Sergei Aleksandrovich Karyakin opposed participation in the World Cup without flag Russian Federation

On June 1, 2023, 11:28 — Public news service — OSN the Russian grand master Sergei Aleksandrovich Karyakin declared that conditions for participation in the World Cup on chess to which he was invited, contradict its position. About it he on Thursday wrote in the Telegram. "In the forthcoming tournament I will not be able to represent the country, I will not be able to play under the flag and in case of successful performance I will not be able to hear the anthem Russian Federation. Respectively, I categorically against it" — wrote the 33-year-old chess player. The forthcoming World Cup will take place from July 29 to August 25 to Baku. Russians are allowed to participation in...