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PASHA Bank – General Sponsor of Poti International Chess Tournament for the Third Year

13.07.2016

Already for three years in a row PASHA Bank has been sponsoring the Poti International Chess Tournament. The Festival took a start on July 13th. It has been annually organized since 2006 by Poti Local Municipality. Till 2016 the tournament used to be held under the auspices of Ms. Nana Aleksandria, a world chess legend, two times world vice-champion, 12 times winner of world chess Olympics. It consists of tournaments in 10 different categories between juniors as well as adult professional chess players.

The festival is the biggest in Caucasus by volume and the most important one considering the caliber participants - many top rated male and female chess players. The festival is listed in the annual calendar of world chess federation FIDE. The chess games are transmitted live via internet enabling chess aficionados world-wide to watch them in real time.

“One of the main characteristics of our business approach is the fact that we are oriented on long-term partnerships. PASHA Bank has been operating in Georgia since 2013 and it is the third year in a row that we are the General Sponsor of the chess festival. This sport has always been popular in Georgia and there are world-class Georgian chess players who have achieved international recognition and ultimate success. We hope that this tradition will continue and festivals like this will encourage and motivate young people to develop their skills in chess and beyond,” commented the head of PR and Marketing Department at PASHA Bank, Anano Korkia.