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Business masterclass · Novi Sad

Business Masterclass: Checkmate. Business like a chess board, how to make the right move

Checkmate business masterclass poster with grandmaster Vladimir Potkin, Novi Sad, 17 October 2026

Russian grandmaster Vladimir Potkin, European individual champion and coach of the Russian men's national team, comes to Novi Sad. First he plays a simultaneous game against company owners and top managers, then he holds a masterclass on applying chess strategy to business decisions.

Saturday 17 October 2026 · 17:00 to 21:00Novi Sad Fair (Novosadski sajam), Master centar, Hajduk Veljkova 11, Novi SadLanguage: English

Who this is for

Leaders, company owners and managers who make key decisions under pressure, with incomplete information and, just like in chess, without the right to take a move back. Chess lovers are welcome too.

Program

  • 17:00Arrival and registration
  • 17:30Simultaneous game: Vladimir Potkin vs. company owners and managers
  • 18:00Business Masterclass: Checkmate. Business like a chess board, how to make the right move
  • 18:45Audience questions and discussion
  • 19:00VIP networking with cocktails (VIP ticket holders)

Tickets

Standard

6,490 RSD

VIP

12,990 RSD

Includes the VIP cocktail and networking with the speaker.

Buy 7 tickets, get the 8th free.

Seats are strictly limited.

Vladimir Potkin

About Vladimir Potkin

Russian chess grandmaster, European individual champion and coach of the Russian men's national team. He is a licensed lecturer and author of masterclass workshops for the corporate sector, universities and business communities in Russia, Italy and China, and has run them for teams at Gazprombank, Sberbank, VTB, Yandex and Wildberries, and for students at MGU Lomonosov and MGIMO.

Organizers

Compound, Empowera Consulting, Mindset Masters, Novi Sad Fair, Eter Technologies doo