Nigel Short Appointed FIDE Vice President

[Ian Findlay]

This looks very promising. I have a lot of respect for Bachar Koualty, whom I first met in Chicago in 1983 when he was playing for France in World Youth Championship.
Let's hope for the best.

[Sid Belzberg]

The deputy President is Bachar Koualty is a well respected French Grandmaster and chess editor. In the eventuality that Arkady can't fulfill his duties I am comfortable that a Bachar will be completely acceptable to financial institutions especially, with the added anti corruption corporate governance function that Nigel's appointment brings to the Presidential board together with Short's former deputy Lukasz Turlej also appointed to the Presidential board .
The outcome for FIDE is as good as could be expected and much better then the awful status quo that has been around since 2014. Nigel's coalition with Arkady was a master stroke and it also was critical for Arkady in ensuring that Makro and his horribly corrupt regime was finally ended. (No thanks to the CFC!)

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

I suspect that one of the elected vice presidents would step into the position in the event that Mr. Dvorkovich was not able to complete his duties.

That function is for a Deputy President.

[Vlad Drkulec]

As expected Nigel is now FIDE VIce President. This is a great outcome and going forward the days of a corrupt FIDE regime are over and holding tournaments in venues that ban playesrs on the basis of ethnicity is also over. Furthermore if Arkady gets in trouble FIDE will have a good future going forward with NIgel Short as a fall back. I have every confidence that FIDE will get its bank accounts restored that was highly problematic with Makro where this was not forthcoming even with Kirsan gone.

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Nigel is perhaps a vice president. That means there are three vice presidents. I suspect that one of the elected vice presidents would step into the position in the event that Mr. Dvorkovich was not able to complete his duties.

Mr 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

[Sid Belzberg]

As expected Nigel is now FIDE VIce President. This is a great outcome and going forward the days of a corrupt FIDE regime are over and holding tournaments in venues that ban playesrs on the basis of ethnicity is also over. Furthermore if Arkady gets in trouble FIDE will have a good future going forward with NIgel Short as a fall back. I have every confidence that FIDE will get its bank accounts restored that was highly problematic with Makro where this was not forthcoming even with Kirsan gone.

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