ASTANA: Kazakh businessman ‌Timur Turlov was elected as the eighth president of world chess governing body FIDE on Saturday after a closely fought contest at the organization’s General Assembly in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, . The election was widely seen as a ‌defining vote ‌for FIDE amid ‌debates ⁠over governance, Russia’s ⁠place in international chess and the sport’s commercial future. Of FIDE’s 204 member federations, 202 were eligible to vote with the Russian ⁠and Rwandan federations suspended

Source: Arab News