Chess Train 2017

On Its Way for the Seventh Time

[14.10.2017 00:00:00] - Already the seventh Chess Train tournament is taking place on 13 October. During the five-day tournament, chessplayers will travel on route Prague - Olomouc – Trenčín – Bratislava – Lednice –Prague.

The unique worldwide project held by Prague Chess Society and České dráhy (Czech Railways), which connects rail travel with an international chess tournament, is tempting chess players from all over the world to visit Prague. This year 84 players form 16 different countries decided to participate.

” We start on Friday 13th, however unlike majority of population chess players consider number 13 to be a lucky number. On 13 April Garry Kasparov, which became 13. world champion and absolute world legend, was born, “said the chairman of the Prague Chess Society, Pavel Matocha.

“I am pleased that our joint project with Prague Chess Society has been successfully going on for seven years already. The past years proved that the royal game of chess clearly belongs on railway and that this unique project tempts chessplayers from all over the world to visit our country. I see the international chess tournament on board of train as a unique sport event and at the same time as a symbol of cooperation with partners from abroad. Last year we cooperated with German and Austrian partners, this year with partners from Slovakia and next year it will be Poland,“ said board chairman and general director of Czech Railways, Pavel Krtek.

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