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FIDE President visits Vugar Hashimov Chess Academy

Baku, April 22, AZERTAC

President of World Chess Federation (FIDE) Kirsan Ilyumzhinov has visited the Vugar Hashimov Chess Academy in Baku.

The late Azerbaijani grandmaster Vugar Hashimov`s father Gasim Hashimov highlighted the activity of the academy.

The FIDE President hailed the conditions created at the academy.

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