World rapid and blitz chess champion Sergei Karyakin told that he played chess with hockey players of the St. Petersburg SKA and noted that the attacker Sergei Tolshinsky managed to get a draw.
Karyakin organized a simultaneous gaming session with SKA hockey players and coaches, as well as young students of the Red Machine Junior hockey school. The game, which took place as part of the presentation of the “Chess and Hockey” project, was attended by team players Alexander Nikishin, Stepan Starkov, Sergei Tolchinsky and Vasily Glotov.
— How did you like the event?
– It was a good game. I have known some hockey players for a long time. One of them has a birthday today. I’m talking about Sergei Tolchinsky. In general, I hope that chess will take its rightful place in the lives of hockey players.
— Who played chess best among hockey players?
— It was Tolchinsky who obtained the draw. But it wasn’t a birthday present, everything is fair. I have known Sergei for a long time. In 2021 he came to the Chess World Cup in Sochi and took the first step there for me. Since then we have been friends,” Karyakin told .
Tolchinsky celebrates his 29th birthday on February 3. This season, he scored 44 points (13 goals + 31 assists) in 58 KHL regular season games.
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