In day 1 of the FIDE General Assembly Yolander Persaud elected FIDE Ethics Commission Chairman in a dramatic day that was called the first crucial election which Russia loses in the last 30 years
Today is the day of the discussion and voting of the Russian/Kyrgyz proposal to reinstate Russian and Belarusian Chess Federations
Chessdom will have live updates of the events from day 2 of the General Assembly and you can follow the action live in the video here
The story so far
Aug 21 Kyrgyzstan Chess Federation submits resolution to restore the full membership rights of RCF
Aug 22 David Llada talks about systematically to reward submission
Sept 1 Alexander Kamyshin is the new President of Ukrainian Chess Federation
Sept 7 Babur Tolbaev is among the candidates for FIDE Ethics Commission chairman
Sept 9 Russia most probably has the votes to pass the Kyrgyz resolution
Sept 9 Kamyshin: I will personally attend the FIDE General Assembly
Sept 12 Garry Kasparov supports Alexander Kamyshin
Sept 12 Malcolm Pein for BBC, “Russia’s control of FIDE is absolute”
Sept 16 Vasyl Ivanchuk and the Olympic teams of Ukraine protest against Kyrgyz motion
Sept 17 FIDE Congress – national federations at risk of losing government funding
Sept 18 FIDE Council rejects Russian / Kyrgyz proposal
Sept 19 Magnus Carlsen: I would have voted against the Russian/Kyrgyz proposal to lift sanctions on Russia
Sept 19 Kasparov: I would say the same on the Russian/Kyrgyz proposal
Sept 20 First reaction by Chess Federation of Russia
Sept 20 A dark horse in FIDE Ethics Commission elections
Sept 21 Malcolm Pein, “Elections of EDC chairman are a farce!”