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On July 1st Kirsan Ilyumzhinov arrived in Lviv, Ukraine. On the next day, in Lviv’s city administration, the FIDE delegation met with Mayor of Lviv Andriy Sadovyi, Minister of Youth and Sports Igor Zhdanov, Vice Governor of Lviv oblast Yuri Pidlisny, Women’s World Champion GM Mariya Muzychuk and her sister GM Anna Muzychuk. The sides discussed the possible application for the organization of Women’s World Championship Match.
The Minister of Youth and Sports, Igor Zhdanov, receives a souvenir Kalmyk chess set
President of Ukrainian Chess Federation, Viktor Kapustin, signing the application for the match
Together with Women's World Champion Mariya Muzychuk, the document is held proudly
On June 2nd the FIDE President also met with the Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko
in the famous Pototsky Palace, an architectural monument of 19th century
At the meeting were discussed the issues related to the match organization, organizing committee, as well as the chess festival to be held during the match. According to the application, the Match will be held in March 2016. At the suggestion of FIDE President, the Organizing Committee will be headed by the President of Ukraine, who highly evaluated the development of chess in the country and especially in Lviv city, which produced a lot of chess masters and trainers. He also added that the Women’s World Championship Match would contribute to the popularization of chess not only in the Ukraine but also in the world.
FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov also visited GM Vasyl Ivanchuk's Chess School and Club
Ivanchuk shared a game with the students, a fascinating Dutch
GM Mariya Muzychuk then gave a master class of her own to the students
Click here for ChessBase's coverage of the 2015 Women World Championship
Source: FIDE