Bulgaria's Silvio Danailov to Run for President of European Chess Union
WEDNESDAY, 10 March 2010
SPORT
GM Veselin Topalov's manager, Silvio Danailov, said he would run for president of the European Chess Union (ECU), chessdom.bg informs. Reportedly, Danailov will present his campaigning platform in the Croatian city of Rijeka this weekend. If elected, Danailov pledges to raise interest in Europe's big chess tournaments and draw more sponsors to the international chess movement. Bulgaria's President Parvanov was the first to mention that a Bulgarian might run for President of the European chess union, following talks with FIDE boss Kirsan Ilyumzhinov last December.
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