FIDE stops #FIDECandidates
Official announcement – Starting March 27, 2020, Russia interrupts air traffic with other countries without indicating any time frames. In this situation FIDE President decided to stop the tournament.https://t.co/bnDDJhFuiG pic.twitter.com/YYo3SMidqj
— International Chess Federation (@FIDE_chess) March 26, 2020
The FIDE Council has just issued a statement announcing the postponement of the Chess Olympiad 2020 and the FIDE Congress. These events, to be held in Moscow and Khanty-Mansiysk during the summer of 2020, are rescheduled to the summer of 2021 at the same locations. pic.twitter.com/aDgOSavWzF
— International Chess Federation (@FIDE_chess) March 24, 2020
#OTD in 1921 the 7th World Chess Champion, Grandmaster Vassily #Smyslov ♟ was born in Moscow. His games for the world title with Botvinnik belong to the chess hall of fame. Smyslov remained an active player late into his career – at the age of 62 he reached Candidates' Finals pic.twitter.com/Qwl9NbHZcp
— Russia ?? (@Russia) March 24, 2020









