Friday, April 21, 2017

Blazing Saddles


European Chess Union (ECU) President Zurab Azmaiparashvili: “I’m sorry, Kirsan Nikolayevich, but until U.S. sanctions are enforced, you cannot run for President of FIDE”. For further details, see http://chess-news.ru/node/23050.

ECU President Zurab Azmaiparashvili (pictured above, right) spoke yesterday from Riga, Latvia, where he is attending the 18th European Individual Women’s Chess Championship. Photo: Chess-News.ru.

Meanwhile, yesterday in Şəmkir, Azerbaijan FIDE President Kirsan Nikolayevich Ilyumzhinov (pictured above) was attending the opening ceremony of the 4th Gashimov Memorial. Photo: Şəmkir Chess Tournament in the memory of Vugar Gashimov (Facebook).

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