FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov told the Bulgarian edition Topsport.bg that he owes his success in business and politics to the famous prophetess Vanga.
"Granny Vanga has played a very important role in my career making the invaluable contribution to my professional achievements. She was unique, great woman who had the great influence on me. It was she that had predicted that I would become the President of Kalmykia and after that- the President of the World Chess Federation", - said Ilyumzhinov.
"Do you ask whether you could see me soon in Vanga’s house-museum in the town of Petrich? Why not? I hope to visit it again to feel the presence and magic of Vanga", - shared his dreams the head of FIDE.
Previously Ilyumzhinov admitted that he once showed the map of Kalmykia to the famous clairvoyant and she pointed at some place in the country, saying that oil would be found there. Nobody believed her at first but later the prophecy of Vanga had really come true, according to Bulgarian source.