Anand is chosen as the Fide vice-president, and Arkady is re-elected
The 44th Chess Olympiad is taking place here at the same time as the FIDE Congress, where the world chess organization elections took place.
Viswanathan Anand, one of the best players in the world and a five-time world champion. It would start his new position as Fide vice-president after Arkady Dvorkovich was select to serve a second term as president. In the elections held here, Dvorkovich defeated Ukrainian Grandmaster Andrii Baryshpolets by a resounding margin of 157-16 votes. However, before voting began, a third candidate, Frenchman Bachar Kouatly, withdrew his name from consideration.
Arkady is re-elected, and Anand is select as the Fide vice-president.
The FIDE Congress, where the elections for the world chess organization were hold, is concurrent with the 44th Chess Olympiad here
After Arkady Dvorkovich was select to serve a second term as president. Viswanathan Anand, one of the best players in the world and a five-time world champion, would start his new position as Fide vice-president. Dvorkovich won by a commanding margin of 157-16 votes over Ukrainian Grandmaster Andrii Baryshpolets in the elections held here. A third candidate, Frenchman Bachar Kouatly, withdrew his name from consideration before voting.
Anand’s playing days are essentially over as chessboard politics have taken over. He skipped the Olympiad for a variety of reasons, including the election. “I now play less chess on a regular basis than I did three or four years ago. I’ve long wanted to work in chess administration, so I’ll learn much from this opportunity as deputy president, Anand said prior to the voting.
While Dvorkovich’s candidacy was controversial, his was not. He kept waiting while the war in Ukraine got worse. Finally, he declared, “Wars are the worst things one could face in life… including this war,” to the American publication Mother Jones. I’m thinking of the people of Ukraine right now.
