On June, 26 FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov visited the city of Maribor of Slovenia, where he attended the U-20 Championship of Slovenia among boys and girls. During his stay the President inspected the hotel infrastructure and met with the government of the city. He also met with President of the Chess Federation of Slovenia Mr.Knezevic. During the meeting Mr. Ilyumzhinov told in details about the preparations for the World Chess Olympiad in Khanty-Mansyisk and Mr. Knezevic reported on the development of chess in Slovenia, on preparation of the Slovenian team for the Olympiad and intention of Slovenia to bid for the World Youth Championship in 2012.