The opening ceremony of the first Russian chess Museum took place on the 25th of September in Moscow. The ceremony was attended by the President of the World Chess Federation (FIDE) Mr. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, Press-Secretary of the President of...
Interview with RCF President Filatov by Itar-Tass
Translation of the interview that President of the Russian Chess Federation and Vice-President of FIDE Andrey Filatov gave to Itar-Tass, the Russian newswire. It’s his first big interview in this capacity and he speaks about the Chess Olympics, the...
RCF President Andrei Filatov elected as FIDE VP
Russian Chess Federation’s head elected for post of FIDE vice presidentSports August 13, 18:39 UTC+4 He said that his main goal, if elected for the post of FIDE vice president, would be to promote the global role of chess...
“WHITE CASTLE” WILL BECOME INTERNATIONAL
“WHITE CASTLE” WILL BECOME INTERNATIONAL Tromso, Norway. The President of the Russian Chess Federation, Andrey Filatov, and his counterpart from the Moldovan Chess Federation, Igor Dodon, signed an agreement today on cooperation in promoting chess in schools. Similar agreements...
Andrey Filatov about Garry Kasparov and ECC 2014
Russian newswire ITAR-TASS reports that Andrey Filatov, President of the Russian Chess Federation, has made a statement noting that FIDE presidential candidate Garry Kasparov’s comment that the Russian women’s national team should have been banned from the World Chess...
Andrey Filatov on decision to run for Vice President of FIDE
Andrey Filatov (photo by Russian Chess Federation) The FIDE leadership elections will take place this August in Tromso, Norway during the World Chess Olympiad. The FIDE President will be elected on 11 August, while the Vice Presidents will be...
Statement from RCF President Filatov regarding the exclusion of Russian Women’s Team
I appreciate the position of FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov on the issue of banning national teams from taking part in the Olympiad in Norway. I consider it to be a fair, honest and sportsmanlike decision. Nevertheless, the Russian Chess...
CNN Interview of the RCF President Andrei Filatov
CNN news anchor and London correspondent Nina dos Santos featured the Russian Chess Federation President Andrei Filatov in CNN’s “The Business View”. Below excerpts from web edition: Filatov hopes to one day found his own museum in London and...
Russia’s President Putin at Belaya Ladya tournament with Karpov, Ilyumzhinov, Filatov
President of Russia Vladimir Putin at Belaya Ladya tournamentTuesday, 03 June 2014 06:27 Sochi, June 2nd 2014. President of Russia Vladimir Putin positively views the revival of grass roots chess education tradition in Russian schools. President Putin spoke today...
Filatov nominated for FIDE VP Post
PRESS RELEASE ANDREI FILATOV NOMINATED FOR POST OF VICE-PRESIDENT OF WORLD CHESS FEDERATION (FIDE) The Russian Chess Federation (RCF) is nominating Andrei Filatov, President of the RCF, to the post of Vice-President of FIDE (the World Chess Federation). The next...