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♟ Chess Connects Continents: SPbPU's Masterclass Inspires Young Indian Players Game-Changing Moments • 100+ Indian students learned from SPbPU's chess pros • Virtual simultaneous games broke geographical barriers • Proved once again that chess is the ultimate diplomacy tool Our university literally wrote the playbook on champion chess: ✅ Home of Botvinnik Chess Club (named after our legendary alum - 6th World Champion!) ✅ Runs the world's biggest online student tournament (1,000+ players globally) ✅ Current Russian university champions FIDE Master Pavel Martynov: • Dropped knowledge bombs about strategic thinking • Played 20+ students at once (and still had time to smile!) • Kept Botvinnik's legacy The Rossotrudnichestvo in India expressed gratitude to SPbPU and Pavel Martynov for organizing and conducting a highly professional and informative event that promotes the popularization of the Russian language, Russian education and culture.