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November 19, 2021

Superbet Foundation supports the medalists of the European Karate Championship for children

The young talents of today are the great champions of tomorrow, and their training for a successful sports career is part of the ideals of the Superbet Foundation.

October was a month full of good news, the athletes from Club Karate Kentos Timisoara conquered the podium at the European Karate Championship, being some of the most appreciated participants of the competition. The club from Timișoara still has 8 medals in its track record, prizes won by children between 10 and 15 years old. The efforts of the athletes, the involvement of the Superbet Foundation and the guidance of sensei Mihai Stanciu led to a remarkable performance of the club; ambition and daily effort will guide young athletes to at least as good results in future competitions.

Three of our medalists took gold in their age category, finishing the tournament with flying colors after winning fiery finals:

1st place – Mihai Stanciu – senior kata;

1st place – Mihai Stanciu – kata teams;

1st place – Yasmina Sutto – kata children 10-11 years;

In addition to the three athletes with gold medals, the Karate Kentos Timișoara club also has a runner-up and 4 other bronze medalists in the Kata, Kumite and Shobu Ippon styles.

2nd place – Milena Matits – kumite children 10-11 years, minus 40kg;

3rd place – Mihai Stanciu – kata absolute open seniors;

3rd place – Marko Matits – kumite mini cadets 12-13 years, minus 45kg;

3rd place – Ana Maria Turcitu – kumite children 10-11 years, plus 40kg;

3rd place – Corina Stan – shobu ippon 14-15 years.

The 7 days of competition have been an honorable experience for our champions, and next year’s big competitions are the main reason why they are preparing thoroughly during this period.

We congratulate all the participants of the club and are proud to be with them along this road. With certainty, the future belongs to these young talents, and the Superbet Foundation will always support those who put their passion into building a sports career.

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June 1, 2021

Garry Kasparov gives a chess lesson for children, at the opening of the Superbet Chess Classic Romania 2021 chess tournament

The best chess player of all time,  the multiple world champion  Garry Kasparov, will give a chess lesson for children, on June 4, during the official opening ceremony of the Superbet Chess Classic Romania 2021 chess tournament, which will represent the first stage of of the Grand Chess Tour  2021 world competition .

The lesson will have two components. Garry Kasparov will make recommendations from his experience and give explanations especially for children, during an inspirational conference that he will give at the ceremony. Afterwards, 12 children with medals at the National Championships – girls and boys – will participate in a simultaneity offered by Garry Kasparov and the grandmasters participating in the Grand Chess Tour.

Garry Kasparov’s recommendations for the youngest chess players will be able to be watched by children and lovers of the mind sport, during the  live broadcast  of the Opening Ceremony, on the  SuperChess Youtube page and on the  Superchess Facebook page , as well as in the recordings that will stay online.

“We want to encourage children and young people in Romania to discover and love chess. We want chess to become one of the tools through which young generations learn to develop their mind, imagination and strategic thinking. That is why, in the opening of the first stage of the  Grand Chess Tour  2021 , Superbet Chess Classic Romania 2021,  we have a chess lesson for children in Romania. Garry Kasparov can inspire and attract children to this special sport, just as he can send a message to the younger generation to find the resources to reinvent themselves after the pandemic with an educated mind”, he declared Augusta Dragic, president of the Board of Directors of the Superbet Foundation.

The opening ceremony of the Superbet Chess Classic Romania 2021 chess tournament was conceived as a celebration of the educated mind and will include several moments, all of which will be broadcast live on the website  www.superchess.ro  and on the  Superchess Facebook page  . We present them below, with the mention that the full details of the event will be broadcast on June 3, 2021, after the completion of all organizational elements:

13.00 – 14.05  The first part of the official opening ceremony of the  Superbet Chess Classic Romania 2021 tournament:  the messages of the organizers and special guests; presentation of the players; the draw for the order of the contest, the first move with Garry Kasparov, which marks the symbolic opening of the tournament, questions from the press.

14.05 – 16.00 The second part of the official opening ceremony of the Superbet Chess Classic Romania 2021 tournament:

14.05 – 14.55 – Inspirational conference held by Garry Kasparov, with the theme  “Change your life. Make your move”,  in the form of an interview and a children’s chess lesson, followed by questions and answers with guests from the room, including children.

15.00 – 16.00 – Demonstration chess games simultaneously, with the participation of 12 child national chess champions, the 10 players registered in the tournament, Garry Kasparov and some guests from various socio-professional fields.

 

The opening event aims to convey, especially to young people, but also to chess lovers and the general public, a message of confidence and renewal of one’s own strength, after the difficult experience of the pandemic, summarized in the slogan of the edition: “Change your life. Make your move. With Kasparov” . 

The chess competition that will take place in Bucharest between June 5-14 is the first of five stages in the world circuit founded by Garry Kasparov,   Grand Chess  Tour 2021 . The organizers are the Romanian Chess Federation, the Superbet Foundation and the Grand Chess Tour (GCT). 10 internationally recognized chess players will participate, including Romania’s best chess player, who was confirmed by the GCT as a wildcard . The registered chess players are:  Fabiano Caruana ; Levon Aronian ; Anish Giri ; Alexander Grischuk; Wesley So ; Shakhriyar Mamedyarov ;  _ _ _ Teimour Radjabov; Maxime Vachier-Lagrave ; Richard Rapport, Constantin Lupulescu.

The competition will be classical chess, unlike the 2019 edition hosted by Romania, which was rapid and blitz chess. Chess players will play in a tournament system, that is, each against each other, and the winner will be decided based on the accumulated points. The prizes of the stage in Bucharest amount to 325,000 dollars. 

Public health information

 Both the opening ceremony and the chess tournament will be held in compliance with health protection rules. Access will be based on proof of vaccination, proof of the presence of sar-cov-2 antibodies, or a negative result of a rapid test, done at the entrance. The spaces will be set up respecting the physical distance between the participants. The mask will be mandatory.

 

Event Support:

Main sponsor: Superbet

Sponsor: One United

Media partners: PRIMA TV; NEWSWEEK, LOOKSPORT, NEWS.RO, PROFIT.RO, HOTNEWS.RO

Additional details: Oana Marinescu,  chess@omavision.ro ; Oana  Marinescu@omavision.ro ; 0741278737

Change your life. Make your move. With Kasparov

Garry Kasparov gives  a chess lesson for children, at the opening  of the Superbet Chess Classic Romania 2021 chess tournament

Accreditation of journalists for the event continues until June 3 

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May 28, 2021

Garry Kasparov comes to Bucharest to inaugurate the Superbet Chess Classic Romania 2021, part of the Grand Chess Tour™ 2021

Change your life. Make your move. With Kasparov

Garry Kasparov  comes  to Bucharest to inaugurate the Superbet Chess Classic Romania 2021 chess tournament, within the Grand Chess Tour™ 2021 

The tournament’s opening ceremony: a celebration of the educated mind and inspiration for young people to renew their resources, after the shock of the pandemic, through chess.

Accreditation of journalists for the event begins

The first stage of the Grand Chess Tour™ 2021 circuit – Superbet Chess Classic Romania 2021 – will take place in Bucharest, from June 5-14, 2021, and will be inaugurated on June 4, with an official ceremony dedicated to the educated mind and honored by the extraordinary participation of the greatest chess player of all time,  multiple world champion  Garry Kasparov.

The opening event aims to convey, especially to young people, but also to chess lovers and the general public, a message of confidence and renewal of one’s own strength, after the difficult experience of the pandemic, summarized in the slogan of the edition: “Change your life. Make your move. With Kasparov” . 

“Together with Garry Kasparov, we want to encourage the younger generation to discover chess as a sport of the mind and as a tool for education and self-education to face the most difficult moments that young people can face in their lives.  We want to inspire young people to look for successful role models who can help them make the right choices in life,” said Augusta Dragic, President of the Superbet Foundation, co-organizer of the opening ceremony and the tournament.

The opening ceremony will take place on June 4, starting at 1 p.m., at  Face Convention (Piața Presei Libere, 3-5, Bucharest) , and will consist of a press conference, followed by the first move, made by Garry Kasparov together with a special guest, player draw and a series of invitational events featuring the 10 chess players entered in the tournament and International Grandmaster Kasparov. The full agenda of the event will be communicated later.

The chess competition that will take place in Bucharest between June 5-14 is the first of five stages in the world circuit founded by Garry Kasparov,  Grand Chess Tour™ 2021 . The organizers are the Romanian Chess Federation, the Superbet Foundation and the Grand Chess Tour (GCT). 10 internationally recognized chess players will participate, including Romania’s best chess player, who was confirmed by (GCT) as a  wildcard . The registered chess players are:  Fabiano Caruana ; Levon Aronian ; Anish Giri ; Alexander Grischuk; Wesley So ; Shakhriyar Mamedyarov ; Teimour Radjabov; Maxime Vachier-Lagrave ; Richard Rapport, Constantin Lupulescu.

The competition will be classical chess, unlike the 2019 edition hosted by Romania, which was rapid and blitz chess. Chess players will play in a tournament system, that is, each against each other, and the winner will be decided based on the accumulated points. Prizes for the Bucharest stage amount to USD 325,000.

Hierarchy of players registered in the stage from Bucharest:

 

#

Name

Type of player

Country

FIDE Rating

URS Rating

1

Caruana, Fabiano

Basic player

USD

2820

2800

2

Aronian, Levon

Basic player

ARM

2781

2784

3

Giri, Anish

Basic player

NED

2780

2769

4

Grischuk, Alexander

Basic player

RUS

2776

2785

5

So, Wesley

Basic player

USD

2770

2792

6

Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar

Basic player

AZE

2770

2771

7

Radjabov, Teimour

Basic player

AZE

2765

2770

8

Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime

Basic player

FRA

2760

2799

9

Rapport, Richard

Basic player

HUN

2763

2748

10

Lupulescu, Constantin

Wild card

ROU

2656

2652

  

Public health information

The opening ceremony and the chess tournament will be held in compliance with health protection rules. Access will be based on proof of vaccination, proof of the presence of sar-cov-2 antibodies, or a negative result of a rapid test, done at the entrance. The spaces will be set up respecting the physical distance between the participants. The mask will be mandatory inside.

 

Event support

Main sponsor: Superbet

Sponsor: One United

Additional details:  Oana.Marinescu@omavision.ro ; chess@omavision.ro ; 0741278737

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November 15, 2019

SuperChess Cup

SUPERCHESS CUP is a chess tournament organized for the first time by the Superbet Foundation ,  under the patronage of the Romanian Chess Federation , bringing together the most brilliant minds of Romanian chess.

Organized for the first time in 2019, in parallel with the Grand Chess Tour stage, the SuperChess tournament brought together 10 of the best Romanian chess players. They had the opportunity to be close to a world-wide competition, but also to compete for special prizes.

SuperChess Cup brought to the fore Andrei Istrațescu, Bogdan Deac, Corina Peptan, Tiberiu Georgescu, David Gavrilescu, Luminița Cosma, Lucian Miron, Mircea Pârligras and Constantin Lupulescu, the latter being also the first: he finished the competition in first place.

SuperChess will also promote the Superbet Foundation’s partnership with the Romanian Chess Federation, for the financial support  of Romania’s national chess teams.

At the same time, SuperChess supports  the Chess School , a program of the Bucharest University Chess Club, intended for all willing children or parents interested in developing their children’s thinking in a strategic and calculated way.

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November 5, 2019

Romania checkmate at the biggest world circuit, the Grand Chess Tour

In November 2019, Romania hosted for the first time the GRAND CHESS TOUR, the largest chess circuit in the world. 10 of the greatest chess players on the planet came to Bucharest! We are honored and happy that the Superbet Foundation stood behind this world-class event.

Superbet Rapid & Blitz Chess Romania brought together 10 of the world’s best chess players, together with 10 of Romania’s best chess players, who competed at the SuperChess Cup 2019. The fifth edition of the Grand Chess Tour is the biggest so far. The 8 tournaments are played on four continents (Africa, Asia, Europe and America). During the competition, chess enthusiasts have the opportunity to watch exciting games in both classic and quick & blitz formats.

Between November 6 and 10, at Stejarii Country Club, world titans Anton Korobov, Fabiano Caruana, Giri Anish, Le Quang, Levon Aronian, Sergey Karjakin, Shahryar Mamedyarov, Viswanathan Anand, Vladislav Artemiev and Wesley So battled for the title of the best, which went to Aronian in the end.

2019 also represented a premiere: it was the first year of the SuperChess Cup competition, which brought Andrei Istrațescu, Bogdan Deac, Corina Peptan, Tiberiu Georgescu, David Gavrilescu, Luminița Cosma, Lucian Miron, Mircea Pârligras and Constantin Lupulescu to the forefront, this the latter being the former: he finished the competition in first place.

The former great glory of tennis, Boris Becker, made the first move on the chessboard, followed by Romanian sports legends Virgil Stănescu, Elisabeta Lipa, Marius Urzică and Mihai Covaliu.

The Superbet Foundation is the partner of the Romanian Chess Federation, for the financial support of the national chess teams of Romania and also supports the Chess School, a program of the Bucharest University Chess Club.

The Superbet Foundation aims to support and promote Romanian chess, the development of this sport which actually means the development of the society in which we live. We encourage and support children to practice this noble sport and invest in the brilliant minds of Romania.

We also invite other companies to join us and from a bit of a pawn to become champions together and support Romanian sport.

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