World Chess President Claims He Was Abducted By Space Aliens -- And They Invented Chess

I was taken [from] my apartment in Moscow to this spaceship, and we went to some star and after that, I asked them, 'Please bring me back.' They are like people, like us. They have the same mind and the same vision. I talked with them and I understand that we are not alone in this whole world -- we are not unique.
I'm not a crazy man, but after I gave the first interview to Radio Freedom in Russia ... thousands -- not hundreds -- thousands of people wrote me letters and called on the phone, saying, 'Oh, Kirsan, you are a politician and you are not afraid to talk about it?'

It was not in our Russian space vehicles, but with aliens. They came in a flying saucer, picked me up, and I spent a whole day in outer space.
It was from my apartment. They flew in and picked me up. They were wearing yellow spacesuits. I remember this moment exactly. We went off to their interplanetary ship, and I started to feel a lack of air, a lack of oxygen. They gave me a spacesuit as well.
One of the aliens pointed to his chest and indicated that the oxygen supply could be regulated by turning a dial. So this is what I did.

The ship was absolutely enormous. One of its chambers was the size of a large football pitch. We landed on one of the planets and picked up some piece of equipment. They told me everything in detail.
I asked them to take me back to Earth as quickly as possible, because in two days I had to conduct Youth Government Week. And then they brought me back and everything was normal again.
A few days later I was walking along thinking: 'Why did they take me?' And I was cursing myself for not asking them any questions. But it is possible that it is still not the time for us to meet these extraterrestrial civilizations.

HuffPo link

This is interesting! I haven't heard about this before, although it's not a new story. It looks like it's getting new attention possibly considering he's in the running as for the FIFA presidency.

From the article-

"Kirsan Ilyumzhinov is one Russian politician who publicly discussed UFOs and, culturally, it apparently was not a disaster. Perhaps the Russian population sees him as someone bending the rules when he talks about having had an experience with a UFO and its alien crew," said Jan Harzan, executive director of the Mutual UFO Network, the largest civilian-based UFO investigating organization in the world.

"Whether he's outspoken about UFOs from experience or just for publicity and attention, we don't know," Harzan told The Huffington Post in an email. "But it is rather unusual when you compare him to American politicians. Here in the U.S., it is still political disaster for a politician to discuss UFOs from a personal point of view."

Edit to add the bit about Chess-

"My theory is that chess comes from space. Because it's the same rules -- 64 squares, black and white, and the same rules in Japan, in China, in Qatar, in Mongolia, in Africa -- the rules are the same. Why? I think maybe it is from space."

a reply to: raedar

Even though I believe there is life out there and that we've probably been visited and/or still being visited, this is an extraordinary claim. In my heart I want to believe him but politics is a dirty game. I think if anybody ever got abducted and was able to even speak to them, the first question I'd think would be "why me?"

a reply to: Journey1986

I agree with you! I still like all the stories haha, because who knows, right?

a reply to: raedar

I knew that my chess skills were out-of-this-world, but I would have never guessed that this was because of the origin of the game!

Hehe, seriously though: S&F for sharing with us!

Line 1 - Am I missing the part where he says he still has the yellow suit to prove it?

Line 2 - He's a politician.

Cool story though.

a reply to: raedar

This guy may need to put the chess board away for a while, I think it's effecting his mental health.

I dunno, if they told him, "everything in detail" why does he, " worry about not asking questions".....it's that flippin' VOD!

originally posted by: smurfy
I dunno, if they told him, "everything in detail" why does he, " worry about not asking questions".....it's that flippin' VOD!

Good point! His thoughts exactly.

originally posted by: Krazysh0t

This guy may need to put the chess board away for a while, I think it's effecting his mental health.

I believe that a similar mental trouble can be experienced upon seeing this three-sided chessboard:



Now that is most unsettling.

I asked them to take me back to Earth as quickly as possible, because in two days I had to conduct Youth Government Week. And then they brought me back and everything was normal again.

a reply to: raedar

You are witnessing the greatest experience in human history of contacting another species in the cosmos, but you gotta get back for Youth government week... it is way more important!

a reply to: Krazysh0t

Not that this has any relevance to your post and I understood you were joking, but chess is by far the greatest 1 on 1 game on planet earth. So I guess in a way I wouldn't be surprised if it did not come from earth.

More trolling from the Breakaways.
"We invented chess..."
*snicker*

Interesting. I did not believe it to be true, but it deems nobody really is sure where the game came from... with several nations the world over claiming to be the originators.

www.chess.com...

originally posted by: swanne

originally posted by: Krazysh0t

This guy may need to put the chess board away for a while, I think it's effecting his mental health.

I believe that a similar mental trouble can be experienced upon seeing this three-sided chessboard:

Now that is most unsettling.

Standard rules or Sheldon rules from big bang theory?

I don't know about chess,

But I am sure that E.T.s made this really hard game, called " life " .

I am convinced that if I can beat my computer at chess it will attract the attention of advanced intelligences.
I'm pretty darn good against other humans.
It's a shame there aren't more chess groupies. I have to play guitar for that.

a reply to: raedar

Little odd he spent a whole day and didn't ask any questions. I could understand which for a while but a whole day?

You know the body does make DeeMTee and some people get spikes of it from time to time.

I've experienced space civilizations as well, except I'm aware it's my unconscious going wild in an altered state. Some people apparently aren't self aware enough to realize what's up.

While it is true that I adore this story, and it's such a nice getaway from everything else that is going on (S&F); it is also true that I don't believe him. It just doesn't seem like a true story. Whatsoever. Why a man like that would lie about such a thing I have no idea.

a reply to: csimon

That second point is definitely a major problem. But why would they give him a suit? It would be pointless, just a souvenir, for him, but very valuable and useful for them.

Furthermore, if they don't want to be known by the general public, giving him the suit is exactly the type of thing they'd NEVER do.