On July 3rd during his working visit to the Ukraine the FIDE President met with Mayor of Kiev Vitali Klitschko. The Mayor and Kirsan Ilyumzhinov had a constructive dialogue about the cooperation on the popularization of chess in the...
Kramnik and FIDE President met with IOC President Thomas Bach in Lausanne
Today in Lausanne, the FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov met with IOC President Thomas Bach at Château de Vidy. The issues of bilateral cooperation have been discussed, as well as the introduction of chess into the programme of Winter Olympic...
FIDE President expresses condolences over disaster in Tbilisi
On behalf of the global chess community, let me express deepest condolences to the people of Georgia in connection with the tragedy occurred in Tbilisi. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov FIDE President
FIDE project 1 billion chess players
A Chess Day was celebrated on May 25th by the Olympic Committee of Russia (Luzhnetskaya Naberezhnaya, 8) with the participation of Mr. Alexander Zhukov, the President of Russian NOC, Mr. Arkady Dvorkovich, Russian Deputy Prime Minister, Mr. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov,...
Chess in the Winter Olympics?
FIDE President Considers Pushing Chess Into Winter Olympics Reported by: Indo-Asian News Service Wednesday, 29 April, 2015 16:41 IST As far as he was concerned, Ilyumzhinov said it is prime time for chess competition in the afternoon when a...
FIDE President is elected to SportAccord Council
On April 23 at the Associate Members meeting, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, President of FIDE and IMSA, has been elected as their member of the SportAccord Council. President Ilyumzhinov in his speech spoke about the main directions of his activities. He...
FIDE President Ilyumzhinov to build a temple in Buddha’s birthplace
Ilyumzhinov to build a temple in Buddha’s birthplace 07 April 2015, 15:27 Moscow, April 7, Interfax – President of the World Chess Federation Kirsan Ilyumzhinov is going to build a Buddhist temple in Nepal village Lumbini, where Buddha Shakyamuni...
FIDE President Ilyumzhinov to build a temple in Buddha’s birthplace
Ilyumzhinov to build a temple in Buddha’s birthplace07 April 2015, 15:27 Moscow, April 7, Interfax – President of the World Chess Federation Kirsan Ilyumzhinov is going to build a Buddhist temple in Nepal village Lumbini, where Buddha Shakyamuni was...
FIDE President visits Hungary
WORLD CHESS FEDERATION’S PRESIDENT VISITS HUNGARY2015-01-29 | chessFIDE Hungary is a suitable country for hosting a chess world cup or even the Chess Olympiad, President of the World Chess Federation (FIDE) Kirsan Ilyumzhinov said in Budapest. During his visit,...