28 June 2018

Arkady Dvorkovich Elected RCF's Candidate for FIDE President

RCF Supervisory Board meetings takes place.

Andrey Filatov and Arkady Dvorkovich (photo by Eteri Kublashvili)
Andrey Filatov and Arkady Dvorkovich (photo by Eteri Kublashvili)

The RCF Supervisory Board meeting with an absentee ballot concerning the election of the candidate for FIDE President from the Russian Chess Federation was held. 

24 ballots were received by the RCF Secretariat by 6 p.m. (Moscow time) on June 27th. 22 RCF Supervisory Board members voted in favour of Arkady Dvorkovich and 2 - in favour of Kirsan Ilyumzhinov.  

It was decided to elect Arkady Dvorkovich as the candidate for FIDE President from the Russian Chess Federation.

The Russian Chess Federation wishes good luck to Arkady Dvorkovich in the forthcoming FIDE Presidential elections!