On 19-20 of March FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov arrived in Kazakhstan on a working visit. In Astana he had a meeting with the leadership of Kazakhstan chess federation and chess society of the country.

On 21-22 of March Kirsan Ilyumzhinov visited Dushanbe. He met there with a leadership of a chess federation and chess players of the country. Two Presidents discussed the question of building a Chess Palace in Dushanbe as well as the implementation chess to the general program of schools of Tajikistan.