Chairman of FIDE suggests organizing chess meetings in NKR

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 27, ARMENPRESS: FIDE Chairman Kirsan Ilyumzhinov has suggested organizing chess meeting in Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. As reports Armenpress, this was noted in Ilyumzhinov's interview with itogi.ru.

"Another idea of mine is about establishing peace on Arab-Israeli border. It is supposed to install thousand chess boards for children there. I have already discussed this idea with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and he is completely for it. It seems that Israeli government is also not against it. It remains to be implemented. It would be reasonable to implement the same idea in NKR for Armenian and Azerbaijani children" Ilyumzhinov said.

Chairman of FIDE has underlined that chess has an important peaceful mission.