05.11.2015

The head of FIDE met with Armenian President

November 4th FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov made a working visit to Yerevan, where he met with the president of Armenia, head of the country's Chess Federation Serzh Sargsyan.
They discussed issues related to, inter alia, with  conduct of the the candidate's tournament. The head of FIDE said that, as planned, the event will be held in March 2016 in Moscow. It will be organized by FIDE and the company "Agon" - with the support of the Russian Chess Federation.

In addition, among the partners of the tournament will be a group of companies "Tashir" (Russia). Nominee of the organizers will be known Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian.


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