After round 6 of Karpov Tournament Jakovenko keeps leading. Today Esipenko defeated Kovalev, Saric outplayed Fedoseev, other games were drawn. Current standings: 1. Jakovenko (4) 2-9. Fedoseev, Korobov, Sasikiran, Wang Hao, Mamedov, Artemiev, Esipenko, Saric (3)10. Kovalev (2)

A. Dvorkovich at St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. "Educating teachers in any sport is an absolute priority. Together with the governmental structures and companies we should pay serious attention to this. It will allow to introduce chess into the system of education".

A. Dvorkovich: We need to shift our attention from professional sport to sport-for-all format. But still it is critically important to have the so-called role models. Champions and top players, that become the heroes for millions of kids involved in mass sport. This is important.

All games of Round 7 of International Karpov Tournament in Poikovsky were drawn. Dmitry Jakovenko keeps leading with 4,5 points. Still the opponents are in good shape and are not going to give up. Photo: Vasily Papin #ugrachess

Krishnan Sasikiran and Wang Hao spent the only free day of International Karpov Tournament in Poikovsky playing simuls with kids and chess amateurs of Ugra. youtu.be/-BBfve0oaWU #ugrachess

Magnus Carlsen won his 7th tournament in a row. "The motivation part hasn't been a difficult thing at all. I still feel I can do better" - he says. Reigning champion is the first to qualify for the World Cup 2019 in Khanty-Mansiysk. We'll see if Magnus can do better in Ugra. 👍

V. Fedoseev and V. Artemiev win in Round 8 of International Karpov Tournament in Poikovsky. Before the final round the leading trio is Dmitry Jakovenko (5), Vladimir Fedoseev (4,5) and Vladislav Artemiev (4,5). #ugrachess Photo: Vasily Papin

On the last round of International Karpov Tournament in Poikovsky Vladislav Artemiev defeats Vladimir Fedoseev and levels the score with Dmitry Jakovenko (5,5 points each). But having the greater number of wins Artemiev becomes the winner of the event. Ph: Vasily Papin #ugrachess

The delegation of Ugra takes part in China-Russia Expo 2019 in Harbin, China. The booth of 44th Chess Olympiad is one of the key elements of the exhibition of the region. China is one of the world leaders in chess so the event attracts many visitors of Expo. #ugrachess #ugra2020

These days we are used to ordering everything in Internet. But have you ever tried chess delivery? Equestrian chess delivery was launched in Ekaterinburg, Russia today. Chess set is delivered within 30 minutes and they also allow to pet a horse as a bonus!

World Cup 2019 Pairings FIDE published pairings for the World Cup 2019 which will start in Khanty-Mansiysk on September 09.

What a day! Olga Girya from Ugra becomes a new women chess champion of Russia! #ugrachess

Olga Girya: On regular days, I train for three hours. However, every other day I work from morning until night. I would like to implement a timetable that I’ve developed over the last few months: 5-6 hours of chess per day, alongside physical activities. ruchess.ru/en/news/report…

Roscosmos unveiled Its 2020 Pin-Up Calendar. The calendar features twelve beauties pictured as astronauts, engineers, scientists, and laboratory workers. And Miss August is playing chess with a humanoid robot Fedor! Guess who's going to win!

Time flies quickly. Seasons change, years pass, new memes are being born and bite the dust. The only thing is carved in stone: Chess is always on trend 😎 #tinder #instagram #facebook #linkedin

FIDE delegation visited Khanty-Mansiysk with an inspection before the 1st World Chess Paralympiad. The event starts on July 28th. Previously international teams with handicapped players competed at the Chess Olympiad. Now they have their own tournament - the Chess Paralympiad.

Ugra is a general partner of Online Nations Cup. The tournament will be held on May’5-10 on chess.com. 6 teams are taking part in the event with a prize fund of 180K USD. They are Russia, USA, Europe, China, India and the "Rest of the World."

🎉 Fidel Lorite is happy to announce the #CheckmateCoronavirus project! 🗓May 18 - June 16 ♟️More than 2000 online tournaments 🏆Prize draws with 1500 prizes to win 😍64 super prizes: one-week invitations to the 2021 #ChessOlympiad in Moscow checkmatecoronavirus.com

On #internationalchessday mascot of sport event organizer from Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia Лука decided to play chess with the employees of the organization. Who will win: Fox or Humanity? International Chess Federation #ugrachess youtu.be/N_-XAHptLxQ

Happy #InternationalChessDay♟️, 🇷🇺 Chess Federation of Russia Ugra Chess 🇺🇸 US Chess Saint Louis Chess Club 🗓️ the 44th Chess Olympiad (including the competition for players with disabilities) to be held in Moscow and the FIDE Congress - in Khanty-Mansiysk in summer of 2021