Indian chess legend Viswanathan Anand becomes FIDE deputy president
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- Indian chess legend, ViswanathanAnand was elected deputy president of the International Chess Federation or World Chess Federation (FIDE), the sport’s world governing body. While incumbent president ArkadyDvorkovich was re-elected for a second term. Five-time world champion Anand was part of Dvorkovich’s team.
- The elections to the world chess body were held during the FIDE Congress which is being conducted here alongside the 44th Chess Olympiad. In the elections held here, DvorkovichpippedAndriiBaryshpolets, a Ukrainian Grandmaster, by a landslide scoreline of 157-16 votes. A third candidate, French BacharKouatly, withdrew his candidature after giving his speech before voting began.
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Published date : 08 Aug 2022 06:17PM