Russian award for Viswanathan Anand
Chess greats Viswanathan Anand (India) and Boris Gelfand (Israel) have been selected for the Russian Federation’s ‘Order of Friendship’ award, according to a FIDE release on Friday.
The awards recognise foreign nationals’ contribution to expanding friendship and cooperation with the Russian Federation and to the development of economic, scientific and cultural ties.
Anand and Gelfand played the FIDE world chess championship match at the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow in 2012.
The awards recognise foreign nationals’ contribution to expanding friendship and cooperation with the Russian Federation and to the development of economic, scientific and cultural ties.
Anand and Gelfand played the FIDE world chess championship match at the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow in 2012.
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