Re: FIDE internal fighting
Posted: Tue May 01, 2018 10:01 am
Ivan Savvidi's Group of Companies (Greece).
Quite a colourful sponsor lined up for future FIDE events.
Quite a colourful sponsor lined up for future FIDE events.
The independent home for discussions on the English Chess scene.
https://www.ecforum.org.uk/
(NB bolding is mine)We would like to share with you FIDE news and also check and promote chess related news which is published by your federation and officials.
That seems to be Malcolm Pein's line as wellshaunpress wrote: ↑Thu May 03, 2018 4:49 amespecially where he tries to treat his 22 years of experience as a reason for being elected, while not a reason to hold him accountable for his role in Kirsan's Presidency.
Nigel Short on the other hand would like a complete clear outIt seems to me that whatever has gone before, and many of the incumbents in FIDE bear a great responsibility for supporting Ilyumzhinov over the years, the priority now must be to get rid of him and only then can the organisation be reformed.
Would he indeed. Maybe he could stand himself and give us all a laugh.Roger de Coverly wrote: ↑Thu May 03, 2018 8:48 amNigel Short on the other hand would like a complete clear out
https://twitter.com/nigelshortchess/sta ... 0271398912
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And was very harshly criticised by many, including Makro himself at a meeting I was present at in Chennai in 2013. Indeed the majority of the FIDE presentation (to a number of Asian Federations) consisted of telling us how awful Igantius had been for all these years (including taking advantage of poor Kirsan), but fortunately his reign of terror was now past.
It would take, what, someone with a free day or two and an Internet connection to find most of that for themselves by typing stuff into Google?shaunpress wrote: ↑Thu May 03, 2018 4:49 amOn the 11th April an email was sent to all Federations requesting links to Facebook pages, twitter accounts and other social media addresses of the Federation, President and Delegate. It included the somewhat ominous line(NB bolding is mine)We would like to share with you FIDE news and also check and promote chess related news which is published by your federation and officials.
The PNGCF declined this request.
Probably a new thread should now be created, since NS would not wish to be considered a FIDE insider.NickFaulks wrote: ↑Mon Apr 30, 2018 11:32 pmYes, I've heard there will be an Official Monster Raving Loony Party candidate. I shan't spoil the surprise.Angus French wrote: ↑Mon Apr 30, 2018 11:20 pmPeter Doggers in a tweet: "Just had a long phone call with the third candidate for FIDE President, to be announced soon."
<laughs>JustinHorton wrote: ↑Thu May 03, 2018 10:48 amWould he indeed. Maybe he could stand himself and give us all a laugh.Roger de Coverly wrote: ↑Thu May 03, 2018 8:48 amNigel Short on the other hand would like a complete clear out
https://twitter.com/nigelshortchess/sta ... 0271398912
https://twitter.com/nigelshortchess/sta ... 1873262594
With Kasparov as his deputy I would hope ...Angus French wrote: ↑Mon May 07, 2018 6:49 pmApparently Nigel Short will be standing to be FIDE President.