{"id":1328,"date":"2022-08-02T11:23:22","date_gmt":"2022-08-02T11:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/?p=1328"},"modified":"2022-08-02T11:26:17","modified_gmt":"2022-08-02T11:26:17","slug":"zagreb-welcomes-kasparov-chess-foundations-young-stars-ukrainian-children-in-the-spotlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/?p=1328","title":{"rendered":"Zagreb Welcomes Kasparov Chess Foundation\u2019s Young Stars:  Ukrainian Children in the Spotlight"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><strong>July 22, 2022, Zagreb, Croatia<\/strong> &#8212; The Kasparov Chess Foundation and Kasparov Chess Foundation Adriatic organized a special training session for talented Ukrainian kids in Zagreb, Croatia.\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A city known for its historic center square, became home to a big stop on the 2022 Grand Chess Tour. Garry Kasparov, Chairman of Kasparov Chess Foundation, was there to highlight talented young players, and to give them a lesson they\u2019re not likely to ever forget.<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ukrainian young talents Ihor Samunenkov, Kyrylo Nezhentsev, and Mariya Manko participated in a training session with the 13th World Champion, Garry Kasparov, and FIDE Senior Trainer, Michael Khodarkovsky. Part of KCF\u2019s Young Stars program, the session took place during the Grand Chess Tour (#grandchesstour) event in Zagreb. The Kasparov Chess Foundation\u2019s &#8220;Young Stars&#8221; is organized for young talented players from around the world.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ukrainian children participated in the session organized by the Kasparov Chess Foundation and they also had a chance to take photos and chat with the legendary player! Garry Kasparov even procclaimed, &#8220;I think Ukrainian chess has a great future!&#8221; Kasparov has been adamant in his support for Ukraine in their war against Russia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ihor Samunenkov is a rising star from #Ukraine. In 2021 he became the national rapid champion and also has a GM norm. He is one of the Young Stars participants in Zagreb. #grandchesstour #chess<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1331\" src=\"https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/unnamed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/unnamed.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/unnamed-300x238.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/unnamed-768x609.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/unnamed-1024x812.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ukrainian rising chess stars recently participated in Kasparov Chess Foundation&#8217;s Young Stars program in Zagreb, Croatia. Pictured with the Ukranian students are Garry Kasparov, Chairman of the Foundation, and Michael Khodarkovsky, Foundation President.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 22, 2022, Zagreb, Croatia &#8212; The Kasparov Chess Foundation and Kasparov Chess Foundation Adriatic organized a special training session for talented Ukrainian kids in Zagreb, Croatia.\u00a0A city known for its historic center square, became home to a big stop on the 2022 Grand Chess Tour. Garry Kasparov, Chairman of Kasparov Chess Foundation, was there [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1328"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1328\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1336,"href":"https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1328\/revisions\/1336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kasparovchessfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}