BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 29. The Azerbaijani
Chess Federation stands as probably the most lively proponents in
selling the game, Arkady Dvorkovich, the President of the
World Chess Federation (FIDE), stated in an unique
interview with Pattern at the sidelines of the FIDE Global Chess Cup
opening rite in Baku.
He famous that new chess golf equipment are rising in Azerbaijan, and
younger chess avid gamers are competing in tournaments.
“I additionally wish to emphasize that younger Azerbaijani chess avid gamers
are appearing admirably in world chess tournaments,
incomes reward each for the native federation and the avid gamers
themselves,” he stated.
Dvorkovich underscored that FIDE’s number one program is to foster
chess building in colleges international.
“Even if this is a complicated job that calls for joint efforts from
FIDE, nationwide federations, and governments of various nations,
there are already certain examples. We paintings in this program day-to-day,
making ready instructing fabrics for lecturers and scholars. It’s one
of our maximum intensive initiatives. Moreover, now we have quite a lot of
on-line platforms that assist on this procedure. Moreover, we attempt
to raise the status of juvenile competitions. We’re operating to
build up their numbers, introduce new codecs, together with speedy
chess,” the FIDE President mentioned.
Dvorkovich additionally published that the federation has been actively
selling ladies’s involvement in chess in recent times.
“We paintings with judges, organizers, and native federations of
quite a lot of nations in this topic. I consider this development is
completely proper and prestigious, as a chess profession must be
open no longer most effective to males but additionally to girls. Involving ladies in chess is
an crucial facet, and we’re hanging an increasing number of effort into
it, together with expanding prizes in ladies’s competitions,” he
added.”
The FIDE Global Cup 2023 is scheduled to happen from July 30
to August 25 and can see the participation of 206 avid gamers within the
open phase and 103 within the ladies’s pageant.
Azerbaijan will likely be well-represented with a crew of 17 chess
avid gamers, together with Shahriyar Mammadyarov, Teymur Rajabov, Gunay
Mammadzade, Rauf Mammadov, Gadir Huseynov, Vasif Durarbayli, Nijat
Abbasov, Abdulla Gadimbayli, Misratdin Isgandarov, Muhammad
Muradli, Vugar Asadli, Riad Samadov, Aydin Suleymanli, Ulviyya
Fataliyeva, Gulnar Mammadova, Khanim Balajayeva, and Govhar
Beydullayeva.
Excitingly, the highest 3 avid gamers from each the open and ladies’s
sections will qualify for the primary time within the Males Applicants
Match and the Ladies Applicants Match of 2024.
Chess lovers international can catch the entire motion because the FIDE
Global Cup 2023 video games will likely be broadcasted at the respectable
pageant web page in Azerbaijani and English languages.
The championship boasts an excellent prize fund of $2.5 million
and will likely be hosted on the Marriott Side road Resort in Baku, including
to the grandeur of the development.
