Tuesday
Feb202018
In Defense of Kirsan?!
Tuesday, February 20, 2018 at 7:42PM
It's a little slow in the chess world, in the lead-up to the Candidates next month, but there's enough going on for a little blogging. We begin with an opinion piece (sort of) defending Kirsan Ilyumzhinov. (I previously mentioned the controversy in this recent post.)
Two nota benes: first, my linking to this article doesn't necessarily mean I agree with it, wholly or in part; second, I don't want to start a political fight in the combox. I'm only offering this link as an FYI.
tagged FIDE, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, chess politics
Reader Comments (1)
While I have zero wishes to defend the FIDE chairman and was not surprised that those bank accounts were closed I find the suggestion of him supporting IS far fetched. It rather smells like guilt by association.