Magnus Carlsen received an Award for the greatest chess player in last 100 years, sending a strong supportive message to Ukraine at the FIDE100 Gala Dinner which took place this evening.
Magnus said that his personal belief is that Garry Kasparov had a better career, and to honour him at the ceremony, Carlsen sent a supportive message for Ukraine adding that he is sure Kasparov would use the opportunity to do the same. Garry Kasparov now confirmed that he would do the same: “Indeed I would, and I do! In more ways than one, I could hardly wish for a better successor than Magnus. It isn’t required to have great character to be a great chess players, so it is doubly impressive for him to achieve both“, reads his post on twitter.
At the upcoming FIDE General Assembly, delegates will discuss about the Kyrgyz Chess Federation proposal to remove sanctions against Russian and Belarus players.
European Chess Union today published a strong statement, requesting FIDE General Assembly to keep sanctions against Russia and Belarus. Further on, ECU asks FIDE to demand Russian Chess Federation to cease any operations in Ukrainian territory. In case of non-compliance, ECU urges FIDE to suspend the Russian Chess Federation with the immediate effect.
While the Norwegian Chess Federation rejected the Kyrgyz Chess Federation proposal, the German Chess Federation published a press release, clearly stating that the German Chess Federation is against the return of the Russian and Belarusian chess players without restrictions. The President of the German Chess Federation Ingrid Lauterbach explained that the proposal is absurd: โI think it is absurd that this application was even made, and now I hope that common sense prevailsโ.
