OREANDA-NEWS. November 14, 2008. In the sanatorium "Alatau" was held soccer world blitz-chess in Almaty, reported the press-centre of Kazakhtelecom.

A leading operator of Kazakhstan JSC "Kazakhtelecom" provides the technical support to the tournament to such kind of big event. So that is why, observing the chess battles will be able to millions of fans of the game, not only in Kazakhstan but also worldwide.

The total prize fund of the tournament - 350 thousand Swiss francs.

As Chief Judge of IV World Championship on blitz-chess the Almaty city will visit the famous chess figure Andzhej Filipowicz (Poland). As an arbitrator pan Andrzej tried many international tournaments with the participation of the first magnitude stars - Kasparov, Kramnik, Anand, Kamsky, Gelfand, Ivanchuk, and many others.

Honorary guests of the tournament will be FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, multiple world champion Anatoliy Karpov and other well-known chess players.

Also during the tournament, Karpov will held a playing session with Kazakhstani chess players.

A wide range of communication services, JSC "Kazakhtelecom" - traditional telephony services data transmission networks and Internet access, services, intellectual and satellite networks - allows the technical support of such activities at the international level.