40 players of different ages took part in the first blitz chess tournament at the French Institute in Ashgabat, organised by the Chess Federation of Turkmenistan together with the university administration.

The blitz tournament was held in 7 rounds according to the Swiss system, where each player was given 5 minutes per game with an increment of 3 seconds per move. Participation in the competition was free, which allowed many people, including schoolchildren, students and chess enthusiasts from all over the city, to demonstrate their skills at the chessboard in a tournament atmosphere.

The winner of the tournament was Serdar Altyyev, an employee of the Italian company Rina, which provides certification services in Turkmenistan, who scored 6.5 points out of 7 possible. He is a chess fan, mainly playing this exciting game through popular online applications. It is noteworthy that for Serdar this tournament was the very first in his life. Second place went to Kirill Melihov, a 14-year-old 9^th-grade student of Ashgabat Secondary School №7. The top three was completed by Maysa Yazyyeva, a lawyer by profession, with a score of 5.5 points.

Meryem Yazmyradova and Artem Kolosov also won prizes, having shown the best results among girls and boys under 12, respectively.

The tournament was especially interesting due to the participation of Livanur Berdiyeva, known as the «calculator girl». This modest young girl is a master of mental arithmetic, who became the first participant from Turkmenistan in the TV show «Amazing People» on the «Russia 1» channel in 2024.

It remains to add that the tournament was held with the support of the Chess Academy «Küşt Älemi», the bookstore «Readit», the «Belle» application and other partners of the CFT.