Presidential Election 2022

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Re: Presidential Election 2022

Post by Matthew Turner » Wed May 25, 2022 10:02 am

According to the FIDE website we have a new candidate
https://www.fide.com/news/1778

This is not a name that is known to me

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Re: Presidential Election 2022

Post by NickFaulks » Wed May 25, 2022 11:01 am

Matthew Turner wrote:
Wed May 25, 2022 10:02 am
This is not a name that is known to me
Sheripov was on the aborted Kirsan ticket four years ago.
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Re: Presidential Election 2022

Post by Alex McFarlane » Wed May 25, 2022 12:31 pm

NickFaulks wrote:
Wed May 25, 2022 11:01 am
Sheripov was on the aborted Kirsan ticket four years ago.
I find this a bit of a puzzle. Kirsan was clearly seen as a Russian government puppet and yet Sheripov is being nominated by Ukraine.

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Re: Presidential Election 2022

Post by Matt Mackenzie » Wed May 25, 2022 1:40 pm

No more puzzling than a lot of chess politics, arguably.
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Re: Presidential Election 2022

Post by NickFaulks » Thu May 26, 2022 1:37 am

Alex McFarlane wrote:
Wed May 25, 2022 12:31 pm
Kirsan was clearly seen as a Russian government puppet and yet Sheripov is being nominated by Ukraine.
I always felt that was a ill informed Western myth. Presumably the Ukrainians, who were closer to the action, saw matters in the same light
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Re: Presidential Election 2022

Post by Ian Thompson » Thu Jun 16, 2022 6:04 pm

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I am personally looking forward to the public debate between the rival candidates for the position of Deputy President, Vishy Anand and Stuart Fancy.
You're going to be disappointed. Fumey and Fancy have failed to submit the required nominations for their ticket so are not candidates for election.

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Re: Presidential Election 2022

Post by Paul Cooksey » Thu Jun 16, 2022 6:30 pm

I am happy to see the ECF supporting Baryshpolets/ Nielsen.

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Re: Presidential Election 2022

Post by Roger Lancaster » Thu Jun 16, 2022 10:31 pm

Reproduced from FIDE website: In accordance with art. 21.8 of the Electoral Rules, FIDE Offices announce that the Electoral Commission, after a preliminary exam, approved the following list of valid Presidential ticket candidacies:

Mr. Andrii Baryshpolets and Mr. Peter-Heine Nielsen;
Mr. Inalbek Cheripov and Mr. Lewis Ncube;
Mr. Arkady Dvorkovich and Mr. Anand Viswanathan;
Mr. Bachar Kouatly and Mr. Ian Wilkinson.

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Re: Presidential Election 2022

Post by David Sedgwick » Thu Jun 16, 2022 10:40 pm

Paul Cooksey wrote:
Thu Jun 16, 2022 6:30 pm
I am happy to see the ECF supporting Baryshpolets/ Nielsen.
The ECF have nominated Baryshpolets, That doesn't commit the ECF to voting for him in the election. An ECF Board member to whom I spoke this evening confirmed that the Board had not yet considered the matter.

in 2018 the ECF nominated Short, but voted for Makropoulos (and would have done so even if Short had not withdrawn).

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Re: Presidential Election 2022

Post by Tim Harding » Thu Jun 16, 2022 10:58 pm

The Kouatly/ Wilkinson ticket certainly seems worthy of serious consideration.
I have seen Ian Wilkinson QC at a couple of World Senior events; he is a very distinguished lawyer, I believe. Although unlike two of his rivals for the Deputy President position he is not a leading GM, he seems to have a lot more experience of chess organisation than either of them.

I am hoping the Irish Chess Union will give its members some indication of how it intends to vote and maybe have some consultation. For the first time in many years Kevin O'Connell will not be our FIDE delegate.
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Re: Presidential Election 2022

Post by Chris Rice » Fri Jun 24, 2022 10:13 am

Dvorkovich has his twitter account suspended

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Re: Presidential Election 2022

Post by NickFaulks » Fri Jun 24, 2022 10:16 am

Presumably Twitter has decided to support Baryshpolets in this election.
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Re: Presidential Election 2022

Post by Christopher Kreuzer » Fri Jun 24, 2022 11:02 am

It is interesting that Peter-Heine Nielsen is getting involved in FIDE politics. I have a vague memory of him and Anand working together at some point (on chess, rather than chess politics and organisation).

It is very good to see more people stepping forward. Are there excellent organisers out there that may have been put off trying to put their names forward, or is it really the case that most of the organisation gets done at committee levels and the big names and the President and VPs only really influence the bigger picture?

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Re: Presidential Election 2022

Post by David Sedgwick » Fri Jun 24, 2022 11:13 am

Chris Rice wrote:
Fri Jun 24, 2022 10:13 am
Dvorkovich has his twitter account suspended
NickFaulks wrote:
Fri Jun 24, 2022 10:16 am
Presumably Twitter has decided to support Baryshpolets in this election.
That seems very odd.

Fortunately, I had downloaded the link prior to the suspension. Here it is:

https://dvorkovichteam2022.com/

I have not seen anything to suggest that Baryshpolets or Neilsen had anything to do with the suspension. Neilsen had been busy criticising the quality of the website.

Neilsen had pointed out a glaring omission from the list of supporting Federations at https://dvorkovichteam2022.com/#support.

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Re: Presidential Election 2022

Post by Matthew Turner » Fri Jun 24, 2022 11:21 am

Paul Cooksey wrote:
Thu Jun 16, 2022 6:30 pm
I am happy to see the ECF supporting Baryshpolets/ Nielsen.
I think you need to be careful here. It is hard to see how FIDE could operate independently of PlayMagnus with Magnus' closest colleague in a very powerful position. That can have significant advantages, but they come at a cost.

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