BERLIN (Reuters) - Chess powerhouse Russia has joined the Asian Chess Federation following an ACF vote that allows Russian players to keep competing a.
BERLIN (Reuters) - Chess powerhouse Russia has joined the Asian Chess Federation following an ACF vote that allows Russian players to keep competing a.
Honorary President of the Russian Chess Federation (RCF), the twelfth world chess champion Anatoly Karpov, on February 22, commented to Izvestia on the
The Russian Chess Federation has advised the European Chess Union that they have applied for membership of the Asian Chess Federation, and that they intend to withdraw from the ECU as soon as they have been admitted. The ECU acknowledges that the invasion and war in Ukraine, has obliged the IOC and international sports federations to take difficult decisions and firm positions, and that the intention of sanctions is not to punish individual athletes, especially those players who have not acted against the peace mission of sports. ECU press release.