Was there a coup d’etat within FIDE?
Posted in FIDE, Media Stories, Politics, The Chess Drum on Mar 28th, 2017 1 Comment »
In the past 24-48 hours, the chess world has been buzzing with the news of Kirsan Ilyumzhinov’s resignation. The news was reported on the FIDE website, and many chess organizations ran the story as well. Literally hours after the news broke, Ilyumzhinov’s personal assistant Berik Balgabaev called it “fake news” and that no official documents […]
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