Garry Kasparov may run for FIDE president in 2014

Garry Kasparov may run for FIDE president in 2014

PanARMENIAN.Net - Garry Kasparov has confirmed to Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (printed edition 14.06.2012) that he is firmly committed to push FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov out of office.

He said he is likely to run for FIDE President at the next elections held in Tromsц, Norway, in August 2014, according to chessdom.com.

Kasparov cites as his main motive of possible candidacy the harm done to chess by Ilyumzhinovґs visits to Saddam Hussein, Muammar al Gaddafi and to Bashar al Assad. He also considers his worldwide efforts to bring chess into schools as a major part of his strategy.

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