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Another from CJ de Mooi in Khanty-Mansiysk; The voting has finished and the counting begun. However, it'll rest on the 56 proxy votes, most of which are for (or are reassigned for) Kirsan. I anticipate a 75-95 loss for Karpov but our lawyer is reasonably satisfied the vote was fair (even if nothing...

And the Seychelles have the same vote as England! I wonder who they're voting for?

Ed: CJ de Mooi once again from Khanty-Mansiysk; Please publish all these on Impala and ECF Forum... people need to know how corrupt it is. If (IF) we can get a fully secret ballot, I still think we'll win but they'll fight against that (even though it's a FIDE statute) with everything they've got. ...

CJ de Mooi adds from Siberia -

Leong nominated 3 scrutineers, no discussion was allowed and the board walked off ignoring the 20 or so people protesting or wanting to speak

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Wednesday, September 29. 2010 Decision day in Siberia, by C.J. de Mooi Ed: Today sees the election for President of FIDE at the Chess Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk, in western Siberia. The incumbent, and seeking re-election, is Kirsan Ilyumzhinov who, until recently, was President as well of the auton...

Report the fifth, by C.J. de Mooi Ed: C.J. De Mooi, President of the English Chess Federation, writes from the Chess Olympiad in Siberia; "I played like crap" was Nigel Short's succinct and not necessarily inaccurate description of his own game. However, the momentous events of tomorrow when he'll ...

Monday, September 27. 2010 Report the fourth, by C.J. de Mooi Ed: C.J. De Mooi, President of the English Chess Federation, writes from the Chess Olympiad in Siberia; He's not dead, he's just pining for the fjords! A thirty something Cornish man is being questioned about mugging a Norwegian teenager....

Sunday, September 26. 2010 Report the third, by C.J. de Mooi Ed: C.J. De Mooi writes from the Chess Olympiad in Siberia; Nigel Short (sorry, Doctor Nigel Short MBE) is the oldest player in the world's top 100. In round 5 he crushed young Laurent Fressinet in a 29 move spectacular. This brings the ve...

Report the second, by C.J. de Mooi Ed: C.J. De Mooi writes from the Chess Olympiad in Siberia; David Howell is not a team player. Everyone else toils for countless hours racking up 40, 50 or 60 moves and he thinks 16 is adequate before calling it a day. It was a win (with Black too) but where's the ...