16 July 2018

Andrey Filatov Congratulates Bachar Kouatly on French National Team Winning 2018 FIFA World Cup

RCF President sends letter to President of French Chess Federation.

Dear Mr. Kouatly!


Let me congratulate you and all sports fans in France on your country's victory in the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The final match in Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow saw bright and exciting performance which gifted us all with many unforgettable emotions! Although the Croatian national emblem represents a checkerboard (like a chess board), it was the French team who has demonstrated a clever, prudent, and a really grandmaster-like play in the final match!  

Sincerely yours,
President of the Russian Chess Federation, Head coach of the Russian national men's chess team
Andrey Filatov