(ANSA) – CHENNAI, 07 AUG – The former Russian Deputy Prime Minister, Arkady Dvorkovich, was re-elected today president of the International Chess Federation (Fide), beating a Ukrainian rival according to whom the position of the Russian was unsustainable due to invasion of his country by Moscow.
A total of 157 out of 179 national chess federations in India voted in favor of Dvorkovich, said the head of the electoral commission of the Fide, Roberto Rivello.
Dvorkovich’s re-election is “excellent news,” commented the Kremlin. Dvorkovich prevailed over the Ukrainian grandmaster, Andrii Baryshpolets, who received only 16 votes.
Five delegates abstained and one vote was declared null. (HANDLE).
Source: Ansa
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