The Importance of Chess Culture in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan is not the chess capital of the world even though people compare it to Russia and the Soviet Union which of course has a rich chess history. However, when I walk around a stunna I find chess clubs and academies everywhere. Not a lot of international people here but local chess culture exists very highly in Kazakhstan. And you know of course you've got your feed a dignitaries they had an astronaut yesterday actually been I was supposed to make the first move yesterday for Nepomni's she but I got bumped for cosmonaut some kind of national hero.

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