Nigel Short resigns as a FIDE Vice-President
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Nigel Short resigns as a FIDE Vice-President
Twitter announcement. Explanation to follow?
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Maybe he's decided that Dvorkovich is "an agent of the Russian government" again, which he presumably ceased to be during the several years after that statement when Short was happy to be one of his Vice-Presidents.
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Perhaps it's in protest against FIDE's lack of action against USA, Turkey and Israel, all of whom have invaded and occupied the territory of Syria.
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Lest we forget
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"Opposing the leadership however does come at a price."LawrenceCooper wrote: ↑Tue Jun 21, 2022 3:05 pmhttps://twitter.com/PHChess/status/1539203909771792384
Early to say what price will be paid. The last time Nigel jumped ship in a Presidential campaign it turned out rather well.
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FIDE President on Nigel Short's resignation as FIDE Vice President: https://fide.com/news/1823
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Links to https://ethics.fide.com/wp-content/uplo ... cision.pdfLawrenceCooper wrote: ↑Tue Jun 21, 2022 7:17 pmFIDE President on Nigel Short's resignation as FIDE Vice President: https://fide.com/news/1823
which probably answers some questions.
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Um, I think that's a document worth reading - perhaps paras 52 and 66 first, before going to the start.NickFaulks wrote: ↑Tue Jun 21, 2022 7:23 pmLinks to https://ethics.fide.com/wp-content/uplo ... cision.pdfLawrenceCooper wrote: ↑Tue Jun 21, 2022 7:17 pmFIDE President on Nigel Short's resignation as FIDE Vice President: https://fide.com/news/1823
which probably answers some questions.
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From paragraph 31:
I'm sure we're all shocked that Nigel would reject a 'diplomatic approach'.Mr Short believes that a different approach should be adopted as the preferred diplomatic approach will bring “zero results”.
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Nigel is doubling down.
https://twitter.com/nigelshortchess/sta ... Omxhw&s=19
"FIDE gave a grant for a 12 player open tournament in St Croix, USVI, in April. 1) After a Fair Play Commission investigation, the tournament was deemed "dishonest" and derated. 2) No receipts have been provided, as yet, for thousands of $ alleged to have been spent on hotels."
#1 is an ongoing and brutal politically motivated farce which is making FIDE look very, very bad. It could cost the President a lot of votes from developing federations.
#2 is just a malicious fabrication. I do not know who set it running.
https://twitter.com/nigelshortchess/sta ... Omxhw&s=19
"FIDE gave a grant for a 12 player open tournament in St Croix, USVI, in April. 1) After a Fair Play Commission investigation, the tournament was deemed "dishonest" and derated. 2) No receipts have been provided, as yet, for thousands of $ alleged to have been spent on hotels."
#1 is an ongoing and brutal politically motivated farce which is making FIDE look very, very bad. It could cost the President a lot of votes from developing federations.
#2 is just a malicious fabrication. I do not know who set it running.
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He doesn't seem to explain anywhere why he proceeded the way he did, i.e. not telling anybody he was going, not following proper procedures and not providing a proper report
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Would this be the event in questuon?NickFaulks wrote: ↑Thu Jun 23, 2022 9:40 am#1 is an ongoing and brutal politically motivated farce which is making FIDE look very, very bad. It could cost the President a lot of votes from developing federations.
https://stcroixsource.com/2022/05/06/us ... -st-croix/
from the report
There is a competing organisation.A special thanks goes to the FIDE Planning and Development Commission for its international support and the donation of $5,000.
https://www.usvichessassociation.org/
who also held a recent tournament
https://www.usvichessassociation.org/events
and are Nigel's mates (scroll down for a report on his visit)
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Yes, that's the one.
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Bizarrely, if Nigel Short was being consistent in his views (yes, I know) then he wouldn't support USVI having one federation, let alone two.
From his comment on http://www.qualitychess.co.uk/blog/3317
From his comment on http://www.qualitychess.co.uk/blog/3317
If anything Jersey and Guernsey are more independent of the UK than the USVI are of the USA.But honestly you are starting to sound like Stewart Reuben who once took me to task for incorrectly describing Jersey and Guernsey as being part of the UK. He has been crowing about winning that schoolboy debating point ever since, but still cannot explain why British Crown Possessions should have their own federations – which of course would open the floodgates if the same principles were applied elsewhere.