On March 25 the FIDE President took part in the awarding ceremony of the Championship finals of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the Independent Operational Purpose Division named after F.E. Dzerzhinsky in Balashikha city. 13 players qualified to the finals dated to the Russian Internal Troops Day, which is celebrated on March 27. The first Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs, the Commander-in-Chief of Russian Internal Troops, Colonel General Viktor Zolotov together with Kirsan Ilyumzhinov awarded the finalists with the souvenirs, and the winners got their prizes. The winner of the Russian Internal Troops championship is the Sergeant Arkady Dezhurko from the North Caucasus Military District. The silver goes to Lieutenant Colonel Konstantin Roppel from Novosibirsk and bronze winner is Mayor Vadim Fedotov from North-Western Military District.


The closing ceremony speech of Commander-in-Chief of Russian Internal Troops, Colonel General Viktor Zolotov


The FIDE President congratulates the winners








Colonel General Viktor Zolotov presented Kirsan Ilyumzhinov with a plaquette “For the contribution to the chess development and organization of the Russian Internal Troops Chess Championship”.


The military audience at the closing ceremony


The autograph for the young chess players


The gift from the FIDE President – Chess Championship set with autographs of Magnus Carlsen and Viswanathan Anand


The Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Russian Internal Troops, Lieutenant General Valery Novozhilov


The Commander of Independent Operational Purpose Division named after F.E. Dzerzhinsky, Mayor General Sergey Zakharov, FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, the Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Russian Internal Troops, Lieutenant General Valery Novozhilov