Kirsan Ilyumzhinov re-elected for FIDE President!
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov wins 95-55
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov is re-elected for FIDE President! As per 14:30 CET on September 29th, the results are in. Ilyumzhinov wins with 95-55. Thus Kirsan Ilyumzhinov will be President of FIDE in the period 2010 – 2014.
The election day started in Khanty Mansyisk early in the morning. In a hall packed with members of federations the electoral process began.
As with every important election worldwide, a scandal is normal to take place. This time to no surprise it came from Kasparov, who questioned the proxy list and procedures for the current elections. The proxy list included 56 countries that have entrusted the their right to vote (without change of position) to other member states participating. More about this situation later.
The actual election in the booths started at 12:00 CET and continued for two hours. Election results were announced, with Kirsan Ilyumzhinov winning 95-55 This is loss for Anatloy Karpov and Gary Kasparov is comparable to the result of Bassel Kok team four years ago, when the result of the ballots was 54-96.
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov will be heading FIDE for one more term until 2014.
Here is more on the candidates and all events during the electoral campaigns.
Stay tuned for more updates on Chessdom.com!
Tickets for the 2010 FIDE elections
FIDE elections take place every 4 years during the Chess Olympiad, the largest national teams chess event. The 2010 FIDE elections in Khanty-Mansiysk were scheduled for September.
The FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov has announced that he will seek re-election for the term 2010-2014. The other candidate, former World Champion Anatoly Karpov, has also announced that he will run for the office of FIDE President. No other applications were received until the deadline in June and the following presidential tickets were submitted.
I. Presidential ticket of Mr. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov:
1. President – Mr. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov nominated by Russia, Argentina and Mexico,
2. Deputy President – Mr. Georgios Makropoulos nominated by Greece,
3. Vice President – Mr. Lewis Ncube nominated by Zambia,
4. Vice President – Mrs. Beatriz Marinello nominated by Chile and Brazil,
5. General Secretary – Mr. Ignatius Leong nominated by Singapore,
6. Treasurer – Mr. Nigel Freeman nominated by Bermuda.
II. Presidential ticket of Mr. Anatoly Karpov:
1. President – Mr. Anatoly Karpov nominated by France, Germany and Switzerland,
2. Deputy President – Mr. Richard Conn Jr nominated by USA,
3. Vice President – Dr. Aguinaldo Jaime nominated by Angola,
4. Vice President – Prof. Dr. Alisa Maric nominated by Serbia,
5. General Secretary – Mr. Abd Hamid Majid nominated by Malaysia,
6. Treasurer – Mr. Viktor Kapustin nominated by Ukraine.
What about the ECU election?
The result is no surprise – ruthless dictators always “win” their “elections” by wide margins.
Kirsan is such an embarrassment to chess. What a sad day this is, once again.
What does it say then for Kasparov and Karpov getting crushed by Ilyumzhinov. Chess needs better candidates than Kasparov and Karpov.
Kasparov guaranteed that Karpov would win with secret ballots. They did and Karpov lost badly. So much for Kasparov’s political skills.
Doomsday! Sad…
Susan: I would be interesting for the chess world is you can make a guess of the 95 countries for Kirsan and de 55 to Karpov, just to know and analyse!!
Thanks…