Russian chess champion Kosteniuk changed sports citizenship to Swiss
12-time world chess champion, Russian Alexandra Kosteniuk announced that she had changed her sports citizenship to Swiss. Her words leads “Championship”.
Kosteniuk planned to compete under the Swiss flag from January 2024. However, the grandmaster decided to change her citizenship now due to the transition of the Russian Chess Federation (RCF) to the Asian Chess Federation (ACF).
On February 28, it became known that at a meeting of the ACF General Assembly Russia was admitted to the organization. Prior to this, it was reported that the board of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) approved this transition.
On February 22, it was reported that FIDE would allow Russians to change sports citizenship under an accelerated program after the FSR moved to Asia. It was clarified that the European national federations would not be entitled to receive any compensation if a chess player decided to leave any of them.
Source: Lenta
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