Arkady Dvorkovich about Olympics in Nakhchivan, development of chess in Azerbaijan and demarche Magnus Karlsen

President of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) Arkady Dvorkovich is now in Nakhchyan, where the youthful chess Olympiad among athletes is no older than 16 years old.

Dvorkovich took part in the opening ceremony of the Olympics, and after its end answered questions from Azerbaijani journalists, including the Haqqin.az correspondent.

“I am glad for the first time to be in Nakhchyan, in this wonderful place, – says the head of the FIDE.“ In 2003, the World Cup among juniors was held here. During this time, a huge chess infrastructure was created in Nakhchivan – and special schools and special schools and special schools and special schools and special schools and special schools and special schools and special schools, and Chess lessons in ordinary schools, and the chess palace.

Nakhchivan regularly accepts strong tournaments. The level of organization of the youthful chess Olympiad is very high, huge resources are invested. It can be seen that the leadership refers to this very seriously. There is support for the central level – from the Ministry of Youth and Sports, the Chess Federation of Azerbaijan. What Heydar Aliyev devoted, and Ilham Aliyev pays a lot of attention to chess affects the development of this sport in Azerbaijan. You have many strong chess players, organizers, arbitrators. We are satisfied with how everything happens here.

with the leadership of the Nakhchyansk Autonomous Republic, we discussed what has already been done. I already knew about something, I heard about something for the first time. They also discussed what competitions here can be held in the future. Next year, in Nakhchivan, as in all of Azerbaijan, the 100th anniversary of Heydar Aliyev will be celebrated. By this date you can also timid chess events. Let’s think together on the format and will definitely do something.

Azerbaijan organizes several chess tournaments a year. It is very good. There are countries in which international chess tournaments are not held at all. And Azerbaijan annually stably holds two or three competitions – both male and female. This raises the level of development of chess in the country, attracts attention to it. Azerbaijan is precisely included in the six of the strongest chess countries in the world. “

Arkady Dvorkovich touched the main theme of the world in world chess – the scandal between the world champion Magnus Karlsen and the American Hans Mock Nimann. The Norwegian, having lost Nimann in the September tournament in St. Louis, openly accused the opponent of fraud – using computer tips.

“The problem of chess with the use of computer tips is very serious. First of all, in online shahmat. But it also exists in the game for the board. We will seriously investigate all cases that arise. Including those about which Magnus Karlsen stated. At the same time, we believe that this could be done more correctly without refusing to fight in specific tournaments. And yet, the problem of cheating that the world champion raised is important for us, and we will use all methods of combating with this phenomenon “.