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Josef Resch
President and founder of "Universal Event Promotion".

Wellcome to the 4-star "Star" Hotel!.
phone.: central office 380(44)244 12 01, reservation dept. 380(3131) 320 08/310 31.

Surrounded by trees age cozy park near the river Latoritsa, hotel "Intourist" - a real haven of comfort, combining the comfort of an elegant European style and level of service.

"Vyshnevyi Sad" - this is elegant, distinguished and at the same time modern restaurant in the center of the Mukachevo city.
Our Address: 52, Pushkin st., Mukachevo. tel: (03131) 4-40-40, 3-40-40.

Cafe "Gavan" - this spacious and elegant cafe on the river bank "Latorica" unusual interiors with marine themes that satisfy the eye.
Our Address: Mukachevo. tel: (03131) .

The chess match between Grandmasters Zahar EFIMENKO (Ukraine) and Arkadij NAIDITSCH (Germany) was organised by Universal Event Promotion and the Mukachevo Chess Club 32x64 in Mukachevo, Ukraine on 12-18 August 2010.

The best player of Germany, Naiditsch, achieved a victory against the Ukrainian national team player, Efimenko, by a narrow margin: 3,5 points to 2,5 points. Naiditsch won the second game of the match, while five other games were drawn.

The festival Transcarpathian Cup, which ended on 18 August, included many other events.

The winners of the open tournaments were:
A1 (classical open) - International Master Daniil Shkuran
A2 (classical open) - Yury Korobov
B (rapid) - FIDE Master Igor Kobyliansky
C (blitz) - Grandmaster Spartak Vysochin
D1 (children's open) - Oleg Goncharov
D2 (children's open) - Demian Salievych
E (children's rapid) - Andrey Vachylya
F (children's blitz) - Bogdan Klyotska

On 15 August the 2002-2004 FIDE World Champion, Grandmaster Ruslan Ponomariov gave a simultaneous exhibition, and won all 27 games.

The chief organisers of the Trancarpathian Cup were Josef Resch, Alexander Goncharov and Alexander Fediv.

The International Arbiter from Kyiv, Leonid Bodankin, acted as the Chief Arbiter of the Efimenko-Naiditsch match.