Sport programme

The Mind Sports Lounge will attract afficionados of logic board games with deep content. This informal social area offers various chess, go and checkers activities. These games uniquely combine sports, a thrilling challenge and an exercise in strategic thinking, memory and concentration.

In the Lounge, you can participate in a workshop as well as try your hand at tournaments and simultaneous play sessions. You can find a detailed schedule in your personal web office and at the information point of the Mind Sport Lounge.

The Mind Sports Lounge will attract afficionados of logic board games with deep content. This informal social area offers various chess, go and checkers activities. These games uniquely combine sports, a thrilling challenge and an exercise in strategic thinking, memory and concentration.

In the Lounge, you can participate in a workshop as well as try your hand at tournaments and simultaneous play sessions. You can find a detailed schedule in your personal web office and at the information point of the Mind Sport Lounge.

Chess lovers taking part in the SPILF will be able to compete for the Roscongress Foundation Cup.
The tournament will be played in a round-robin system. The time limit for each game is 5 minutes + 3 seconds for each move, starting from the first.
The event is organized by the Roscongress Foundation’s sports platform, RC Sport, with the support of the St. Petersburg Chess Federation.
The event will follow all COVID-19 prevention measures.

Andrey Napreenkov, Master of Sport of the USSR, European Veteran Championship 2019 winner, author of 23 books, and the only person to have participated in all 18 European Championships in Draughts since 2001, will conduct a simultaneous Draughts session. One of the world's most famous board games will be presented to the Forum participants from a completely different perspective.

The event is organized by the Roscongress Foundation’s sports platform, RC Sport.
The event will follow all COVID-19 prevention measures.

The Mind Sports Lounge will attract afficionados of logic board games with deep content. This informal social area offers various chess, go and checkers activities. These games uniquely combine sports, a thrilling challenge and an exercise in strategic thinking, memory and concentration.

In the Lounge, you can participate in a workshop as well as try your hand at tournaments and simultaneous play sessions. You can find a detailed schedule in your personal web office and at the information point of the Mind Sport Lounge.

International Grandmaster Alexey Lugovoi will hold a simultaneous chess match for Forum participants. Only 10 Forum participants will be able to challenge the experienced chess player. You can register for the session in your Roscongress personal account.
The event is organized by the Roscongress Foundation’s sports platform, RC Sport, with the support of the St. Petersburg Chess Federation.

The event will follow all COVID-19 prevention measures.

Forum participants will be able to test their skills in the competition for the Roscongress Foundation Cup of Go.
For more than 4,000 years, Go has been considered the most important tool for developing strategic thinking and memory in Asia. You can learn about the favourite game of Chinese and Japanese emperors, commanders and thinkers at daily master classes in the Mind Sports Lounge.
The event is organized by the Roscongress Foundation’s sports platform, RC Sport, with the support of the Zvezda Go-Centre.
The event will follow all COVID-19 prevention measures.

The Mind Sports Lounge will attract afficionados of logic board games with deep content. This informal social area offers various chess, go and checkers activities. These games uniquely combine sports, a thrilling challenge and an exercise in strategic thinking, memory and concentration.

In the Lounge, you can participate in a workshop as well as try your hand at tournaments and simultaneous play sessions. You can find a detailed schedule in your personal web office and at the information point of the Mind Sport Lounge.

Forum participants will be able to compete for the Roscongress Foundation Cup in Draughts. Draughts is one of the most popular logical board games and is well-known by everyone since childhood. But is it so simple? Master of Sport of the USSR and European Veteran Champion Andrey Napreenkov will help us to find out.

The event is organized by the Roscongress Foundation’s sports platform, RC Sport.

The event will follow all COVID-19 prevention measures.

A simultaneous Go session will be the centre of attraction for lovers of this intellectual game. Only 10 Forum participants will be able to challenge the professional. You can register for the session in your Roscongress personal account.
For more than 4,000 years, Go has been considered the most important tool for developing strategic thinking and memory in Asia. You can learn about the favourite game of Chinese and Japanese emperors, commanders and thinkers at daily master classes in the Mind Sports Lounge.
The event is organized by the Roscongress Foundation’s sports platform, RC Sport, with the support of the Zvezda Go-Centre.
The event will follow all COVID-19 prevention measures.