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US sanctions loom large as international chess has a constitutional crisis

By David Freddoso
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US sanctions loom large as international chess has a constitutional crisis

Yesterday, the World Chess Federation published notice that its president, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, had resigned at a recent meeting in Athens.

Fake news! Ilyumzhinov quickly responded. And just like that, the organization, known by its French acronym FIDE, is now in a crisis over whether Ilyumzhinov has not in fact given up the post already.

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