A meeting between the Minister of Youth Policy and Sports of the Republic of Uzbekistan Adkham Ikramov, the first deputy minister, head of the Youth Affairs Agency, chairman of the Chess Federation Alisher Sadullayev and FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich, advisor to the FIDE President Berik Balgabaev was held on December 28, 2023 in the building of the Ministry of Youth Policy and Sports of Uzbekistan.

During this productive conversation, the participants emphasized the extensive work on developing and promoting chess that is being carried out nowadays.

The participants praised the state chess policy in Uzbekistan and the high level of the Rapid and Blitz World Championship currently underway in Samarkand.

During the meeting, the parties agreed on deepening chess cooperation and accelerating work in this field and discussed future plans.