World Chess Federation (FIDE) president Kirsan Ilyumzhinov has declared 2016 to be a “year of chess” in the United States, despite being forced to transfer his financial authority in the country to vice-president Georgios Makropoulos amid sanctions imposed on him regarding alleged ties to Syria.
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