You couldn't make it up....

According to this report, Kirsan Illyumzhinov's latest idea is to arrange a chess tournament between robots, to be held on the planet Mars. "He is ready to suggest this to NASA, with whom he is due to meet in the near future".

If past FIDE practice is anything to go by, a week before it's due to take place, it will be switched to Pluto...

"Of course, if the Martian Planetary Council had consulted me initially, they could have hosted the 2013 British Championship".