Open official website The International Chess Federation (FIDE) has been informed that Russian Alexei Sarana has changed his sports citizenship.
The 23-year-old European champion will represent Serbia. In February, it was learned that FIDE will allow Russian players to change their sports citizenship under an accelerated program.
It has been reported that Russian athletes will be able to represent a new European country in all official individual FIDE tournaments from the day after applying without any restrictions. The decision is connected with the transition of the Russian Chess Federation (FCHR) to the Asian organization.
It was previously reported that the Russian grandmaster Ian Nepomniachtchi. connected He will face Chinese representative Ding Liren in the eighth match of the fight for the world chess crown played in Astana.
The score was 4.5-3.5 in favor of the Russians. The ninth installment is happening right now. Nepomniachtchi plays white.