Grischuk Wins 'Play For Russia' Charity Event Which Raises Over $333,000

Grischuk Wins ‘Play For Russia’ Charity Event Which Raises Over $333,000

[Hwan Cho] (As the Coronavirus pandemic has negatively impacted many across the globe, chess masters like Grischuk and Tomashevsky are finding a way to help others in the midst of this pandemic)

Alexander Grischuk. Photo: Maria Emelianova/Chess.com. GM Alexander Grischuk won the “Play For Russia” tournament on Thursday after beating GM Evgeny Tomashevsky in the final. Held May 12-14, the online blitz tournament raised an impressive amount of over $333,000 for hospitals and health workers fighting the coronavirus epidemic in Russia. […]

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