2009 Hong Kong Telecom Phone Cards San Sebastian Chess Festival (Donostia)

 

Hikaru Nakamura

Tania Sachdev

Ruslan Ponomariov

Typical Card Back


2009
2009 Hong Kong Telecom Phone cards
Hong Kong
26 Cards

These phone cards featuring Hikaru Nakamura, Ruslan Ponomariov, Tania Sachdev and other unidentified chess players commemorates the 2009 Women's Diputacion Foral de Gipuzkoa and the San Sebastian Chess Festival (Donostia). The images form four card composites to create one larger image as shown above. There is some uncertainty as to the date of the cards. This tournament took place in 2009 while the cards show an expiry date of 2007. If a reader has any further information on these phone cards please comment.

 

NNO. Hikaru Nakamura
NNO. Ruslan Ponomariov
NNO. Tania Sachdev

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