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FIDE Presidential Elections 2010 (Karpov)
Karpov to stand as FIDE President
Mark Crowther - Monday 15th March 2010
Anatoly Karpov to stand as FIDE President. Photo © Europe-Echecs. | http://www.europe-echecs.com
Anatoly Karpov has announced his intention to stand for the post of the President of FIDE in September. He will challenge sitting President Kirsan Iljumzhinov but the regulations suggest that both cannot stand, at least not without a vote of the FIDE General Assembly and the use of an "exceptional cases" clause.
The European Chess Union will also have elections for their own presidency.
Anatoly Karpov has announced his intention to stand for the post of FIDE President the elections for which are during the General Assembly of the FIDE Congress which take place during the 39th Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk (September 19th - October 4th 2010). This announcement took place during an extraordinary meeting of the European Chess Union (ECU) on March 13th 2010.
Karpov has been officially nominated by the French Chess Federation as confirmed by Jean-Claude Moingt in the Europe-Echecs video. As far as I'm aware Karpov isn't a member of the French Chess Federation and I believe he will need the nomination of the Russian Chess Federation to stand as will current FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov. Karpov noted that there were difficulties because two Russian Candidates wanted to stand but the Russian Federation can only nominate one. It is also the case that candidates need the support of their own federation to run (there is some wiggle room this "stipulation may be waived by the General Assembly only in exceptional cases") so someone is going to have a lot of problems when the Russians take their decision. Karpov seemed to imply that if he got the nomination Ilyumzhinov would probably run anyhow "FIDE can do whatever they want, they don't respect their own regulations and rules." although he didn't say anything about his own plans if he didn't get the nomination.
Europe Echecs Video Interview with Karpov and also with Danailov and Yazici.
Karpov says that FIDE should promote the current players better otherwise Kasparov, Fischer and Karpov would remain the most famous players to the wider public rather than Topalov, Anand and younger stars such as Carlsen and Nakamura. Also that the profile of the game as a whole needed to be raised and the game should be promoted in schools.
Karpov criticised Georgios Makropoulos, Zurab Azmaiparashvili even the president Kirsan Iljumzhinov of making money where the players are not.
He wants to reverse the fall in the prestige of chess. Like everyone he wants to promote chess in schools (that's a given with almost everyone in chess at the moment)
Change for the World Championship system.
The European Chess Union is also to see a Presidential Election at Khanty Mansiysk just before the FIDE Congress and Presidential election.
Candidates are: Ali Nihat Yazici (who announced his plan to run at Novi-Sad 5 months ago and has been in dispute with the current leadership)
Silvio Danailov (his campaign slogan "I know...") who has the support of the Bulgarian Chess Federation.
Yazici implied that he expected the president for the last 12 years Boris Kutin to stand and that there would be an additional western candidate who hadn't yet made an announcement (see: http://www.europe-echecs.com/).
Some relevant regulations
1.2 Nominations for the Presidential ticket and Continental Presidents must reach the FIDE Secretariat at least three months before the opening of the General Assembly. To be elected, each candidate shall be nominated by his federation. He/She should have been a member of their federation at least one year before the General Assembly.
No person can be elected to a FIDE-office against the will of his national federation. This stipulation may be waived by the General Assembly only in exceptional cases. Federations that are against the nomination of one of their members for a FIDE office, should raise their objections to such a nomination before the election.
A Federation is entitled to nominate only one candidate for one position
Links
Europe Echecs Video Interview with Karpov (TWIC link)
