“An evil man who is not going to be missed. Thoroughly corrupt persecutor of those who wanted chess to move forward. Destroyer of our beloved World Championship.
Some champagne with dinner tonight to wish him good riddance!”
Eric Schiller’s moving eulogy to the former FIDE president on the day of his death.
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Entries Tagged as 'Kirsan'
Florencio Campomanes 1927–2010
June 27th, 2010 · No Comments · Kirsan
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From the President of FIDE
February 26th, 2010 · No Comments · Features, Kirsan
First published in Kingpin 27 (Summer 1997)
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Controversy over President’s new World Championship plan
February 26th, 2010 · No Comments · Features, Kirsan
The world of chess was plunged into controversy last night after the FIDE President, Kirsan Illunatic, unveiled his plans for a new system of deciding the world championship. Instead of the traditional 24 game match between champion and challenger, the title will instead be decided by a 5 minute blindfold kriegspiel knockout tournament to be [...]
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Saddam's Friend
February 14th, 2009 · No Comments · Features, Kirsan
Sarah Hurst
Up here in Alaska, we’re used to earthquakes. FIDE is not, apparently. The prospect of a democratic challenge to His Excellency Kirsan Ilyumzhinov’s reign at the Bled Olympiad proved too much for the organisation to withstand, and the election was cancelled. The tiny Russian republic of Kalmykia was more robust: it did hold a [...]
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