Gaddafi meets with FIDE president Ilyumzhinov in Tripoli

LONDON, June 13 (Itar-Tass) -- Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi met with
President of the World Chess Federation FIDE Kirsan Ilyumzhinov in
Tripoli, British media reported on Sunday.
The Libyan television has broadcast a video report about the meeting
between Gaddafi and Ilyumzhinov. The meeting was reported to be held last
Sunday.
Ilyumzhinov and Gaddafi played a game of chess on Sunday, Ilyumzhinov
said. According to the FIDE president, Gaddafi told the latter that "he is
not going to leave Libya."
In 2004 Tripoli hosted the World Chess Championship under the FIDE
aegis headed by Ilyumzhinov.