Thursday
Nov252010
Turkey News on Thanksgiving
Thursday, November 25, 2010 at 9:57AM
This is not about all the turkeys who will be gobbled up today in the U.S., but about the country, or rather its chess federation. An audit of that federation purports to show that it spent about 178 thousand Turkish lira (about $120 thousand US) paying delegates in exchange for their votes to grant Turkey the 2012 Chess Olympics.
As this article suggests, allegations of bribery in FIDE are nothing new; in fact, they're taken entirely for granted. What is new is the Turkish Federation's own acknowledgement of this financial malfeasance. It will be interesting to see if anything comes of this, but I wouldn't hold my breath.
HT: Esteban
Reader Comments (2)
I wonder if they itemized who got what?
I see that [... DM: snip! I'm no fan of Iljumzhinov, but let's not post libelous comments, please.]