Opera and chess – Lajos Portisch celebrated the Olympiad with an aria evening
Lajos Portisch, the legendary Hungarian chess player who was awarded the title of the Sportsman of the Nation, held an aria evening on the free day of the 45th FIDE Chess Olympiad, on September 17, at the Petőfi Museum of Literature. The grandmaster’s aria repertoire was accompanied by a unique painting, as Antti Favén’s world-famous work The Chess Players was also on display. | Photo: Mihály Nagy