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Kazakh billionaire Turlov bids for presidency of World Chess Federation

bne IntelliNews · 1h ago
Kazakh billionaire Turlov bids for presidency of World Chess Federation

Kazakh billionaire Timur Turlov did not set out to run world chess. But after the current president of FIDE Arkady Dvorkovich was sanctioned last month, he is now the leading contender to take over. He wants to make chess a digital Olympic sport.

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