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Bank Chess Festival to Take Place at CERGE-EI

25 October, 2017

CERGE-EI invites all interested in chess to the Bank Chess Festival organized by the Prague Chess Society and hosted by the Czech National Bank (CNB) and CERGE-EI. The festival will take place in two beautiful venues: the building of CNB (28 - 30 November) and then continuing in CERGE-EI’s Schebek Palace (1 - 3 December). 

Don’t miss the opportunity to play simultaneous chess games with world famous grandmasters, including the best Czech chess player David Navara, the legendary Czech-German grandmaster Vlastimil Hort, a world top-ten player in the mid-1970’s, and Sergei Movsesian, a member of the gold medal-winning Armenian team at the 2011 World Team Chess Championship. In addition, blitz, rapid, and Fischer chess tournaments will be open for chess players of any level.

Finally, if you would like to participate as a member of the CERGE-EI team, register here.

The Bank Chess Festival is a unique event in Prague, which anyone with an interest in chess should attend.