Chess: Russia and Ukraine face in India in the middle of the war
By Susan Ninansports Writer
Published21 Hours Agoshare "> In August, Mahabalypuram, a small town in the state of southern India of Tamil Nadu, will serve as the unlikely place for a battle of Russia-Ukraine.Representatives of more than 180 countries will vote, apart from the next chess Olympiad, which India is organizing, to choose the head of the International Chess Federation ( FIDE), the Apex organism for global chess.
The favorite is Arkady Dvorkovich - current president of FIDE and former Deputy Prime Minister of Russi A - Who is looking for a second mandate in office?
Against him is the great Ukrainian teacher Andrii Baryshpolets, who announced his candidacy at the end of May.
There are two other candidates in the fray for the superior publication-Bachar Kouatly, who is currently vice president of FIDE, and Cheripov Inalbek of Belgium.
have spent more than four months since Russia invaded Ukraine, designating wave of global shock.
Since then, Moscow has been marginalized by several global forums, but the Dvorkovich camp has two factors to see them: the chess boom Vio during the pandemic and pandemic and Fide efforts to maintain the calendar of the tournament in the difficult months.
His opponents, on the other hand, argue that Russia has controlled chess administration for too long. It is one of the most respected names in chess
Apart from the confrontation between two countries at war, the election of August 7 has another interesting subtram.
and the opponent of the Indian legend in the Ukrainian GM team is his former coach, Peter Heine Nielsen.
Nielsen is one of the most vociferous critics of FIDE. He has questioned the transparency of his financing and the presence of government officials between the Board of Trustees of the Federation of Celeft Russia.
"Our fight is not against Dvorkovich. It is against the Kremlin control over a FIDE," Nielsen told the BBC, and added that 11 of the 20 major chess events were housed in Russia in the last four years.
"There is a strong desire in the chess community to distant ourselves from Russia and be truly independent of the influence of the Kremlin. This choice could achieve a paradigm shift. We are optimistic, "he says.
Image source, Andrii Baryyshpolets / Facebookimage, Grand Master Andrii Baryshpolets announced his candidacy in May Before Dvorkovich took over, Russian Russian businessman and politic Kirsan Ilyumzhinov was Fide presiding
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