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Press conference before the resumption of FIDE Candidates Tournament
A press conference dedicated to the FIDE Candidates Tournament, which resumes tomorrow
on 19th of April in Yekaterinburg, was carried out today at the building of the Sverdlovsk union of journalists.
The press conference was attended by
Anatoly Karpov, 12th World Chess Champion, Deputy of Russian State Duma, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Chess Federation of the Sverdlovsk Region;
Leonid Rapoport, Minister of Physical Culture and Sports of the Sverdlovsk Region;
Dana Reizniece-Ozola, FIDE Managing Director;
Victor Bologan, FIDE Executive Director;
Albert Stepanyan, Director of the Candidates Tournament, Executive Director of the Sverdlovsk Region Chess Federation; and