SPORTS
FIDE COMMITTED TO ITS STANCE: NO TOURNAMENT IS LEGAL IN NAGORNO-KARABAKH
FIDE (World Chess Federation) remains committed to its stance that any international chess tournaments in Nagorno-Karabakh are illegal, Kirsan Ilumjinov, FIDE president said in Turin at the 77th FIDE congress.
This statement came as President of Azerbaijan Chess Federation Aynur Sofiyeva appealed to the World Chess Federation for clarifying Armenians’ allegations that FIDE has officially recognized so-called tournament in Nagorno-Karabakh.
The congress also considered some organizational matters. President of the Federation Aynur Sofiyeva was elected as FIDE zonal president while vice-president Mahir Mammadov became the treasurer of the European Chess Federation. FIDE awarded grandmaster title to Nijat Mamamdov, Rashad Babayev while Ibrahim Mammadov and Ilgar Bajarani became FIDE referees.
