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"Voting for scrutineers took place - two guys supported by Dvorkovich team got 121 and 103 votes respectively. Two guys from Makro team got 68 and 65...."
Arkady Dvorkovich elected FIDE President
Wednesday, 03 October 2018
Arkady DvorkovichMr Arkady Dvorkovich is elected new President of FIDE at the General Assembly in Batumi, Georgia.
Members of the Presidential Ticket of Arkady Dvorkovich are elected into office:
Bachar Kouatly – Deputy President
Sewa Enyonam Fumey – General Secretary
Mahir Mammedov – Vice President
Julio Granda Zuniga – Vice President
Zhu Chen – Treasurer
“Arkady Dvorkovich has been elected FIDE President for the coming four years at the World Chess Federation's General Assembly in Batumi, Georgia. He defeated Georgios Makropoulos with 103 votes to 78 after Nigel Short withdrew his candidacy at the last minute.
The FIDE presidential elections took place in the Sheraton Batumi hotel in Georgia, where over 160 delegates had gathered for FIDE's General Assembly. First, all three candidates were given the opportunity to present their tickets and their plans to the assembly.
A drawing of lots had given Dvorkovich the starting number. International arbiter Carol Jarecki, who had been appointed as the chairperson of the scrutiny committee, accidentally introduced him as 'grandmaster' Dvorkovich. His team does include three GMs.
Reading from an iPad, Dvorkovich started by saying he wants to eliminate proxy voting, and plans to build "a professional, efficient and transparent institution."
His message included a strive for strong management, long-term funding via corporate sponsors, cutting fees to FIDE, review expenses, support commissions, and fixing imbalances with a team of experienced professionals.
Last but not least, Dvorkovich promised an annual budget of 3 million euros for developing countries, and a 5 million euros total budget.
Dvorkovich didn't hide his excitement as walked away, and first shook hands with his ticket members, and the other two candidates before sitting down.
Nigel Short started with reminding everyone of Ilyumzhinov's fake promises in his speech four years ago. Short spoke of an "enormous potential" of chess that's being wasted, and noted that 92% of FIDE’s revenue comes from the chess community. “You’re being milked by a very poor administration. It’s ‘Makroeconomics.”
Continuing in a determined manner, Short also strongly criticized the extension of the Agon contract, the travel expenses, and the lack of transparency around bank situation, calling it a “mismanagement on a gross scale.” He also spoke of an ‘open culture of bullying.’
And then, he dropped a small bomb. Short announced his withdrawal from the race, and his support for Dvorkovich.”
Seems that a whole list of vice-presidents was not mentioned here. From chessdom:
Update: On the 2nd day of the Congress the Presidential Board was (almost) completed.
Vice Presidents:
Martha Baquero (Ecuador) elected 1st round
Michael Khodarkovsky (USA) elected 1st round
Anastasia Sorokina (Belarus) elected 1st round
Adeyemi Olalekan (Nigeria) elected 2nd round, Short ticket
Akaki Iashvili (Georgia) elected 2nd round
Tahar Battikh (Tunisia), appointed
Nigel Short (UK), appointed, Short ticket
Gulkiz Tulay (Turkey) appointed
Lukasz Turlej (Poland) appointed, Short ticket
Ye Jiangchuan (China) appointed
Honorary Vice Presidents appointed by FIDE President:
Mohammad Jafar Kambouzia (Iran)
DV Sundar (India)
Ian Wilkinson (Jamaica)
4th name was ready but appointment abruptly cancelled after an incident not related to FIDE General Assembly
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Michael Khodarkovsky is connected to the Kasparov foundation. Anastasia Sorokina is biding for the Belarus olympiad in 2022.
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