denis lazovik and maxim tsoruk adequately represented belarus at the world rapid iblitz championship in samarkand. bnto student and student of the republican center for olympic chess reserve maxim tsaruk won two stages of the russian cup in 2023. why the guy chose this particular sport, what the title of master fide means and how much one earns in chess, in the story of stanislav lipsky. chess is, first of all , a pleasure for me, soulfully, if you like , that’s how one of the leaders of the belarusian men’s chess team began the conversation with us, eighteen-year-old maxim tsaruk. a bntu student spends the first half of the day studying at the university, but devotes the second half to his favorite game, which he met at the age of 5. met me. grandfather came there with chess for his birthday, gathered together, well , i had to keep my non-human child busy there, my grandfather had some kind of collectible chess, well, in the soviet union back then it was probably often also given to him at one time, literally right away dad is there, and the family took up development, well, includin