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It has recently joined the 6th Chess Festival of Cattolica a great chess player of just 17 years, with a certainly bright future. She was talked about a lot, Susan Polgar who was a little godmother, called her the future Chess Superstar of the world firmament. Then we know a little from this fantastic player that we will have the opportunity to admire in Cattolica from 8 June. Born in Ithaca, New York, February 1, 2002, Jennifer Yu started playing chess in first grade, attending a chess class after school. After the school finished the chess course, Jennifer wanted to [...]

An authentic chess legend, this is certainly the most fitting definition for Oleg Romanishin. The Ukrainian Great Master recently decided to take part in the 6th Chess Festival of Cattolica and we would like to honor his participation to the tournament with an article that recalls this immense figure that has given so much to the world of Chess.Born in Lviv in 1957 the young Oleg turned almost immediately, in his childhood, to the game of chess.Many honors and awards were given to Romanishin as a young man. After winning the European Junior Championship in 1973 at the age of [...]

Only 9 years, 2035 ELO rating points, fourth in the world in the FIDE Under 10 Ranking: these numbers could summarize the very short chess career of the young Indian talent Aarav Dengla, a recent new member of the 6th City of Cattolica Chess Festival to be held from 8 to 14 June at the Hotel Kursaal in Cattolica. Let's take a look at the FIDE ranking for chess players under 10 years of age: Aarav Dengla has really skipped all the steps in a country that is impressing the chess community for the quantity of young talents that [...]