Anatoly Karpov to open chess school in Prague Tuesday.

PRAGUE, June 14 (Itar-Tass) - Renowned Russian chess player Anatoly
Karpov is to open a chidlren's chess school bearing his name in the Czech
capital on Tuesday. The unique educational establishment is being brought
into being on the basis of the Aurora chess club.
Karpov arrived here together with his wife and a daugther on Sunday.
He took part in the opening ceremony of a Czech Chess Trophy 2011
tournament.
Speaking of the new chess school, the famous chess grandmaster pointed
out, "We shall give methodological assistance to the school and monitor
the training of sportsmen". He is also planning "in prospect to organize a
tournament involving children representing various children's schools".
At the Czech Chess Trophy 2011 opening ceremony, Karpov was greeted by
Czech President Vaclac Klaus who is a great chess enthusiast. Klaus was
present at the ceremony not only as Head of State but also as a chess
admirer to root for the playing of his son Jan who was taking part among
20 Czech chess players in a simultaneous performance session with the
curent world chess champion, Indian grandmaster Viswanathan Anand.
Karpov had already visited the Czech Republic in January 2011 and
participated in a chess tournament for young people in Lidice (a small
township 20 km from the capital) where only two games out of 26 were
drawn. The mayor presented a silver badge of honorary citizen to the
Russian sportsman. They discussed for the first time the idea of opening a
chess school under the grandmaster's patronage. That tournament was
dedicated to the memory of the Lidice children who had died in the village
that had been burnt down to ashes by the Nazis on June 10, 1942.