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Thread: US Chess Statement on Invasion of Ukraine

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    Default US Chess Statement on Invasion of Ukraine

    It would be very nice if CFC made a similar statement.

    https://new.uschess.org/news/us-ches...vasion-ukraine

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    I agree. It is good to see most of the chess world supports Ukraine.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHkt...nnel=Chess.com

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    I hope, CFC will make its statement later today or tomorrow.

    I can express my personal opinion. For me last 3 days was the most "politically difficult" time in my life. I remember many events which made me "crazy". Like Belgrade-93, Sep-11, Baghdad-2003, bombings in Israeli buses and restaurants, Crimea-2014. However, now is a different one. It's an absolutely unbelievable situation.

    I fill ashamed for being born in Russia.

    2 weeks ago, I was attending American FIDE meeting in Mexico-city. Important part of this event was an opportunity to talk to FIDE President A.Dvorkovich. I will write a detailed report about all this event very soon. I just need more time to concentrate.

    Olympiad and FIDE congress in Moscow this summer were really important for Dvorkovich. He planned it as a "victory event". Indeed, he was pretty good as a FIDE president and could expect an easy and well-deserved win.

    We had a long face-to-face conversation, about 20-25 min. At the end I asked him "Are you sure where will not be any boycott like in 1980?" Again, it was 14 days ago, the world was a different one that time.
    He answered that "nothing will happen, just a political games". I still believe that he was honest with me and didn't know about P. plans.
    Last edited by Victor Plotkin; 02-26-2022 at 08:12 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nikolay Noritsyn View Post
    It would be very nice if CFC made a similar statement.

    https://new.uschess.org/news/us-ches...vasion-ukraine
    Since this statement appeared, there is the following update:

    Update on 2/26: Do you want to offer direct help? US Chess has established a GoFundMe campaign to assist suffering Ukrainian chess players.
    The Kasparov Chess Foundation has seeded the campaign with a generous $10,000 commitment.

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