Editing Anatoly Karpov (section)

==Candidate for FIDE presidency==
In March 2010, Karpov announced that he would be a candidate for the presidency of FIDE. The election took place in September 2010 at the [[39th Chess Olympiad]].<ref>{{Cite web |first=Peter |last=Doggers |url=http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/karpov-candidate-for-fide-president/#more-22636 |date=March 2, 2010 |title=Karpov candidate for FIDE President |access-date=March 2, 2010 |publisher=Chess Vibes |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100305224226/http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/karpov-candidate-for-fide-president/#more-22636 |archive-date=March 5, 2010}}</ref> In May, a fundraising event took place in New York with the participation of Kasparov and Magnus Carlsen, who both supported his bid and campaigned for him.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=6343|title=Big Karpov fund-raiser in New York|date=May 18, 2010|publisher=ChessBase|access-date=March 26, 2018}}</ref> Nigel Short also supported Karpov's candidacy. On September 29, 2010, [[Kirsan Ilyumzhinov]] was reelected as president of FIDE, 95 votes to 55.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://reports.chessdom.com/news-2010/fide-elections-2010-ilyumzhinov-karpov |title=Kirsan Ilyumzhinov wins 2010 FIDE elections |work=Chessdom.com |year=2010 |access-date=October 11, 2010 |archive-date=October 2, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101002103318/http://reports.chessdom.com/news-2010/fide-elections-2010-ilyumzhinov-karpov |url-status=dead }}</ref>