Fide row escalates over world No 1’s Freestyle Grand SlamArkady Dvorkovich ‘reneged on promise’ to step down
The Freestyle Chess Grand Slam tour head Jan Henric Buettner and the world No 1 Magnus Carlsen have called on the International Chess Federation (Fide) president Arkady Dvorkovich to resign after talks over an agreement about the new series fell through.
Last month, Fide warned the Freestyle Chess Players Club, which is co-owned by Buettner and Carlsen, that they should not brand the series as a “world championship”. Buettner said he negotiated with Dvorkovich until the early hours of Monday, only to hear from the president that the Fide council would not agree to a deal.
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