The president of the International Chess Federation (FIDE), Arkady Dvorkovich, arrived Tuesday in Cuba with the aim of checking the development of the science game on the island.

Havana, February 9 (RHC)-- The president of the International Chess Federation (FIDE), Arkady Dvorkovich, arrived Tuesday in Cuba with the aim of checking the development of the science game on the island.

At the head of the governing body since 2018, the Russian Dvorkovich will exchange in Havana with directors of the sport and will visit places of interest in order to learn about the initiation of young children in the practice of chess and the teaching of senior adults.

According to the digital site JIT, the maximum authority of FIDE is accompanied by the Latvian and vice-president of the institution, Dana Reizniece-Ozola, and the Moldavian Viktor Bologan, executive director.

The FIDE delegation will visit today a House for the Elderly, the Specialized Classroom of the Center for Chess Studies (Isla), and will exchange with the president of the Cuban Sports Institute (INDER), Osvaldo Vento, and the head of the Olympic Committee, Roberto León Richards.

Upon their arrival at José Martí International Airport, the officials were welcomed by the director of International Relations of INDER, Gisleidis Sosa, and the president of the Cuban Federation of the discipline, Carlos Rivero.

After concluding their two-day stay in the Antillean capital, Dvorkovich and other FIDE visitors will travel to Mexico to participate in the Ibero-American Chess Championship, scheduled from the 12th to the 19th of this month.

In the event to be held at the Adolfo Lopez Hall of the Los Pinos Cultural Complex, Cuba will present eight players led by the national champion Carlos Daniel Albornoz, second in the last edition of 2019.

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