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The 85 is the number worth worrying about, or celebrating, and I have not decided which.September 29, 2026·6 min read Turlov ...
Bodhana Sivanandan arrived at the Chess Olympiad aged 11 and was asked to lead England from board one. She leaves Samarkand ...
New FIDE President Timur Turlov has backed keeping the Chess Federation of Russia suspended—on the same weekend a former ...
Everything You Need To KnowThe 2026 Chess Olympiad is over—and Uzbekistan and China are the champions. A record 400 teams descended on Samarkand for 11 rounds of extraordinary chess, controversy, ...
Bodhana Sivanandan, 11, Becomes WGM And Scores Second IM Norm At Chess OlympiadBodhana Sivanandan arrived at the Chess ...
It was backstabbing and bitchy. There were billionaires, allegations of bought votes, sanctions, lawsuits, complaints, disappearing candidates, millions of dollars in promises—and, allegedly, a ...
Timur Turlov 今天在撒马尔罕当选 FIDE 主席,在首轮获得 96 票后(距绝对多数仅差一票;Jan Henric Buettner 获得 20 票),以 110–85 在决选中击败 Wadim Rosenstein。 2026年9月26日 · 阅读需 2 分钟 Timur Turlov ...
Timur Turlov was elected FIDE President today in Samarkand, winning the runoff 110–85 over Wadim Rosenstein after taking 96 ...
Delegates wake up, walk into a hall, mark a ballot, and there will be no more speeches — just the customary 15-minute slot before the elections. Tonight is the only night left to turn anyone, and the ...
Not many people in the hotel where the FIDE delegates stay are lawyers. But every single one of them is.