FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich was re-elected for a second time period within the presidential elections throughout the FIDE Congress in Chennai, India, on Sunday. He acquired 157 of the votes. The one different remaining candidate, Andrii Baryshpolets, acquired 16 votes.
Shortly earlier than the voting began, GM Bachar Kouatly withdrew his candidacy citing an absence of assist from the delegates. Inalbek Cheripov, the fourth candidate, had withdrawn just a few days earlier.
Every candidate was given quarter-hour to talk to the FIDE delegates earlier than the voting befell; the order was decided by the drawing of tons. Baryshpolets spoke first, and he began by introducing GM Peter Heine Nielsen, the deputy president candidate on their ticket.
In a passionate speech, Nielsen talked about the current information that the Skolkovo Basis had been sanctioned by the U.S. Division of the Treasury for its shut involvement with the Russian army. Dvorkovich had been the chairman for years (till March 2022) of this Russian expertise institute. Each Baryshpolets and Nielsen claimed that Dvorkovich had thus not directly assisted in Russia’s warfare in Ukraine, a sentiment that did not resonate with the delegates, who remained principally silent throughout and after the speech.
Subsequent to deal with the delegates was Kouatly, who additionally let his ticket’s deputy president, Ian Wilkinson of Jamaica, converse first. Wilkinson flamboyantly introduced himself, offering temporary biographical particulars and mentioning the well-known Jamaicans Bob Marley and Usain Bolt. He then introduced Kouatly as if he had been saying a movie star, shouting “Bachar” 3 times. The French grandmaster additionally described his background earlier than withdrawing his candidacy, which didn’t come absolutely sudden as Kouatly and Wilkinson had barely campaigned.
Arkady Dvorkovich is reelected for a second time period as President of the Worldwide Chess Federation, with 157 votes in opposition to 16.
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Dvorkovich additionally launched his ticket accomplice, and GM Viswanathan Anand was greeted with applause. The five-time world champion turned chess politician, who shouldn’t be enjoying within the Olympiad however is specializing in promotional actions as a substitute, proudly welcomed everybody to his hometown and emphasised that FIDE must be the voice of all federations and all gamers.
Earlier than itemizing his plans for the approaching 4 years, Dvorkovich briefly reacted to the “issues associated to potential fame dangers for FIDE” primarily based on his background as a former high Russian politician.
“I took a robust place on the tragic occasions in Ukraine in addition to supported the FIDE Council’s selections concerning cutting down Russia’s involvement in FIDE, and I’ve no relation to Skolkovo or another sanctioned physique anymore,” he stated.
By successful 157 to 16, Dvorkovich scored a convincing victory. He’ll proceed to guide the Worldwide Chess Federation for 4 extra years. As he introduced in 2016, he doesn’t intend to rule FIDE any longer than that.
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