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Dear Chessfriends,

Alexander Khalifman and his famous St. Petersburg Chess School invite you to visit the beautiful city of St. Petersburg, Russia for a 10-days program of chess instruction. Our coaches will give you the opportunity to greatly improve your chess level and you will also be able to relax and find out for yourself why St. Petersburg is such a popular tourist place. Check out sample program, read what our students say, and make your reservation now!

Welcome to St. Petersburg, Russia!

 

Ever since Kasparov coined the phrase 'chess tourist' during the Las Vegas FIDE World Championship in 1999, I keep thinking of myself as one of those tourists. Only I don't see anything bad with that - you come to a different country, play chess, meet new people and move on. That's how I choose tournaments nowadays. Thus, I am a bit surprised to see that chess tourism has not taken off as much as it could. Perhaps the following initiative by the GM School from St. Petersburg will change that: the school offers to combine a trip to that wonderful city with playing in a tournament there and some serious training.

GM Alexander Baburin (www.gmsquare.com)