Albanian father and Croatian mother, young man representing Germany at this sports event

His name is Tom Dordevich, eight years old, and one of the participants in the World Children's Chess Championship that was organised in the coastal town of Durres.

Tom is a prominent character of this event for its mixed origin.

With the father of Vlora and a Croatian mother, he is the Balkans who represented Germany at this sporting event. Tom is the son of two immigrants who met in love and created their own lives in Germany. Tom doesn't speak Albanian doesn't hide that he likes Albania, the place his grandmother lives, writes “TCH”

I have my grandmother in Albania. Albania is a beautiful country and I like it because it has the sun all the time and a few days of rain. This is one of Albania's good things. I started playing chess when I was 6, and on this tournament I collected 4 points”, says Tom Dordeviq, chessist, escorts albinfo.ch.

Children and parents from various parts of the world were in Durres at this sporting event, giving their impressions. We're glad we're here. It is a beautiful place of sunshine, hospitality, and good food, we enjoy it. Organization is very good”, says one parent.

We are from Bulgaria, and this is the first time we've ever come so far in Albania and here we are in this tournament. We have not seen much from Albania, but the coastline is beautiful and well organized. The kids are having fun and that's what matters the most”, says another.

The World Children's Chess Championship is the most important international sporting event held in our country. Albanian Cheah Federation Secretary General Majlinda Pilinci stated that the objective was promoting this sport to young people

387 chess players from 40 countries in the world competed in 12 different categories of age for boys and girls. They gave them gold, silver, and bronze medals.