ELISTA
The capital of Kalmykia and the hometown of the FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov which hosted the world championship final match between Gata Kamsky and Anatoly Karpov in 1996, the 1998 Olympiad for men and women, the Women World Championship Tournament in 2004, the reunification match between Veselin Topalov and Vladimir Kramnik in 2006, the Candidates’ matches of 2007, 2008 Grand Prix, the match Boris Spassky-Viktor Korchnoi and few Russian championships.
