On 9 November 2024, Novotel Moscow City hosted the fourth Legal Chess tournament, a charity event bringing together members of the legal community, their families and friends.

About 100 chess players aged from 5 to 75 took part in the tournament. The Orion team was represented by six players: Kamilla Goncharova, Knowledge Management Director, Associates Ivan Ilyin, Artem Asoyan, Alexander Morgunov and Boris Belkin, as well as Eldar Gadzhiev, who competed in the 10/5 rapid chess in category A1 (experienced players who have a rating) and category A2 (novices with no rating).

Kamilla Goncharova won first place in the A1 women's category. Ivan Ilyin, Alexander Morgunov and Eldar Gadzhiev made it into the top ten in their respective categories.

Valentina Gunina, a repeat world and European champion, Russian chess player, grandmaster and Merited Master of Sports, was a guest of honour at the charitable tournament.

The event raised a total of 1 million roubles, which will be used to treat seven beneficiaries of the Give Life Foundation.

Learn more: about the tournament – Legal Chess-2024