Dear Chess Friends,

Let me express my sincere thanks to all of you for your warm and kind words!

I appreciate highly your support! I am sure that all victories and achievements are a result of our close cooperation and friendship!

I would like to thank all my colleagues, friends, chess players and fans all around the world who have been working with me all these years to make FIDE a strong international federation.

I shall try to continue working hard for the benefit of FIDE!

Gens Una Sumus! – We are one family!



FIDE President

Kirsan Ilyumzhinov