Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, former President of the International Chess Federation (FIDE), talked about meeting with the soothsayer Vanga.
He knew a lot. He also predicted for me the presidency of the International Chess Federation. And I saw miracles daily, ”says Ilyumzhinov spor.ru.
The former head of FIDE also recalled how Vanga cursed the builders who had nailed the beam wrong. He noted that he was blind, but the beam was indeed nailed crookedly.
Ilyumzhinov served as FIDE President from 1995 to 2018. He ruled Kalmykia from 1993 to 2010.
It was previously reported that the Russian grandmaster Ian Nepomniachtchi. loss Second place in the updated ranking of the International Chess Federation.
First place is occupied by Norway’s Magnus Carlsen, who this year refused the match against Ian Nepomniachtchi for the chess crown. He was removed from the second line of the Russians by the Frenchman Alireza Firouzja.