournament Sberbank Open kicked off in Kyiv today. This tournament, the first of its kind in Ukraine, will be held in Kyiv between 3 and 8 June and hosted by the nation’s main sporting venue, Olimpiiskyi National Sports Complex. The tournament is organized by Sberbank of Russia JSC.
SBERBANK OPEN is included to the FIDE tournament calendar and the unified schedule of physical education, health-improvement and cultural events of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine.
The program of this large-scale chess event includes three separate tournaments at once: (for international grandmasters, 5-8 June), B (children’s open, 3-8 June), and (for Sberbank of Russia Group employees, 6-8 June). Among participants of SBERBANK OPEN athletes from 11 countries: Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Hungary, Austria, Germany, Turkey, and India.
The super-tournament will feature ten world-renowned stars: seven times world champion Anatoly Karpov (Russia), current world fast chess champion Sergei Kariakin (Russia), world champion Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria), the first world Fischer Random Chess champion and the world crown challenger Péter Lékó (Hungary), two-times Olympic champion Pavlo Elianov (Ukraine), European champion Yevgeniy Tomashevskyi (Russia), European champion within German national team Arkadij Naiditsch (Germany), champion of Ukraine Oleksandr Areshchenko, world youth championship runner-up Sergei Zhigalko (Belarus), and current champion of Ukraine Anton Korobov. The grandmasters will play a 9-round round-robin fast chess tournament.
The children’s open classical chess tournament B will feature almost 200 young chess players from Ukraine and other countries. Around 125 employees of Sberbank of Russia Group will participate in the fast chess tournament C.
“We are pleased that SBERBANK OPEN united not only the employees of the Sberbank of Russia, but also talented children and star grandmasters. We believe that our tournament will become traditional, as befits progressive initiatives,” Igor Yushko, Chairman of the Board of Sberbank of Russia JSC said.
‘Having participated in numerous international chess tournaments, I cannot but say that projects of the same scale as SBERBANK OPEN are not often organized in the world. It’s a big event, both for professional chess community and for enthusiasts of this sport,’ Diana Arutiunova, Chair of the tournament’s Organizing Committee, International Grandmaster commented.
The tournament’s partners: INGO Ukraine, CS, Envision Group, Activ Solar, BrigRetail, EGAR Technology Ukraine, UkrLandFarming PLC, Visa
The tournament’s media coverage by: BIZNES, Obozrevatel, RBK-Ukraine, Segodnia, Sport Express in Ukraine, Delo.ua, STB, ICTV.
The tournament is registered at the World Chess Federation (FIDE).
For the tournament’s regulations and additional information about this event, please visit: www.sberbank.ua. The tournament is streamed online at: www.sberbank-open.com.ua.
SBERBANK OPEN is included to the FIDE tournament calendar and the unified schedule of physical education, health-improvement and cultural events of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine.
Sberbank of Russia JSC (Ukraine) is a universal commercial bank providing the full range of banking services to all customer categories. The bank is ranked among the nation’s top ten largest financial institutions in terms of the amount of assets according to data by the National Bank of Ukraine. As of 1 May 2013, Sberbank of Russia’s regional network included 174 branches. Sberbank of Russia JSC is the 100% subsidiary bank of Sberbank of Russia OJSC (Russian Federation). Sberbank of Russia Group is presented in 17 countries around the world.
Sberbank of Russia JSC. License of the National Bank of Ukraine No 198 of 12.10.2011. All types of banking services.
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