“Madrid is already breathing chess” #TweetOftheDay

Everything is ready for the start of the most anticipated tournament of 2022 – the FIDE Candidates Chess. The Opening Press Conference announced the start of the competition which will be officially opened tonight at 19:00 CET. “Madrid is already breathing chess” explained the Chief Marketing and Communications Officer of FIDE David Llada seeing chess legends walking down Madrid’s streets. Llada spotted legendary Serbian grandmaster Ljubomir Ljubojevic nearby hotel, who traveled to Madrid together with Richard Rapport. (video below)

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Madrid is already breathing chess. You open your hotel window, and you see a chess legend walking down the street! Ljubojevic!! pic.twitter.com/o7yALXJNXe

— David Llada ♞ (@davidllada) June 16, 2022

I shouted his name from the balcony and gave the poor man a little scare. My old friend freaked out until he saw me 😅 https://t.co/lnfnDpigTW

— David Llada ♞ (@davidllada) June 16, 2022