Russian says he spoke with Gadhafi by phone and that he doesn't plan to leave Tripoli

MOSCOW - The Russian head of the World Chess Federation said he spoke Tuesday with Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and that he remains in Tripoli and defiant.

Kirsan Ilyumzhinov has known Gadhafi for years. His visit to Tripoli this summer was the last time the Libyan leader was seen in public after NATO airstrikes began. The two of them were filmed playing chess together on June 12.

Ilyumzhinov told The Associated Press that Gadhafi called him around 6 p.m. Moscow time (1400 GMT, 10 a.m. EDT) Tuesday and said he was not planning to leave Libya and "we will fight."

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