President of Russia
  • Events
  • Structure
  • Videos and Photos
  • Documents
  • Contacts
  • Search
  • Search this website
President of Russia
Mobile version

President's
website
sections

  • Events
  • Structure
  • Videos and Photos
  • Documents
  • Contacts
  • Search
  • Search
  • For the Media
  • Subscribe
  • Directory
  • Version for People with Disabilities
  • Русский

President's
website
resources

  • President of RussiaCurrent resource
  • The Constitution of Russia
  • State Insignia
  • Address an appeal to the President
  • Vladimir Putin’s Personal Website

Official Internet Resources
of the President of Russia

  • Telegram Channel
  • Rutube Channel
  • YouTube Channel

Legal
and technical
information

  • About website
  • Using website content
  • Personal data of website users
  • Contact website team

All content on this site is licensed under

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Presidential Executive Office2025
Events

Conversation with World Chess Federation President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov

Vladimir Putin had a brief talk with President of the World Chess Federation (FIDE) Kirsan Ilyumzhinov while viewing project displays at the Sirius Educational Centre, where chess is one of the subjects taught.

July 21, 2017
19:20
Sochi
With President of the World Chess Federation Kirsan Ilyumzhinov.
With President of the World Chess Federation Kirsan Ilyumzhinov.

President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Good afternoon.

President of the World Chess Federation Kirsan Ilyumzhinov: Mr President, good afternoon,

First of all, I would like to thaank you on behalf of the World Chess Federation for last year’s inclusion of chess into the programme for gifted children. Chess, as Mikhail Botvinnik [1911–1995, multiple world chess champion] said, unites sport, science and culture. It also develops both the left and the right hemispheres of the brain in children.

Vladimir Putin: Did you have a holiday yesterday? My congratulations.

Kirsan Ilyumzhinov: Yes, it was yesterday. Fifty years ago, UNESCO declared International Chess Day. Chess is the only sport with an International Day. In those fifty years, the World Chess Federation has become the largest federation with 188 member countries, over 100,000 competitions held by us, and 600 million chess players. Now we have set a goal to increase the number of chess players to one billion by 2020. One billion chess players means one billon clever people. And the Sirius centre helps us increase the number of smart and talented children.

Vladimir Putin: I congratulate you as an organiser of this process and all the people who love chess and play it, and we have hundreds of thousands of them.

Kirsan Ilyumzhinov: We now have to produce a men’s and women’s world champion.

Vladimir Putin: Yes, we have to work on it.

Kirsan Ilyumzhinov: FIDE is to hold the next election of its president next year. I think that Russia should not yield this position, and I decided to run for FIDE president again.

Vladimir Putin: I think it will be decided by those eligible to vote, but as we see it from a distance, I think you are quite worthy, you do a good job with the responsibilities and running the federation. Undoubtedly, you have already gained significant experience and have every chance of winning. At any rate, you have the right to run and fight for it. For my part, I would like to wish you success.

Kirsan Ilyumzhinov: Thank you very much.

See also

Meeting with students from Sirius Educational Centre
July 21, 2017

Topics

  • Children
  • Sport

Publication status

Published in sections: News, Transcripts

Publication date: July 21, 2017, 19:20

Direct link: en.kremlin.ru/d/55116

Text version

NaN /
  • VK
  • Telegram
  • Ok
  • Выделить
Text
1
Photo

Share
Direct link
http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/55116
Share
  • VK
  • Telegram
  • Ok
  • Send by email
  • Print
Send by email

Official Website of the President of Russia:

Conversation with World Chess Federation President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov

http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/55116

Last updated at July 22, 2017, 00:13

Официальные сетевые ресурсы

Президента России

Official Internet Resources

of the President of Russia

Русский Английский
  • For the Media
  • Version for People with Disabilities
  • Telegram Channel
  • Rutube Channel
  • YouTube Channel
  • Website of the President of Russia
  • State Insignia
  • Address an appeal to the President
  • Vladimir Putin’s Personal Website
  • Putin. 20 years

Presidential Executive Office
2025

BESbswyBESbswyBESbswyBESbswyBESbswyBESbswyBESbswyBESbswyBESbswyBESbswyBESbswyBESbswy