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African federations will help decide who runs world chess

On 26 September, roughly two hundred national federations will elect the next president of FIDE at the General Assembly in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Each federation casts one vote. Fifty-one of Africa’s ...
There are fewer chess grandmasters in the world than billionaires and one of them was in Nanaimo to play against some local ...
On 26 September, roughly two hundred national federations will elect the next president of FIDE at the General Assembly in ...
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