Opening of festival was do traditional like as the dramatized representation.
Speach has director of Festival Gennady Nesis.
The chief arbiter - International arbiter Jakov Zinder.
To the veteran of Great Patriotic War Jakov Zinder were have presented flowers
in Day of the Defender of Fatherland
In auditorium participants of festival, his trainers, arbiters and
representatives of organizing committee.
On opening of festival there have arrived vice-presidents of chess federation North-West FO of the Russian Federation
of V.Orlov (on the right) and A.Petelin.
Extreme at the left - international master A.M.Juneev, he is trainer of A.Ganichev.
Light games was play before the battle with a computer...
update 25-02-2008
