TWIC is 30. First issue 17th September 1994.
FIDE Presidential Elections 2010 (Nominations)
Ilyumzhinov and Karpov only two FIDE Presidential Candidates
Mark Crowther - Tuesday 29th June 2010
FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov and former World Chess Champion are the only two to meet the dead-line of 29th June 2010 (three months before the elections) to become FIDE President. Both lists will be now be examined for their validity and they will be ratified during its Presidential Board meeting in Tromso, 24-25 July. Also there has been a resolution to the conflict within the Russian Chess Federation, a complete victory for Dvorkovich.
In an article on the FIDE website it has been confirmed that the following tickets have been submitted to the Presidential Board for the elections in November.
| A: Presidential Tickets for FIDE elections | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| I.Presidential ticket of Mr. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov: | |||
| Pl | Post | Name | Nominated by |
| 1. | President | Mr. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov | Russia, Argentina and Mexico |
| 2. | Deputy President | Mr. Georgios Makropoulos | Greece |
| 3. | Vice President | Mr. Lewis Ncube | Zambia |
| 4. | Vice President | Mrs. Beatriz Marinello | Chile and Brazil |
| 5. | General Secretary | Mr. Ignatius Leong | Singapore |
| 6. | Treasurer | Mr. Nigel Freeman | Bermuda |
| II.Presidential ticket of Mr. Anatoly Karpov: | |||
| Pl | Post | Name | Nominated by |
| 1. | President | Mr. Anatoly Karpov | France, Germany and Switzerland |
| 2. | Deputy President | Mr. Richard Conn Jr | USA |
| 3. | Vice President | Dr. Aguinaldo Jaime | Angola |
| 4. | Vice President | Prof. Dr. Alisa Maric | Serbia |
| 5. | General Secretary | Mr. Abd Hamid Majid | Malaysia |
| 6. | Treasurer | Mr. Viktor Kapustin | Ukraine |
| B.Continental Presidents elections: | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| I.Continental President for Europe: | |||
| 1. | Mr. Silvio Danailov | Bulgaria | |
| 2. | Dr. Robert von Weinzacker | Germany | |
| 3. | Mr. Ali-Nihat Yazici | Turkey | |
| II.Continental President for the Americas: | |||
| 1. | Mr. Jorge Vega Fernandez | Guatemala | |
| 2. | Mr. Erick Marvin Guevara | El Salvador | |
| III.Continental President for Asia: | |||
| 1. | Sultan Bin Khalifa Al-Nahayan | United Arab Emirates | |
| IV.Continental President for Africa: | |||
| 1. | Mr. Dabilani Buthali | Botswana | |
| 2. | Dr. Hesham Elgendy | Sudan | |
| 3. | Dr. Mohammad Moammar AL-Gathafi | Libya | |
| 4. | Mr. Lakhdar Mazouz | Algeria | |
| 5. | Mr. Kezzie Msukwa | Malawi | |
| 6. | Mr. Hussein Nafady | Egypt | |
| 7. | Mr. Max Baron Nitzborn | Namibia | |
Elsewhere Iluymzhinov claims he has 55 nations in support of him already which leaves around 25-30 to go to win the election. Whether these figures are real will only be seen at election time. Ilyumzhinov has promised money for 10 years of Campomanes Memorial events in Asia and similar events in the Americas.
The Presidential Board meeting in Tromso in July potentially has significance because, in my reading of the regulations, that Karpov will require at least some magnanimity in order to stand as he doesn't have the support of the Russian Federation, his own.
This is because now the Russian Chess Federation is completely in the hands of Arkadij Dvorkovich. In what looks like quite a rough take over by effectively the Russian Government.
I highly doubt that Ilyumzhinov's initial nomination by Russia was legal, but now all this has been cleared up effectively with Alexander Bakh's resignation at a meeting on the 28th in Moscow. The minutes were published on the Russian Chess Federation site in what looks like (if you read between the lines even not so much) go quietly or you'll really regret it kind of ultimatum to him.
I think it is clear that only Bakh had the powers to nominate earlier but now these have been handed over to Dvorkovich. The minutes pretty much make it clear that Bakh wasn't there at the meeting. The significance as to who benefits for this will only become clear later but all this makes a mockery of the Russian President's plan of stopping Government interference in the decisions of sporting organisations.
Minutes of the supervisory board on 28th June 2010
Link to the minutes in Russian
On June 28 at the Central House of chess players held a meeting of the Supervisory Board Chess Federation under the chairmanship of A. Dvorkovich.
The meeting was devoted to conflict resolution in RCF , hampering the work the federation. AV Dvorkovich suggested members of the Supervisory Board to take a number of solutions aimed at normalizing the current activities of the Federation . In particular , it is necessary to July 1, pay the fee in FIDE Chess Federation , or Russia will not be permitted before the Olympics in Khanty - Mansiysk.
Vice- Chairman of the Supervisory Board RCF AV Selivanov said that the Chairman of the Board RCF AG Bach filed his resignation ( voluntary resignation ) from the post of Chairman of the Chess Federation of 10 July 2010 .
Chairman of the Supervisory Board noted that the experience of AG Bach will be in demand in the organization of major international competitions in the Russia (in particular the Tal Memorial in 2010 and the Aeroflot- Open 2011) .
The Supervisory Board decided to appoint Levitov IV First Deputy Chairman of the RCF and the Acting Chairman of the Chess Federation of 10 July 2010 .
The Supervisory Board also voted unanimously to empower AV Dvorkovich authority to relations with third parties for the period until 11 October , when held an extraordinary congress RCF with the following agenda:
1 . Amendments to the Charter of RCF
2 . About the Chairman of the Board RCF .
