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Chess, like love and music, has the power to make men happy.
Andrea Bocelli echoed the thoughts of Preaceptor Germaniae, Siegbert Tarrasch, one of the greatest chess masters of the 19th century.
The Italian tenor, passionate about the enchanted world of 64 squares, has launched an original auction on the Catawaki site which will allow lucky buyers to own objects by the tenor or also to experience rare moments of sharing with him, such as part of a chess, his second passion after opera.
The tenor, who believes in the educational virtues of the game of kings, confessed: “
Chess has been my faithful leisure companion since I was a little boy.
Playing helped me to forge the firm conviction that nothing happens by chance in this world.
And that luck, in life as in chess, plays no role.
All profits from the sale will be donated to the Bocelli Foundation, which wants to promote ABF Voices Of, a company that aims to give young people the means to change their destiny by allowing them to join choirs.
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A living chess game in Marostica in 1960. Leemage
This charity sale will be held until September 18.
On that day, Andrea Bocelli will sing in public in the Italian town of Marostica, which every two years organizes a great chess festival whose highlight is a giant living game.
This tradition dates back to the Renaissance and the replayed part, with horses and riders in period costume, always spectacular, is the metaphor of the confrontation between the knights Rinaldo d'Angarano and Vieri da Vallonara to conquer the heart of the pretty Lionara, the daughter of the Sieur de Marostica.
Andrea Bocelli, like Ray Charles or Al Pacino, loves the art of chess.
Recently, in 2021, he crossed swords with Anatoli Karpov, the 12th world chess champion in history.
To challenge him and meet him in Marostica in Veneto, you only need one thing to do, run and register on the Catawiki site to participate in the auction for the benefit of ABF Voices Of.
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