Russian grandmaster Sanan Syugirov has changed his sports citizenship and will compete under the Hungarian flag. This has been reported area International Chess Federation (FIDE).
The transfer was completed on August 23.
The 30-year-old chess player was ranked 31st in the FIDE rankings and became the highest-rated Russian chess player who changed his sports citizenship. Previously, it was the winner of the European Championship Aleksey Sarana (50th in the rating), currently representing 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 without any restrictions from the next day after the application. The decision is connected with the transition of the Russian Chess Federation (FCHR) to the Asian organization.
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