International cooperation

On June 29, during a video-conference organized with the assistance of the Federation Council’s cooperation group with the National Assembly of the Republic of Nicaragua, the Moscow Region Chess Federation signed a Memorandum of Cooperation with the Nicaraguan Institute of Sports

On June 28, the second round of the “African Сhess League” international online tournament series was held as part of our large-scale “Chess Diplomacy” project

On June 21, the long-awaited 5th anniversary round of the second season of the “Asian Chess League” international online tournament series was held as part of our large-scale “Chess Diplomacy” project

In early June, the Friends of the MRCF team played a friendly match against a new participant of the African Chess League – the Ethiopian Theophilus Chess Sports Club (TSCS)

The team of the Moscow Region Chess Federation won the first chess tournament of the Alliance of Sahel States in Bamako

At the invitation of the Kazakhstan Chess Federation, young chess players from the Moscow Region competed in the 3rd stage of the Children’s Cup of Kazakhstan, the “A.G. Ufimtsev Memorial,” bringing home three medals!

We are globally well acquainted with black athletes and sportsman for basketball, sprinting, or Formula 1. But what about chess?

On June 2, a ceremonial signing of Memoranda of Cooperation took place at the Federation Council between Senator of the Russian Federation and President of the Moscow Region Chess Federation Sergey Alexandrovich Karjakin, President of the Congolese Chess Association Simon Edgar Emerson Mandzela, and President of the NGO “African Center” Jocelyn-Patrick Mandzela

The First International Team Chess Tournament of the Alliance of Sahel States has officially opened in Bamako

Sergey Karjakin, President of the Moscow Region Chess Federation, signed a Memorandum of Cooperation with Benjamin Didier Banlock, President of the Cameroon Chess Federation.