Chess tournaments 2010-2019

Chess tournaments
2010-2019

Rotaract Club Belgrade Dedinje organized the first chess tournament in November 2010. The organizer of the tournament was Alexey Kostyukov. In this action, the Club hosted the members of the Belgrade Chess Federation and the “Napredak” chess club, as well as the members of the Dedinje Rotary Club. The collected donations were used to buy chess boards and pieces for children with visual impairment from the “Napredak” chess club. At the second tournament in October 2011, more than 50 participants gathered. Tournaments were also organized in November 2012, March 2014, March 2015, March 2016, March 2017 and April 2018.

The last, ninth tournament in a row, organized by Rotary and Rotaract Club Belgrade Dedinje, was held on April 23, 2019. More than 30 participants of the tournament gathered from several Belgrade Rotaract and Rotary Clubs. The tournament had a humanitarian character, and from the collected funds, white canes were purchased for the blind and partially sighted.
Rotary Club Belgrade Terazije plans to continue the tradition of its members and in the near future launch a new “series” of chess tournaments.

“Chess is not always about winning. Sometimes it’s simply about learning. And so is a life.”

Text compiled by: Igor Mijatovic
Taken from the website of Rotary Club Belgrade Dedinje
Club members who participated in the activity: Nikola Stojadinovic, Igor Mijatovic, Nikola Stojanovic