The resolution was proposed by Babur Tolbaev, the President of the Chess Federation of Kyrgyzstan. David Llada talks about systematically to reward submission and in this FIDE Congress we see Babur Tolbaev among the candidates for FIDE Ethics Commission chairman.

Kasparov said, “I treasure my own Chess Olympiad memories & would love to just enjoy this Olympiad in Budapest. But politics and the value of human life come first. The Russian Federation is banned, as from most international events, due to Russia’s genocidal war in Ukraine. It must be upheld.” and quoted this post by Kamyshin

The resolution was proposed by Babur Tolbaev, the President of the Chess Federation of Kyrgyzstan. David Llada talks about systematically to reward submission and in this FIDE Congress we see Babur Tolbaev among the candidates for FIDE Ethics Commission chairman.

This is a major crossroad for chess. In view of the coming vote, BBC published an article, titled “Russia squares up to Ukraine on battle for control of chess” Will Vernon from BBC interviewed Malcolm Pein from the English Chess Federation.

Malcolm Pein said, “Russia’s control of Fide is absolute […] We have a sort of a manifestation of what used to be known in Soviet days as a power vertical. Any vote that Russia wants passed always gets passed. ”

Malcolm Pein fears that if Russia is let back into the chess fold, it would be a “huge propaganda coup”.

“They’ll be able to point to it and say, look, we’ve been allowed back into chess. They could demonstrate to their citizens they don’t have to suffer as many privations as they should be suffering because of the war.”

Malcolm Pein is, among many things, a major supporter of Ukrainian chess. Just recently Malcolm Pein and CSC donate to Ukrainian chess players.

The biggest worry for Dvorkovich and Russia is the entrance on the chess scene of Alexander Kamyshin. Just recently, Kamyshin said, ““I am starting my work at the Ukrainian Chess Federation with a challenging and important battle on the international front. Yes, it’s again about Russia. And no, we will not let them prevail, as we don’t let it on the battlefield.” Read the full statements and following actions here. For BBC Kamyshin said, “We’ve had 21 chess players killed in this war. It’s not fair to raise this issue in the agenda while Russia is killing our civilians, our chess players in Ukraine.”

Read the full BBC article here

One of the important decisions at the upcoming FIDE Congress during the Chess Olympiad 2024 is the resolution by the Kyrgyzstan Chess Federation to restore the full membership rights of the Russian Chess Federation. Several sources of Chessdom.com confirmed that Russia “most probably” has the needed votes for the resolution to pass.

The resolution was proposed by Babur Tolbaev, the President of the Chess Federation of Kyrgyzstan. David Llada talks about systematically to reward submission and in this FIDE Congress we see Babur Tolbaev among the candidates for FIDE Ethics Commission chairman.

The newly elected President of the Ukrainian Chess Federation Alexander Kamyshin has activated upon this news. In a statement in his Twitter/X account, Kamyshin says, “I am starting my work at the Ukrainian Chess Federation with a challenging and important battle on the international front. Yes, it’s again about Russia. And no, we will not let them prevail, as we don’t let it on the battlefield.”

Kamyshin continued, “On September 22, a meeting of the FIDE General Assembly is scheduled in Budapest, where the agenda includes the issue of restoring the full rights of the national chess federations of russia and belarus. It’s about the return of the right for the teams of aggressor countries to participate in international competitions under their own flags and anthems. russia and belarus also want to regain the right to host international tournaments under the flag of FIDE on their territory. I would like to remind you that currently, neither the russian nor the belarusian national teams have the right to participate in international competitions under the auspices of FIDE, and their chess players can only compete in tournaments under the neutral FIDE flag. This issue was brought to the agenda by the Chairman of the Chess Federation of the Kyrgyz Republic, Babur Tolbaev. While chess players in Ukraine are killed by russian military terrorists, there is no place for the russian and belarusian flags at chess tournaments. The russian anthem has no right to sound in the countries of the free world. Moreover, no self-respecting chess player who values their reputation will go to a country that is daily killing the peaceful people of another country.
I would like to remind you that since the beginning of the Great War, 21 chess players have already been killed in Ukraine, and two more chess players are still missing. And these are only the data that are currently known. Therefore, on behalf of the Ukrainian Chess Federation, I officially declare our categorical disagreement on this agenda item. I urge FIDE to remove this issue from the agenda.

1. All official appeals from the Ukrainian Chess Federation to FIDE will be sent by the end of the week. All appeals to the national federations of FIDE member countries will be sent similarly

2. I ask our grandmasters to reach out to their colleagues from other countries. National federations need to hear our chess players. FIDE must hear grandmasters from around the world.

3. We are involving the Ukrainian Ministry of Youth and Sports. Their support on the international arena is crucial

4. We are engaging the diplomatic apparatus of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine I will ask our ambassadors in all countries to carry out the necessary work

5. I ask journalists to get involved, both Ukrainian and foreign. The world must hear us.

6. Personally, over the next two weeks, I will conduct online negotiations with all heads of national chess federations — whoever I can reach

7. I will personally attend the FIDE General Assembly. I will hold in person negotiations with all delegates who are willing to hear the voice of justice

We will not allow terrorists and military aggressors to return to the civilized world of chess under their blood-stained flags while they are killing chess players in Ukraine.

#NoBloodyRussianFlagBackInChess
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Stay tuned for more updates from the FIDE Congress on Chessdom.com

Alexander Kamyshin is the Minister of Strategic Industries and a top advisor to President Zelensky. The news of his election came on the day when Ukraine won a gold medal in the U10 European Youth Chess Championship and received a donation from Malcolm Pein and CSC.

The first important event for Alexander Kamyshin will be the upcoming Chess Olympiad 2024, where Ukranian teams are seeded 14th in the open section and 5th in the women section

Pavel Eljanov commented, “Today the new president of Ukrainian Chess Federation was elected: Alexander Kamyshin, the minister of Strategic Industries in Ukraine. Definitely, good news since our previous management was a total disaster for many reasons (it’s too long to list). From my own experience, I quit the national team after Olympiad 2018 due to failure to fulfill obligations and unwillingness to fight corruption in the national team. Too many promising players quit the federation lately as well. I really hope that the new management will try to reveal professional chess.”