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Friendly Clash Among FIDE Presidential Candidates In ACP Round Table Discussion

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An online “round-table” discussion organized by the Association of Chess Professionals (ACP) on Thursday saw three FIDE presidential candidates, the incumbent president Arkady Dvorkovich, GM Andrii Baryshpolets, and GM Bachar Kouatly, debating over a variety of topics in what was a remarkably friendly affair. The discussion was never the tough debate that one might have …

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4 Candidates In FIDE Presidential Elections

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The FIDE presidential elections, to be held on August 7, 2022, will be fought among no fewer than four candidates. This became clear after the FIDE Electoral Commission approved the four ticket candidacies on June 7 (in PDF here, which was published on the FIDE website on June 9). The four approved tickets are the …

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Fumey’s Presidential Bid: ‘FIDE Can No Longer Afford a Russian President’

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FIDE’s Vice President CM Enyonam Sewa Fumey from Togo has joined the presidential race for the 2022 elections of the international chess federation. The elections will take place in Chennai, India, on August 7 during this year’s FIDE General Assembly. Fumey’s bid is based on two simple premises: distancing the organization from the influence of Russia …

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