12h-16h
Palace Charles de Lorraine
What is Included?
Rotonde of the Palace
12h-13h
"Playing the Legends"
The thinking process, psychology, and stories behind games against Kasparov, Kramnik and Anand.
Appartements of the Palace
13h-13h30
Food and drinks will be served at the appartements for all participants at the masterclasses.
Appartements of the Palace
13h30-15h
Simultaneous exhibition against Daniel Dardha or Ivan Sokolov.
Only 10 spots available for each simul
Rotonde of the pAlace
15h00-16h00
"From Curiosity to Checkmate"
Ask, explore, create and keep looking.
Bosnian-Dutch Grandmaster
Widely recognized as one of the world's premier elite chess trainers and authors
Famously defeated legendary world champions including Garry Kasparov, Vladimir Kramnik and Viswanathan Anand.
Best Belgian chess player
Earned his Grandmaster title at the age of 15.
Reached his peak Elo rating of 2665 in March 2025, pushing him into the Top 100 global rankings.
Judit Polgar is the strongest female chess player in history and the only woman to have consistently competed on equal terms with the world’s best men, reaching a world ranking of No. 8. In 1989, at just twelve years old, she became the No.1–ranked woman in the world; a position she held for the next 26 years.