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Agreement between FIDE and Russian Badminton Federation. |
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Tuesday, 01 July 2008 13:48 |
FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov signed cooperation agreement with the President of the Russian Badminton Federation Sergei Shakhrai on the 1 July 2008 in Moscow. The subject of this agreement is popularization of badminton among FIDE members as the most optimal for physical activity of chess players, and also popularization of chess among badminton players.
The parties are planning together develop and realize social programmes aimed at promoting healthy lifestyle and mass sports, involvement chess and badminton players in them and also experience and information exchange necessary for the successful development of chess and badminton in the Russian Federation and abroad. The agreement supposes organization of chess tournaments among badminton players and badminton competitions among chess players and also media coverage of the main points of joint activities.
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