31 August 2020

Andrey Filatov: My Congratulations to Russian Team on Winning Historical FIDE Online Olympiad

Photo: RIA Novosti
Photo: RIA Novosti
 

Andrey Filatov, President of the Chess Federation of Russia, Head coach of the Russian national men's chess team, congratulates the Russian players on winning the FIDE Online Olympiad

- My congratulations to our chess players, coaches, and fans on this well-earned victory on this unprecedented event, the first FIDE Online Olympiad! I want to underline that the Russian team has become the reigning Olympic, world and European champion for the first time in history. This record has become possible thanks to our sportsmen's long-term and coordinated work, and we will do our best to win gold medals of the World Chess Olympiad, which was postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. I wish success and new achievements to our juniors, graduates of the "Sirius" educational centre, who showed brilliant performance during the FIDE Online Olympiad.