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First of a three part series on election manipulation allegations within the Bulgarian Chess Federation was shown on Bulgarian TV. Report here from ChessDom which mentions Silvio Danailov.

http://www.chessdom.com/corruption-scan ... deraition/

Chris Rice wrote:First of a three part series on election manipulation allegations within the Bulgarian Chess Federation was shown on Bulgarian TV. /

Is it that lucrative or prestigious to be President of the Bulgarian Chess Federation? By the accounts, it's a contest between Danailov and "none of the above". But perhaps that's a real battle.

Allegations of corruption involving Danailov

Shocked I am, can't tell you how much

Still, it isn't as if the ECF supported him, oh hang on

Roger de Coverly wrote:Is it that lucrative or prestigious to be President of the Bulgarian Chess Federation?

Perhaps it's all proportional, the bribe does not look expensive: few "tables" (chess sets?) and an arbiting assignment; not quite the Olympic Games or the FIFA Worldcup kind of bribes...

The second part of the series has featured further serious allegations against Team Danailov and clear implications that Danailov has done a runner. http://www.chessdom.com/the-scandal-in- ... s-deepens/

Excellent comment, irony in full flow

Ali Nihat Yazici · CEO & Founder at Yazıcı Uluslararası Danışmanlık
Justice will be revealed! Danailov was a clear mafia! I wish all mafia in chess be cleaned...

The latest in the Bulgarian chess world. This is getting to be hilarious:

Silvio Danailov was reelected for one more term as head of the Bulgarian Chess Federation. He won the December 13th elections despite being investigated by the Sports Ministry for financial irregularities and being suspected of votes manipulations.

Silvio Danailov collected 45 out of 57 votes. He was the only candidate for the position, as his opponent Stefan Sergiev decided not to run for president due to the shady financial situation of BCF. Or as Sergiev figuratively put it himself, he “doesn’t want to enter into the swamp”.

Danailov shared for Dnevnik regarding the elections, “Being a President (of the Bulgarian Chess Federation) is a heavy burden for me… If someone finds another candidate, I am ready to step down.”

Ministry of Sports to investigate the BCF finances; Danailov to start two lawsuits against Sergiev

A couple of days ago Stefan Sergiev signaled to the Ministry of Sports that the Bulgarian Chess Federation has misused 500 000 eur state support for the European Women Chess Championship – an event where players cover alone their expenses.

At a meeting with Danailov, the Sports Minister Mr. Krasen Kralev has confirmed that there will be ан investigation. Mr. Kralev also talked to the executive director Nikolay Velchev, the vice president Nikolay Nedkov, and to the future board member Boyko Hristov about the situations at BCF.
Standard News reports that BCF and Mr. Kralev have agreed to work toward having chess in schools. However, the government of the project will be by the state and not the federation itself.

After the meeting at the Ministry of Sports, Danailov reacted strongly to Sergiev’s signal and promised to start two lawsuits against him. Danailov also qualified the presidency of his predecessor Sergiev as “incompetent”. The reason according to Dnevnik newspaper, which quotes Danailov, is that BCF under Sergiev has given back to the state 750 000 eur instead of utilizing the support money, a unique case in the history of the country, for which BCF is “laughed upon”.

http://www.chessdom.com/amid-scandals-d ... elections/

A report of a further development: http://www.chessdom.com/bulgarian-chess ... onference/

Bulgarian and ECU wagons look to be circling around Danailov who increasingly seems to sound like Jack Warner http://www.chess.com/news/bulgarian-che ... enies-7739

Chris Rice wrote:Bulgarian and ECU wagons look to be circling around Danailov who increasingly seems to sound like Jack Warner http://www.chess.com/news/bulgarian-che ... enies-7739

I don’t understand this remark.

Jack Warner was the name of the actor who played P.C. George Dickson in the BBC series Dickson of Dock Green.

Presumably Chris R meant the FIFA (footballing governing body) Jack Warner:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-33002674

Ken, I guess you're more a fan of old black and white TV series rather than of football.

It's OK Ken, I was also puzzled how Jack Warner could have still been young enough to get into trouble - quite apart from the sheer impossibility of Dixon doing anything corrupt!

For what it's worth, there are eleven Jack Warners with Wikipedia articles.

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