Nowhere Somewhere

Russian Grandmaster Alexander Igorevich Grischuk commented on the news that the Supervisory Board of Chess Federation of Russia will submit to a vote the switch of the Chess Federation of Russia from the European Chess Union to the Asian Chess Federation. “That is a quite inevitable outcome, everything points in that direction. It is clear that chess in Europe is on a slightly higher level than in Asia, but nowadays, China, India and Uzbekistan are in the élite group. Twenty years ago there was much difference of class, now it is not that much. On the other hand we need to be somewhere where we are allowed to play and compete”, Grischuk said, as quoted by Metaratings. “Surely some will think about changing sporting nationality. Well, that is a personal matter for each individual — as for me, I’m not going to change sporting nationality”.