Dear colleagues,

Garry Kasparov has confirmed to Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung that he is firmly committed to push FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov out of office. He said he is likely running himself for Presidency at the next FIDE elections held in Tromsö, Norway, in August 2014, or otherwise, that he will support another candidate. He cites as his main motive the damage done to chess by Ilyumzhinov´s visits to dictators Saddam Hussein, Muammar al Gaddafi and, most recently in
late April, to Bashar al Assad.

Having supported Bessel Kok in 2006 and, more strongly, Anatoly Karpov in 2010, Kasparov claims to have learned and is already working hard on a long-term campaign. He considers his worldwide efforts to bring chess into schools as a major part of his strategy and as a lead for
FIDE to not just focus on chess as a sport but also to establish chess in the education system.

The story is in today´s (June 14) print edition, but not online (yet).

Thank you for taking note.

Best,
Stefan Löffler
Zirkusg. 27-16, A-1020 Wien
Tel: ++43 (0) 650 2189098

Is this a good idea? Do you think he can win? And will he do a better job?

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