Letter #42 -  2010

Sub:    FIDE Presidential election results
Date:   10/14/10  05:23:21 PM EDT
From:  mega_dos
To:      service@Chess-poster.com

Dear Chess friends,

What was the outcome of the past FIDE Presidential Elections?

Thanks,
Rudy

Dear viewer,

We found the following:

Ilyumzhinov wins FIDE
Presidential elections 95 to 55

29 September 2010
By Peter Doggers

Kirsan Ilyumzhinov remains FIDE President for at least four more years. He just won the vote for FIDE President in Khanty-Maniysk convincingly with 95 votes, to 55 for Karpov, and 3 abstentions. According to our source in Khanty-Mansiysk, after his re-election Ilyumzhinov immediately invited Anatoly Karpov to become Vice-President, to which his opponent hasn't responded yet.

In case of a close result, the Karpov team might have considered taking legal action against the many irregular proceedings that took place today. However, with such a devastating loss (similar to the result of the presidential elections in 2006 won by Ilyumzhinov against Bessel Kok), they will most probably refrain from this.

The Karpov side was optimistic until the last moment, and expected a close race. However, again the incumbent president won with a large margin, with most votes coming from small federations in Asia, Africa and South America.

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