amazing things of the Chess Train

(converted from Russian by Andrey Deviatkin)

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I had been aware about the Chess Train tournament for a long period since the first report by Eugeny Surov on Chess News back in 2011. After my trip to Prague in 2013 I had got an idea to take part in this unusual event, So I wrote to its chief coordinator, A big chess partner Pavel Matocha. Our messages left a very good impression upon me, As all the acknowledgement were polite and timely (If Matocha would be busy then his female colleagues would reply).

the case, The plan has been resolved, And this year I found myself among 76 participants of the Chess Train 2014. Since I haven played chess for 5 years I decided to pay more attention to the touristic part of the journey rather than to your competition ifself.

CN: The Chess locomotive ( vlak) Is an unusual annual chess event which combines a rapid chess tournament with touristic activities and taking in the sights. The playing venue is a train which follows a Central western european route. It a high probability for amateurs to meet grandmasters as well as to trip over beautiful cities of Central Europe. there's also a big diversity in nationalities of participants.

Any player can apply for the match (On a complaint of paying the starting fee of 180 euro) But what amount of participants is limited by the train capacity; aside from, The acceptance of a player is due to the coordinators.

across 2014, The Chess Train has taken its start for the 4th time, Having departed upon Prague Central Station on October 10th. the road was Prague Vienna Budapest Trencin Krakow Prague.

The Chess Train tournament situation is organised by Prask spolenost (Prague chess correlation) partnered with Czech railways. More details and reports can be found on the official website.

sure, I decided to come to Prague 3 days before start to enjoy its sights without any hurry. My mate was a Russian chess player Ilya Trikin, A friend of mine.