Grandmaster Spikes: the dispute of Karlsen and Fide became the struggle for power in the world of chess
The conflict of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) and the sixteenth world chess champion of Norwegian Magnus Karlsen is an episode of power struggle. Such a comment on the situation was given by the chess popularizer, a grandmaster and coach Sergei Shipov in an interview with the newspaper Vzglyad.
FIDE demanded that the chess players abandon the Freestyle Chesis Grand Slam Tour, which is Carlsen, as the tournament is positioned as the World Cup. After that, Karlsen suggested that the head of the Federation Arkady Dvorkovich leave the presidency.
According to the expert, there is a struggle for the status of a new series of chess tournaments Fisher, which will begin to organize Freestyle Chess, led by German businessman Yan Henrik Butnner. Betnner and partners want the world’s world chess champion in this series, and FIDE against such a wording. “There is a struggle for personnel, for the best players. It is curious what Butnner and his partners, as well as the players themselves, answer, ”spikes spoke.
He added that in recent years there have appeared forces that have been holding more and more high -level tournaments. This is, in particular, the American Ches.com platform. At the same time, inside the FIDE there is “Chess.com agents”, made spikes.
Earlier, Dvorkovich answered the call of Karlsen to leave the post of President Fide. He stated that he was not going to resign. “It seems to me that he simply incorrectly interprets some discussions that were,” added Dvorkovich.
50-year-old Dvorkovich has been led by the federation since the fall of 2018. He replaced the representative of Russia Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, who has been the president of FIDE since 1995.
Source: Lenta
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