Arkady Dvorkovich
Arkady Dvorkovich announced on Monday that he will seek a third term as president of the International Chess Federation. He named Timur Turlov as his running mate for deputy president. The election is scheduled for September during the FIDE General Assembly in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
Raportoinut AI
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, former FIDE president from 1995 to 2018, has announced his intention to seek the organization's top job again at elections this September in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. In a recent interview with Sport-Express, the 63-year-old Russian said he hopes for support from Russia amid speculation of other candidates. He cited lifted U.S. sanctions and his past contributions to chess as reasons for a comeback.
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