Platform MeetForCharity holds auctions for a meeting with Russian Grandmasters Ian Nepomniachtchi and Sergey Karjakin. Both auctions end on Monday, July 27.

The meeting with each grandmaster lasts 1 hour. The date of the meeting is set personally with the auction winner. Two bids are placed for the meeting with Nepo, with the highest at $730. One bid is placed for the meeting with Karjakin, at $360. The next bids are $1,100 and $730 for Ian and Sergey respectively.

MeetForCharity is a Russian online charity platform in an auction format. On the platform users can bid for a meeting with a renowned persona. Ian Nepomniachtchi is Russia’s No. 1, two-time World Championship challenger, and World Blitz co-champion 2024. Sergey Karjakin is Russia’s No. 3 inactive player, World Championship challenger 2016, and World Chess Cup winner 2015.

Credit: Michal Walusza / FIDE