Gollum Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 (edited) LINK Candidates 2024 was awarded to Toronto, set to start on April 3rd. 3 Indians (Pragg, Vidit, Gukesh) and the Russian Nepo haven't been given visas despite applying months in advance. No such problems for other candidates from US, France, Azerbaijan. Russia-Ukraine war, the diplomatic tensions between India and Canada are being cited as reasons. Never before has such a thing happened in chess history. Useless Trudeau government. Edited March 4 by Gollum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vancouver Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 US and French nationals do not need a visa to enter Canada. Processing time for visitor's visa from India is around 6 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mishra Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 There is nothing called Chess tournament without indian and Russians. In modern West, Canada is probably worst country when it comes to organisation and delivery. Forget G7, Cop 20, commonwealth, I mean how difficult it is to plan and organise a chess tournament. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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