President of the Chess Federation of Azerbaijan, Vice President FIDE MAKHIR MAMDOV said after the opening ceremony of the international chess tournament Shusha Chess 2022, that this competition should become annual, the Haqqin.az correspondent reports.
This is the first chess tournament in a beautiful, sacred shusha, ”says Makhpr Mammadov.“ Chess and chess players of the Azerbaijani team play here, famous grandmasters from other countries. Famous guests came to us. I will especially note the world champion Non Gaprindashvili.
Will this tournament constantly be held? We do not have moral right for the tournament in Shusha does not become traditional. Thanks to Minister Farid Gaibov for support.
Why will participants play Rapid and Blitz on Shusha Chess 2022, and not classical chess? Today in the chess calendar there is very little free space, so we did not want to strongly load the participants and made a tournament in rapid and blitz. In addition, Rapid and Blitz are more and more popular in the world recently. I think that sooner or later the classic will be left behind, and the chess players will only play Rapid and Blitz. “