Editing FIDE (section)

====Other 1970s controversies====
FIDE had a number of conflicts with the [[Soviet Chess Federation]]. These conflicts included:<ref name="Sosonko2001RememberingEuwePart1" />
* The defection of grandmaster [[Gennadi Sosonko]] in 1972. The Soviets demanded that Sosonko be excluded from competitive chess, television or any other event that might publicize his defection. FIDE refused, and no Soviet players took part in the 1974 [[Wijk aan Zee]] tournament in The Netherlands because Sosonko was playing in it.
* In 1976 world championship contender [[Viktor Korchnoi]] sought [[political asylum]] in The Netherlands. In a discussion a few days earlier Euwe told Korchnoi, "...of course you will retain all your rights..." and later opposed Soviet efforts to prevent Korchnoi from challenging for [[Anatoly Karpov]]'s title in 1978.
* FIDE decided to hold the 1976 [[Chess Olympiad]] in Israel despite the Soviet Chess Federation announced its boycott of Israel as the site of the Olympiad and the congress because of what it described as Israeli aggression against Arab states.