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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%96%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%9C%D1%96%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%96%D1%87_%D0%86%D0%BB%D1%8E%D0%BC%D0%B6%D1%8B%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%9E" title="Кірсан Мікалаевіч Ілюмжынаў – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Кірсан Мікалаевіч Ілюмжынаў" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B8%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%98%D0%BB%D1%8E%D0%BC%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2" title="Кирсан Илюмжинов – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Кирсан Илюмжинов" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirsan_Iliumj%C3%ADnov" title="Kirsan Iliumjínov – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Kirsan Iliumjínov" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirsan_Iljum%C5%BEinov" title="Kirsan Iljumžinov – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Kirsan Iljumžinov" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirsan_Iljumsjinov" title="Kirsan Iljumsjinov – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Kirsan Iljumsjinov" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirsan_Nikolajewitsch_Iljumschinow" title="Kirsan Nikolajewitsch Iljumschinow – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Kirsan Nikolajewitsch Iljumschinow" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirsan_Iljum%C5%BEinov" title="Kirsan Iljumžinov – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Kirsan Iljumžinov" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirs%C3%A1n_Iliumzh%C3%ADnov" title="Kirsán Iliumzhínov – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Kirsán Iliumzhínov" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%85%DA%98%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%88%D9%81" title="کیرسان ایلیومژینوف – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="کیرسان ایلیومژینوف" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirsan_Ilioumjinov" title="Kirsan Ilioumjinov – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Kirsan Ilioumjinov" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirs%C3%A1n_Iliumzh%C3%ADnov" title="Kirsán Iliumzhínov – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Kirsán Iliumzhínov" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xal mw-list-item"><a href="https://xal.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D2%AE%D0%BB%D2%AF%D0%BC%D2%97%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D0%9A%D0%B8%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="Үлүмҗин Кирсан – Kalmyk" lang="xal" hreflang="xal" data-title="Үлүмҗин Кирсан" data-language-autonym="Хальмг" data-language-local-name="Kalmyk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Хальмг</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%82%A4%EB%A5%B4%EC%82%B0_%EC%9D%BC%EB%A5%A8%EC%A7%80%EB%85%B8%ED%94%84" title="키르산 일륨지노프 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="키르산 일륨지노프" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BF%D5%AB%D6%80%D5%BD%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D4%BB%D5%AC%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B4%D5%AA%D5%AB%D5%B6%D5%B8%D5%BE" title="Կիրսան Իլյումժինով – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Կիրսան Իլյումժինով" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirsan_Ilyumzhinov" title="Kirsan Ilyumzhinov – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Kirsan Ilyumzhinov" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirsan_Nikolaevi%C4%8D_Iljum%C5%BEinov" title="Kirsan Nikolaevič Iljumžinov – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Kirsan Nikolaevič Iljumžinov" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%A1%D7%90%D7%9F_%D7%90%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%96%27%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%91" title="קירסאן איליומז'ינוב – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="קירסאן איליומז'ינוב" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirsan_Iljum%C5%BEinov" title="Kirsan Iljumžinov – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Kirsan Iljumžinov" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirsans_I%C4%BCum%C5%BEinovs" title="Kirsans Iļumžinovs – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Kirsans Iļumžinovs" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirsan_Nikolajewitsch_Iljumschinow" title="Kirsan Nikolajewitsch Iljumschinow – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Kirsan Nikolajewitsch Iljumschinow" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirsanas_Ilium%C5%BEinovas" title="Kirsanas Iliumžinovas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Kirsanas Iliumžinovas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B8%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%98%D1%99%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2" title="Кирсан Иљумжинов – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Кирсан Иљумжинов" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%88%D9%81" title="كيرسان ايليومرينوف – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="كيرسان ايليومرينوف" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D2%AE%D0%BB%D1%8D%D0%BC%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%B9%D0%BD_%D0%A5%D1%8F%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="Үлэмжийн Хярсан – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Үлэмжийн Хярсан" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirsan_Iljoemzjinov" title="Kirsan Iljoemzjinov – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Kirsan Iljoemzjinov" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AD%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B5%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AA%E3%83%A5%E3%83%A0%E3%82%B8%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8E%E3%83%95" title="キルサン・イリュムジーノフ – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="キルサン・イリュムジーノフ" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirsan_Iljumzjinov" title="Kirsan Iljumzjinov – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Kirsan Iljumzjinov" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirsan_Ilyumjinov" title="Kirsan Ilyumjinov – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Kirsan Ilyumjinov" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirsan_Ilum%C5%BCynow" title="Kirsan Ilumżynow – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Kirsan Ilumżynow" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirsan_Ilyumjinov" title="Kirsan Ilyumjinov – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Kirsan Ilyumjinov" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D0%BB%D1%8E%D0%BC%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2,_%D0%9A%D0%B8%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87" title="Илюмжинов, Кирсан Николаевич – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Илюмжинов, Кирсан Николаевич" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" 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Ilyumzhinov</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="font-size:125%; font-weight:bold;"><div class="nickname" lang="ru"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold">Кирсан Илюмжинов</span><br /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold">Үлмҗин Кирсән</span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kirsan_Ilyumzhinov_in_Tasnimnews_Agency.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Kirsan_Ilyumzhinov_in_Tasnimnews_Agency.jpg/208px-Kirsan_Ilyumzhinov_in_Tasnimnews_Agency.jpg" decoding="async" width="208" height="287" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Kirsan_Ilyumzhinov_in_Tasnimnews_Agency.jpg/312px-Kirsan_Ilyumzhinov_in_Tasnimnews_Agency.jpg 1.5x, 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class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Florencio_Campomanes" title="Florencio Campomanes">Florencio Campomanes</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Arkady_Dvorkovich" title="Arkady Dvorkovich">Arkady Dvorkovich</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Head_of_Kalmykia" class="mw-redirect" title="Head of Kalmykia">President of Kalmykia</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />23 April 1993 – 24 October 2010</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Preceding</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Aleksey_Orlov_(politician)" title="Aleksey Orlov (politician)">Aleskey Orlov</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1962-04-05</span>) </span>5 April 1962<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 62)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Elista" title="Elista">Elista</a>, Kalmyk ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_Russia" title="United Russia">United Russia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Danara Davashkina</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Profession</th><td class="infobox-data">Businessman</td></tr><tr><td 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ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-text plainlist"><div class="haudio"> <div class="listen-file-header"><a href="/wiki/File:Kirsan_Ilyumzhinov_voice.oga" title="File:Kirsan Ilyumzhinov voice.oga">Kirsan Ilyumzhinov's voice</a></div> <div><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="215" style="width:215px;" data-durationhint="22" data-mwtitle="Kirsan_Ilyumzhinov_voice.oga" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/Kirsan_Ilyumzhinov_voice.oga" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6c/Kirsan_Ilyumzhinov_voice.oga/Kirsan_Ilyumzhinov_voice.oga.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></div> <div class="description">Ilyumzhinov on the Echo of Moscow program, 8 March 2007</div></div></div></div> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Kirsan Nikolayevich Ilyumzhinov</b><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (born 5 April 1962) is a Russian <a href="/wiki/Russian_oligarchs" title="Russian oligarchs">oligarch</a>, administrator and politician. He was President of the <a href="/wiki/Kalmykia" title="Kalmykia">Republic of Kalmykia</a> in the Russian Federation from 1993 to 2010, and was president of <a href="/wiki/FIDE" title="FIDE">FIDE</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Chess" title="Chess">chess</a> international governing body, from 1995 to 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has also been in the forefront of promoting chess in schools in Russia and overseas.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is the founder of <a href="/wiki/Novy_Vzglyad" title="Novy Vzglyad">Novy Vzglyad</a> publishing house.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He has been an honorary president of the former Kalmykian <a href="/wiki/FC_Elista" title="FC Elista">FC Uralan</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kirsan_Ilyumzhinov&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ilyumzhinov was born in <a href="/wiki/Elista" title="Elista">Elista</a>, Kalmykia. His parents were subject to the <a href="/wiki/Deportation_of_the_Kalmyks" title="Deportation of the Kalmyks">Kalmyk deportations of 1943</a> when the entire Kalmyk population was deported to Siberia – Kirsan's own family had an impeccable record fighting the Germans (he was named after a great-uncle who served in the <a href="/wiki/Red_Army" title="Red Army">Red Army</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Civil_War" title="Russian Civil War">Russian Civil War</a> and committed suicide after having been ordered to execute large numbers of captured <a href="/wiki/White_movement" title="White movement">Whites</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He grew up in Elista, after the Kalmyks were allowed to return following <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Stalin" title="Joseph Stalin">Stalin</a>'s death. From a young age he became interested in chess, and he won the Kalmykian national chess championship in 1976 at the age of 14.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 1979 to 1980 Ilyumzhinov worked as a mechanic-fitter at the <a href="/wiki/Zvezda_shipyard" class="mw-redirect" title="Zvezda shipyard">Zvezda</a> plant in Elista. After serving two years with the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Army" title="Soviet Army">Soviet Army</a>, he returned to the plant as a mechanic for a year, and then studied at the <a href="/wiki/Moscow_State_Institute_of_Foreign_Relations" class="mw-redirect" title="Moscow State Institute of Foreign Relations">Moscow State Institute of Foreign Relations</a> from 1983 to 1989. Between 1989 and 1990 he was a sales manager for the Soviet-Japanese automobile company "Liko-Raduga" in Moscow, and from 1990 until 1993 he was President of <a href="/w/index.php?title=SAN_Corporation&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SAN Corporation (page does not exist)">SAN Corporation</a> in Moscow. Ilyumzhinov acquired his wealth with the emergence of the private sector which followed the collapse of the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">USSR</a>. Kirsan was married to Danara Ilyumzhinova (<i>née</i> Davashkina) and they have one son, David. Ilyumzhinov also has two brothers, Sanal and Vyacheslav.<sup id="cite_ref-lenta.ru_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lenta.ru-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He is now married for the third time. Third wife since July 27, 2021 — Diana Dmitrievna Ilyumzhinova (<i>née</i> Gurova)<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In addition to his native <a href="/wiki/Kalmyk_Oirat" title="Kalmyk Oirat">Kalmyk</a> and Russian, he is fluent in English, Japanese, and speaks a little <a href="/wiki/Korean_language" title="Korean language">Korean</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mongolian_language" title="Mongolian language">Mongolian</a> and <a href="/wiki/Standard_Chinese" title="Standard Chinese">Chinese</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-lenta.ru_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lenta.ru-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="UFO_experience">UFO experience</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kirsan_Ilyumzhinov&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: UFO experience"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ilyumzhinov has drawn worldwide attention for claiming that in September 1997 he was taken from his flat by <a href="/wiki/Extraterrestrial_life" title="Extraterrestrial life">aliens</a> and travelled in their spaceship, visiting another planet. He claims three of his staff searched his flat during this, failing to find him, and could not explain how he then reappeared in his bedroom an hour later.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ManWhoBoughtChess_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ManWhoBoughtChess-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A <i>Chess Notes</i> feature article by <a href="/wiki/Edward_Winter_(chess_historian)" title="Edward Winter (chess historian)">Edward Winter</a> provides a comprehensive collection of Ilyumzhinov's own words on his alleged encounters with aliens.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These claims brought Ilyumzhinov a lot of media attention both in Russia and internationally and have been instrumental in making him better known outside the chess world. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_career">Political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kirsan_Ilyumzhinov&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 12 April 1993, Ilyumzhinov was elected as the first president of the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Kalmykia" class="mw-redirect" title="Republic of Kalmykia">Republic of Kalmykia</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-:0_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and remained president until 2010. Soon after his election, Ilyumzhinov introduced presidential rule, concentrating power in his own hands.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> He called early elections on 15 October 1995 and was re-elected unopposed, this time for a 7-year term. He won re-election in 2002.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ilyumzhinov's election platform for the presidency of Kalmykia included promising voters $100 each and a mobile phone for every shepherd—much of the population of Kalmykia living from agriculture.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He once campaigned under the slogan "a wealthy president is a safeguard against corruption." He also pledged to introduce what he called an "economic dictatorship" in the republic, as well as to continue to promote chess in Kalmykia, in Russia and to the wider world. After his re-election in 1995, Ilyumzhinov reportedly told a journalist from the Russian daily <a href="/wiki/Izvestia" title="Izvestia">Izvestia</a>, "Irrespective of what I tell people, I give them instructions on a subconscious level, a code. I do the same thing when I communicate with Russian citizens from other regions. I am creating around the republic a kind of extra-sensory field and it helps us a lot in our projects."<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ilyumzhinov has spent millions of dollars on <a href="/wiki/Chess" title="Chess">chess</a> and supporting religion. He built a <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic Church">Catholic</a> church after a visit with Pope <a href="/wiki/John_Paul_II" class="mw-redirect" title="John Paul II">John Paul II</a>. He says has also built a mosque, a synagogue, 22 <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Church" title="Eastern Orthodox Church">Orthodox</a> churches, and 30 Buddhist temples.<sup id="cite_ref-ManWhoBoughtChess_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ManWhoBoughtChess-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Chess was made a compulsory subject in the first three years of elementary school—the only place in the world where this is the case. The region now has numerous champions. The <a href="/wiki/14th_Dalai_Lama" title="14th Dalai Lama">14th Dalai Lama</a> has visited Kirsan Ilyumzhinov on many occasions and has blessed a number of the temples in Elista, as well as Kalmyk Buddhist temples overseas. Ilyumzhinov denies persistent accusations of diverting the republic's resources for his own use and of suppressing media freedom. In 2004, police dispersed a small number of demonstrators who demanded his resignation.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> When Australian journalist <a href="/wiki/Eric_Campbell_(reporter)" title="Eric Campbell (reporter)">Eric Campbell</a> interviewed people in Elista about Ilyumzhinov, he found that many were happy that he had managed to gain widespread attention for Kalmykia through chess, although one was slightly critical of the money invested in chess projects.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 8 June 1998, <a href="/wiki/Larisa_Yudina" title="Larisa Yudina">Larisa Yudina</a>, a publisher of an opposition newspaper, was stabbed to death in Elista. Both people convicted in the murder were Kalmykian government aides, and one was an advisor to Ilyumzhinov. One other person was acquitted by offering evidence to help in the conviction. Ilyumzhinov denied any involvement with the murder; the incident was investigated by the local and the Russian authorities.<sup id="cite_ref-ManWhoBoughtChess_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ManWhoBoughtChess-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 24 October 2010 Ilyumzhinov retired as Head of Kalmykia, being replaced by <a href="/wiki/Aleksey_Maratovich_Orlov" class="mw-redirect" title="Aleksey Maratovich Orlov">Alexey Orlov</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> On 12 June 2011, Ilyumzhinov appeared in public in Tripoli alongside the then-embattled, since overthrown and executed, Libyan leader <a href="/wiki/Muammar_Gaddafi" title="Muammar Gaddafi">Muammar Gaddafi</a>, after having played a game of chess with him.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="United_States_sanctions">United States sanctions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kirsan_Ilyumzhinov&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: United States sanctions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 25 November 2015, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Treasury" title="United States Department of the Treasury">United States Department of the Treasury</a> named him a <a href="/wiki/Office_of_Foreign_Assets_Control#Specially_Designated_Nationals_List" title="Office of Foreign Assets Control">Specially Designated National</a> "for materially assisting and acting for or on behalf of the Government of Syria, <a href="/wiki/Central_Bank_of_Syria" title="Central Bank of Syria">Central Bank of Syria</a>, Adib Mayaleh, and Batoul Rida."<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Due to these sanctions, on 6 December 2015, Ilyumzhinov withdrew from any legal, financial and business operations of FIDE until such time as he is removed from the list.<sup id="cite_ref-stepdown_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stepdown-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite this, on 12 February 2018, UBS announced they would be closing all FIDE bank accounts.<sup id="cite_ref-fide_seizure_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fide_seizure-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="FIDE_career">FIDE career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kirsan_Ilyumzhinov&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: FIDE career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In November 1995, Ilyumzhinov became President of the <a href="/wiki/International_Chess_Federation" class="mw-redirect" title="International Chess Federation">International Chess Federation</a>, investing a large amount of his private fortune into the game. He has been enthusiastic about attracting international tournaments to Kalmykia, and many grandmasters have done so. His flamboyant plans to build an extravagant <a href="/wiki/Chess_City" title="Chess City">Chess City</a> in the republic led to protests by some people, but have been praised by others for generating good publicity. The 1996 match between <a href="/wiki/Gata_Kamsky" title="Gata Kamsky">Gata Kamsky</a> and <a href="/wiki/Anatoly_Karpov" title="Anatoly Karpov">Anatoly Karpov</a> was originally scheduled to be played in <a href="/wiki/Baghdad" title="Baghdad">Baghdad</a>, but was moved to Elista due to the international reaction. </p><p>In other developments during that time, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov encountered opposition from rivals in the European chess federations, the U.S., and Canada. Some of these managed to a special meeting in <a href="/wiki/Utrecht_(city)" class="mw-redirect" title="Utrecht (city)">Utrecht</a>, Netherlands, on 27–28 April. The meeting called for equal treatment for Kamsky and Karpov, the restoration of the traditional FIDE cycle of qualifying contests leading to the world title match, and a shake-up in FIDE. To reinforce this reformation the Utrecht partners supported a candidate to challenge Ilyumzhinov at the FIDE Congress that took place alongside the <a href="/wiki/Chess_Olympiad" title="Chess Olympiad">Chess Olympiad</a>. The candidate was <a href="/wiki/Jaime_Sunye_Neto" title="Jaime Sunye Neto">Jaime Sunye Neto</a>, a grandmaster from Brazil. Ilyumzhinov was successful in mustering support from the <a href="/wiki/Third_World" title="Third World">Third World</a> and from Russia, and he won the election 87–46. There was no restoration of the traditional qualifying cycle, and Ilyumzhinov's own preference for a $5 million knockout contest for the world's top 100 players was deferred from December 1996 until December 1997, with no definite sponsor announced. </p><p>In the summer of 1998, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov announced his possible candidacy for the Russian presidency. This coincided with Anatoly Karpov being critical of the annual knockout FIDE world title system. Karpov argued that his contract with FIDE stipulated that the winner of the 1998 Karpov-<a href="/wiki/Viswanathan_Anand" title="Viswanathan Anand">Anand</a> match would hold the title for two years. Karpov's successful advocacy of his rights led to the cancellation of a planned world title knockout series in <a href="/wiki/Las_Vegas_Valley" title="Las Vegas Valley">Las Vegas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nevada" title="Nevada">Nevada</a>, later in that year. Since Karpov had an unsuccessful year, apart from his match against Anand, and he was unable to resist the plan that he would have to enter this knockout, whenever it came to be organized, at a far earlier stage. </p><p>Ilyumzhinov managed to persuade the 140 member countries of FIDE to take part in the main team event of the year, the Chess Olympiad, scheduled to start in late September 1998, in Elista. However the event started late due to the failure to complete the new venue in time. In the end, it attracted 110 teams to the main event, a <a href="/wiki/Swiss_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Swiss system">Swiss system</a> contest shortened to 13 rounds to allow for the delay. </p><p>On 2 June 2006, Ilyumzhinov was re-elected as FIDE President by a margin of 96–54 against his opponent <a href="/wiki/Bessel_Kok" title="Bessel Kok">Bessel Kok</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In an October 2006 <i><a href="/wiki/Wall_Street_Journal" class="mw-redirect" title="Wall Street Journal">Wall Street Journal</a></i> article <a href="/wiki/Garry_Kasparov" title="Garry Kasparov">Garry Kasparov</a>, who backed a rival to Ilyumzhinov, criticized Ilyumzhinov FIDE's leadership stating: "(Ilyumzhinov) has created a vertical column of power that would be familiar to any observer of Russia today."<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Nigel_Short" title="Nigel Short">Nigel Short</a>, the British grandmaster who also supported Kirsan's rival for the leadership of FIDE, joined Kasparov's misgivings at Ilyumzhinov's victory.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 29 September 2010, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov was reelected as President of FIDE defeating his rival, <a href="/wiki/Anatoly_Karpov" title="Anatoly Karpov">Anatoly Karpov</a> decisively – winning this election by 95 votes to 55.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, there were bitter accusations of cheating and corruption about the voting system with <a href="/wiki/CJ_de_Mooi" class="mw-redirect" title="CJ de Mooi">CJ de Mooi</a>, the president of the English Chess Federation, saying: "This was a farce of a vote...There wasn't even a pretence of fairness and free speech."<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2014, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov was reelected as President of FIDE after defeating <a href="/wiki/Garry_Kasparov" title="Garry Kasparov">Garry Kasparov</a>, winning 110–61.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On his 20th anniversary as FIDE president in November 2015, Ilyumzhinov listed his major achievements as: recognition of chess as a sport, unification of the world chess championship, stable financial situation of FIDE, complete FIDE calendar, the number of people playing chess increased more than ten times, the FIDE family has substantially increased, and development of women's chess.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In an interview on the same occasion, he mentioned that while not currently aspiring to become <a href="/wiki/FIFA" title="FIFA">FIFA</a> president, he might well become a candidate in the future, saying "I have a vision of how to make football still more popular and cleanse the organisation of corruption, like we did it with FIDE."<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Due to <a href="/wiki/OFAC" class="mw-redirect" title="OFAC">OFAC</a> sanctions, on 6 December 2015, Ilyumzhinov withdrew from any legal, financial and business operations of FIDE until such time as he is removed from the OFAC list but he remains in control of FIDE.<sup id="cite_ref-stepdown_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stepdown-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a subsequent interview, he said the USA sanctions were either a mistake or a provocation, with his lawyers planning to file a US$50 billion lawsuit, based on their estimated damages.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Previously in June 2014, Ilyuzmhinov had noted that his name was floating around concerning sanctions regarding <a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine">Ukraine</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 27 March 2017, FIDE stated through its website that Ilyumzhinov had announced his resignation,<sup id="cite_ref-fide.com_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fide.com-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and that the extraordinary meeting will be held next month to review and accept the resignation. Ilyumzhinov later denied his resignation<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in Russian media, as did his assistant when contacted by <a href="/wiki/Chess.com" title="Chess.com">Chess.com</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> FIDE executive director Nigel Freeman replied that Ilyumzhinov had verbally resigned during the Presidential Board Meeting in Athens, and called an Extraordinary Presidential Board Meeting to discuss the issue.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the meeting, it was confirmed that Ilyumzhinov had not formally resigned, however he was criticized for making misleading statements to the media.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2018, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Chessdom.com&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chessdom.com (page does not exist)">Chessdom.com</a> reported Ilyumzhinov to have applied for the new FIDE election with a virtual candidate on his ticket called "Glen Stark".<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 13 July 2018, the FIDE ethics commission sanctioned Kirsan Ilyumzhinov for violating the FIDE code of ethics. The FIDE president, who was banned from "holding any position" effectively for six months, initially announced his intentions to fight this decision.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, shortly after, he desisted from running for a new term as FIDE President. </p><p>After having been in office for 23 years, since 1995, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov was finally ousted, clearing the path for a successor. The Greek Georgios Makropoulos, who had been General Secretary since 1990 and number two in the organization under Kirsan's presidency, was the first to announce his ticket. He was followed by the Englishman <a href="/wiki/Nigel_Short" title="Nigel Short">Nigel Short</a>, a world title contender in the <a href="/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_1993" title="World Chess Championship 1993">World Chess Championship 1993</a> against <a href="/wiki/Garry_Kasparov" title="Garry Kasparov">Garry Kasparov</a>. The last to announce his candidacy was <a href="/wiki/Arkady_Dvorkovich" title="Arkady Dvorkovich">Arkady Dvorkovich</a>, who had served as Russian deputy prime minister and was also a member of the supervisory board of the Russian Chess Federation. Dvorkovich was also one of the chief organizers of the 2018 FIFA World Cup. In the elections, held in Batumi (Georgia) in October 2018, Dvorkovich won by 103 votes to 78 against Makropoulos, thus becoming FIDE's 7th President in history. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards">Awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kirsan_Ilyumzhinov&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Golden_Fleece_(Georgia)" title="Order of the Golden Fleece (Georgia)">Order of the Golden Fleece (Georgia)</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Publications">Publications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kirsan_Ilyumzhinov&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Publications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Autobiography">Autobiography</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kirsan_Ilyumzhinov&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Autobiography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ilyumzhinov called his autobiography <i>The President's Crown of Thorns</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Chapter titles included "Without Me the People Are Incomplete" (a quote from a short story by <a href="/wiki/Andrei_Platonov" title="Andrei Platonov">Andrei Platonov</a>), "I Become a Millionaire" and "It Only Takes Two Weeks to Have a Man Killed"—the latter being about the problems with rising crime in some parts of Russia. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mentions_in_literature">Mentions in literature</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kirsan_Ilyumzhinov&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Mentions in literature"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ilyumzhinov features prominently in these books: </p> <ul><li><i>The History of Kalmykia: from Ancient times to Kirsan Ilyumzhinov and Aleksey Orlov</i>, by Justin Corfield. [Chapter 4: pages 119–193 is about Kirsan Ilyumzhinov. This is the only book that draws on several meetings with Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, interviews with his father, teachers and colleagues, and it also has an extensive family tree of the Ilyumzhinovs.] (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-876586-29-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-876586-29-4">978-1-876586-29-4</a>).</li> <li><i>Curse of Kirsan: Adventures in the Chess Underworld</i>, by Sarah Hurst (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-888690-15-1" title="Special:BookSources/1-888690-15-1">1-888690-15-1</a>) (privately published by Russell Enterprises Inc.).</li> <li><i>The Chess Artist</i>, by J. C. Hallman (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-312-27293-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-312-27293-6">0-312-27293-6</a>).</li> <li><i>Absurdistan</i>, by Eric Campbell (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0732279801" title="Special:BookSources/0732279801">0732279801</a>).</li> <li><i>King's Gambit: A Son, A Father, and the World's Most Dangerous Game</i>, by Paul Hoffman (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1401300979" title="Special:BookSources/1401300979">1401300979</a>).</li> <li><i>Novodvorskaya. The last vestal of the revolution</i>, by <a href="/wiki/Yevgeny_Dodolev" title="Yevgeny Dodolev">Yevgeny Dodolev</a> (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-5-386-07861-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-5-386-07861-4">978-5-386-07861-4</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>Ilyumzhinov also has a whole chapter devoted to him in <i>The Lost Cosmonaut</i> by Daniel Kalder. (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780571227815" title="Special:BookSources/9780571227815">9780571227815</a>) (Faber, 2006). </p><p>There is also a brief biographical account on the website for the Embassy of Republic of Kalmyki. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kirsan_Ilyumzhinov&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-columns-2"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStaff_writer(s)2018" class="citation web cs1">Staff writer(s) (3 October 2018). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45718853">"Arkady Dvorkovich: Russian politician crowned world chess head"</a>. 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Ishi Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-4-8718-7454-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-4-8718-7454-0"><bdi>978-4-8718-7454-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+President%27s+Crown+of+Thorns&rft.pub=Ishi+Press&rft.date=2011&rft.isbn=978-4-8718-7454-0&rft.au=Kirsan+Ilyumzhinov&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKirsan+Ilyumzhinov" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-45"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-45">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://kirsan.today/ru/opinion/item/3047-yevgeny-dodolev-ilyumzhinov-is-a-real-buddhist-who-is-incapable-of-evil-and-who-sees-what-we-can-not-see.html">"Yevgeny Dodolev: Ilyumzhinov is a real Buddhist who is incapable of evil, and who sees what we can not see"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Yevgeny+Dodolev%3A+Ilyumzhinov+is+a+real+Buddhist+who+is+incapable+of+evil%2C+and+who+sees+what+we+can+not+see&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fkirsan.today%2Fru%2Fopinion%2Fitem%2F3047-yevgeny-dodolev-ilyumzhinov-is-a-real-buddhist-who-is-incapable-of-evil-and-who-sees-what-we-can-not-see.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKirsan+Ilyumzhinov" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kirsan_Ilyumzhinov&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit 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<span lang="mn">Үлэмжийн Хярсан</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Mongolian" class="mw-redirect" title="Romanization of Mongolian">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Mongolian-language romanization"><i lang="mn-Latn">Ülemjiin Khyarsan</i></span>, <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="mn-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Mongolian" title="Help:IPA/Mongolian">[ʊɮəmˈd͡ʒiːŋ<span class="wrap"> </span>xirˈsɑŋ]</a></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kirsan_Ilyumzhinov&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1235681985"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237033735">@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output 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href="http://www.fotoelista2.narod.ru/kom_kni1.htm">Kirsan Ilyumzhinov in comics, 1995</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2006/04/24/060424fa_fact4">Letter from Russia: "Planet Kirsan"</a> by Michael Specter, <i>The New Yorker</i>, 24 April 2006</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://sport.guardian.co.uk/chess/story/0,,1877426,00.html#article_continue">"King of Kalmykia"</a> by Tom Parfitt, <i>The Guardian</i>, 21 September 2006</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,442158,00.html">THE DICTATOR AND HIS HOBBY: "Kalmykian Leader Makes Farce of Chess Championships"</a> by Mark Grossekathöfer, <i>Spiegel Magazine</i>, 12 October 2006</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://observer.guardian.co.uk/osm/story/0,,1931027,00.html">"The man who bought chess"</a> by Ed Vulliamy, <i>Observer Sport Monthly</i>, 29 October 2006</li> 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