Dvorkovich: ‘out-sourcing’ discrimination?
Did FIDE president Arkady Dvorkovich conspire not only to subvert FIDE’s anti-discrimination statutes (1.2) but also the IOC Charter’s sacred ‘Principle 6’? … Read the rest
Quick 1-Minute Summary
He can’t win them all! Carlsen’s first words, when the 3-day championship came to an end, mask his obvious disappointment.
Losing two … Read the rest
How are you today? The year might see its end fast approaching, but chess activity seems to be as strong as ever! … Read the rest
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Asia’s strongest championship in 2018, serving as a qualification event for the next FIDE World Championship … Read the rest
Political opportunism in St.Petersburg?
I hope that this will not be the way Dvorkovich intends to run FIDE in the future. Earlier today FIDE announced… Read the rest
FIDE Dress Code: The Double Standards Game
They could both pass as fashion models! Grandmasters Anton Kovalyov (l) and Magnus Carlsen (r). Kovalyov looks … Read the rest
A Long & Informative Interview
The recently elected FIDE president Arkady Dvorkovich gave an official conference in Moscow on Friday. A wide variety of topics … Read the rest
Fortunately, Europe is NOT the world
When acting FIDE president Georgios Makropoulos wrote to me in May of this year, it was abundantly clear that … Read the rest
Someone will celebrate this evening. But who?
I have written enough of the 2018 FIDE election campaign here on this blog for my liking, and … Read the rest
FIFA and FIDE working together!?
This is a project of Dvorkovich mentioned here back in July. FIFA and FIDE working together in several areas … Read the rest
”Manipulating proxies, deceiving inexperienced federations, stretching the truth and intimidating – this is a trademark style of Mr. Makropoulos’s team. We have decided to … Read the rest
2018 FIDE Election Eclipses Olympiad
The opening ceremony of the 43rd Chess Olympiad was held last night amid superbly choreographed pomp and pagaentry. Inspite of … Read the rest
Quebec City Arbiter Caught Cheating
Banned For 2 Years!
Claude Lessard is a popular and well respected arbiter, organizer and promoter in the Quebec City … Read the rest
Threatens legal action if Makro does not stop
Amongst other things, but that was the veiled threat in Dvorkovich’s open letter published earlier today. The … Read the rest
Ethics Committee will not cave into Makro’s extortion!
Today Dvorkovich continued his campaign in Armenia, clearly not allowing Makro’s desperate appeal to the FIDE ethics … Read the rest
