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Fun fact - former Kalmykia president, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, typical Asian-style ruler (governed the republic from 1993 to 2010) is also a big chess lover, who was president of FIDE for 23 years, built so called "Chess City" near republic capital: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_City
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirsan_Ilyumzhinov
He was also a somewhat crazy guy, because he openly talked about UFO encounters.