A Passage to India

In spite of the many oppositions, FIDE President Arkady Vladimirovich Dvorkovich was reported by Sport-Express as feeling quite optimistic over his chances to be reelected for a second term. In an official statement to ChessBase India, Dvorkovich said he will make public the details of his electoral program in the very near future, anticipating, however, that, in case of his victory, 15th World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand will be named his Deputy, Jøran Aulin-Jansson from Norway and Mahir Alasgar Mammadov from Azerbaijan will be appointed as Vice Presidents, and 9th Women’s World Chess Champion 诸宸 (Zhū Chén) from China will be confirmed as Treasurer.