Moldova's champion lives in Rabnita

A first-grader from Rabnita town, Olga Boiarkina, has become Moldova's chess champion in the under-8 category and has been invited to join the world chess championship, scheduled for October, 2008, in Vietnam's capital, Info-Prim Neo's correspondent in the Transnistrian area reports. In addition to her title of Moldova's champion, she has also recorded the best result in a recent tournament in Kiev. Olga plays chess since 5. Rabnita now hosts the 41st international educational-curing session of the chess school founded by world champion Anatoly Karpov and the first session titled “Transnistria's children”, which is joined by children from 13 cities and towns from Russia, the Transnistrian area and the Gagauz autonomy. Anatoly Karpov personally sent greetings to all participants. He visited Transnistria after the military conflict of 1992, in a tournament dedicated to the journalist Anatoly Lyutikov's memory. 30 children aged from 7 to 14 take part in the 10-day summer school.