回到未来 (Back to the Future)

Garry Kasparov, the former world chess champion, has rarely tasted defeat in his long playing career. But on Monday, in an election for the presidency of the World Chess Federation, the game’s governing body, Mr. Kasparov received a stinging rebuke in his effort to unseat the incumbent, Kirsan N. Ilyumzhinov. Mr. Ilyumzhinov won handily, by a vote of 110 to 61 in Tromsø, Norway. [Read more].

Photo: @Ilyumzhinov

• Dylan Loeb McClain, Kasparov Loses Bid for Helm of World Chess Federation, The New York Times, August 11, 2014
• Kirsan wins election, as expected, Spraggett on Chess, August 11, 2014