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.

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.