I intend to work the full period of my term and do not see any reason to have an extraordinary board meeting as I think that we need to do real work instead of wasting money of FIDE for an unnecessary meeting. We have many tasks to be done now and in the future for the sake of chess.

I am convinced that we have done much and have come along a big and thorny path. But we also have more tasks to be done, and our joint road, despite the large number of difficulties and trials, will lead us to success and brilliant solutions to all the challenges that life has put before us. The main thing is to believe and not to lose optimism.

The main thing to remember - We are one family, together we will win.

Gens una sumus! We are one family!

Sincerely yours,

FIDE President

Kirsan Ilyumzhinov