Arkady Dvorkovich was elected President FIDE

Former Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich was elected President of the FIDE International Chess Federation. This was reported by the official twitter of the Russian Chess Federation.

Arkady Dvorkovich - New President of FIDC.twitter.com/sq8bttmsuy

- RCF (@ruchess_ru) October 3, 2018

The elections were held on October 3 in the Georgian Batumi at the organization of the organization during the World Chess Olympiad.

In addition to Dvorkovich, a long-term Vice President of FIDE Grek Georgios Macropoulos and the British grandmaster Nigel Short claimed for a post. However, the British on Wednesday withdrew his candidacy in favor of the Russian candidate during the election speech.

Speaking to the participants of the Congress, Dvorkovich said that he considers one of the main tasks as President Fide to increase the investment attractiveness of chess. “FIDE must learn to make money,” TASS quoted an official as saying an official.

Dvorkovich became a candidate for the post of head of the Federation at the end of June. He was elected at the absentee vote of the Supervisory Board of the Russian Chess Federation instead of the current president Fide Kirsan Ilyumzhinov. Former President of Kalmykia headed the organization since 1995. In April, the FIDE Presidential Council demanded that Ilyumzhinov leave his post. The politician in 2015 was included in US sanctions lists for the support of Bashar al -Assad in Syria. After that, which the federation began financial difficulties.

From 2012 to 2018, the Vice-Prime Minister of the Russian government took his place. In the new government, he did not receive a place. Dvorkovich held the position of first vice president of the Russian Chess Federation for three years, and from 2010 to 2014 he was the chairman of its supervisory board. The father of Arkady Dvorkovich, Vladimir, was an international chess arbitrator.

During the election campaign in FIDE, Georgios Macropoulos accused Arkady Dvorkovich of dishonest competition and the use of political pressure on members of chess federations of other countries.

It was argued, in particular, that Russia could offer sponsorship of the Serbian Federation in exchange for a vote for a Russian candidate. In addition, Russian President Vladimir Putin asked the Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu to support Dvorkovich in the elections. Dvorkovich in response accused Macropoulos of corruption.