On November 18th the FIDE President met in Moscow with Marat Tazhin, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Russian Federation, to discuss the bilateral cooperation, in particular the possible organization of FIDE official tournaments in Kazakhstan and the implementation of Chess in Schools programme. At the meeting also present were Akhmed Mestoyev, Kazakh Trade Commissioner to Russia, and Berik Balgabaev, Director of FIDE Representative office in Russia.


FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov and Marat Tazhin, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Russian Federation


FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov and Akhmed Mestoyev, Kazakh Trade Commissioner to Russia