The East in the West

President of Chess Federation of Russia, Andrey Vasilievich Filatov, expressed full satisfaction at the unanimous vote by the Supervisory Board on his proposal to transfer the Chess Federation of Russia’s membership from the European Chess Union to the Asian Chess Federation. “We noted that not one single important competition has ever been held in Russia in 30 years. Now chess life has just come back to Asia, and our future is there. We technically agreed on the membership switch issue. The Asian Chess Federation’s Assembly will vote in favour of our joining in the very near future”, Filatov told Матч ТВ (Match TV). “It would be great if all companies operating in the sports sector, especially small and medium-sized businesses, were exempt from taxes”.