Chess Charity Cup

PUMA Athlete Christian Pulisic faces World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen for charity

March 23, 2022

PUMA Athlete and Premier League star Christian Pulisic will score in a very different game today – chess. The American will face-off against a 10-year-old app version of the reigning World Champion, PUMA Ambassador Magnus Carlsen in a very special Play Magnus Charity Chess Challenge for the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour. For each move Christian will make against 10-year-old Magnus, PUMA will donate 500 US-Dollar to UNICEF. The event is being held as part of the Charity Cup which has been devoted to supporting UNICEF humanitarian work in Ukraine.

“Chess is a recent passion that I rekindled during all the time indoors in lockdown and today I am happy to join the Play Magnus Charity Chess Challenge for a good cause.” – Christian Pulisic

So far more than $60,000 has been raised for UNICEF from donations made by fans, players and the proceeds from charity auctions.

If you like to donate to UNICEF, you can do so here: https://www.chess24.com/donate

Can Pulisic make it 1-0 against Carlsen? Find out! Kick-off is today (March 23) at 17:45 CET / 16:45 GMT: chess24.com/tour.

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