Chess leadership race reaches endgame
[ad_1] Image copyright Getty Images The World Chess Federation, (Fide), will elect a new leader on Wednesday, after a tense election campaign. Three would-be kings are battling it out to become the next head of chess's world governing body. It's been a game of intense strategy and calculated moves, marred by accusations of corruption and political meddling. The winner will be decided at a ceremony in Batumi, Georgia, at 11:00 local time (07:00 GMT). The players The race is a three-way contest in which 185 Fide national delegates will decide the winner at the international congress in Georgia. Georgios Makropoulos is the Greek current deputy president of Fide. But he has a problem - how to distance himself from former president Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, who he served under. Mr Ilyumzhinov has been sanctioned by the US for allegedly facilitating transactions on behalf of the Syrian ...