125th Vitebsk Open Chess Tempo - a tournament dedicated to the feat of Hero of the Soviet Union Yuri Vasilyevich Smirnov
The tournament, involving 125 chess players, is dedicated to the upcoming anniversary of the feat (June 25, 1944) of Junior Sergeant Yuri Vasilyevich Smirnov and is held in accordance with the calendar plan for chess competitions for 2025, approved by the Main Department of Ideological Work and Youth Affairs of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, the Department of Sports and Tourism, the Presidium of the Vitebsk Regional Council of Veterans of the Belarusian Public Association of Veterans, and the Vitebsk Trade Union of Employees of State and Other Institutions. It is held as part of the events celebrating the 80th anniversary of the Great Victory, and the plan for cooperation in international cooperation between public veteran organizations of the Vitebsk region (Republic of Belarus), Moscow, St. Petersburg, Sevastopol, Feodosia, Bryansk, Kostroma, Leningrad, Pskov, and Smolensk regions (Russian Federation).
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