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Förra gången det begav sig var det var det Bessel Kok som försökte störta den sittande ordföranden Kirsan Ilyumzhinov. Det blev ingen succé den gången. Nu är det den tidigare Världsmästaren Anatoly Karpov som enligt en artikel i den stora sajten ChessVibes, översatt från ”Russian news agency SarInform”, skall göra ett försök.

Karpov candidate for FIDE President
Anatoly Karpov will put forward his candidacy to become FIDE President, according to reporters of Russian news agency SarInform. “It is necessary to restore order,” the 12th World Champion reportedly said yesterday.

Sunday night Anatoli Karpov landed at the airport of Saratov, Russia for a simul and a meeting with the local governor. There, according to local news agency SarInform, Karpov announced that he has the ambition to become FIDE President.

“It is necessary to restore order,” Karpov was quoted. “The problems with the World Championship, the calendar, changes of decisions, changes during a cycle, this didn’t happen before. Besides, the prestige of the World Champion should return to its old level…”

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