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Azerbaijani chess player refuses to participate in FIDE tournaments
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- 07 April, 2022
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Azerbaijani chess player Rauf Mammadov has announced that he will not participate in International Chess Federation (FIDE) tournaments, Report informs.
“As long as the FIDE has a pro-Russian president, I promise that I will not play in the tournaments of this organization while the war is going on. Long live Ukraine,” the 34-year-old grandmaster wrote on Facebook.
The wife of Rauf Mammadov, Natalya Buksa, is from Ukraine.
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Азербайджанский шахматист не будет участвовать в турнирах FIDE
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