Here is the photo report of WCCC Kobe - Day 2. Today was the Open solving contest, the friendship Chess and Shogi match between the famouse French and Japanese players Maxim Vachier-Lagrave (current French Champion, 2009 World Junior Chess Champion) and Yoshiharu Habu (top Shogi player and highest rated Japanese Chess player) and lectures by Paz Einat, Peter Gvozdjak and Diyan Kostadinov.

 Open Solving

Preliminary result: 1st place - Ofer Comay (Israel), 2nd - Martynas Limontas (Lithuania)

Chess and Shogi match

Result 1:1 - Yoshiharu Habu won the Shogi game, Maxim Vachier-Lagrave won the Chess game

Lecture "The Domino effect in twomovers" by Paz Einat

Lecture "Cyclone themes in twomovers" by Peter Gvozdjak

Lecture "KoBul Kings" by Diyan Kostadinov