Editing FIDE (section)

====FIDE and Agon/World Chess contract controversy====

[[Kirsan Ilyumzhinov]] was happy with the agreement on the basis that now FIDE itself did not have to expend resources to find organizers for its premier events. The issue of financial guarantees was also important, though as explained below, these have not always materialized. His estimation of 10–12 million euros to FIDE from the coming cycles has not yet come to fruition either.<ref>[http://www.sport-express.ru/newspaper/2012-02-20/15_1/ Ilyumzhinov interview] (SportExpress)</ref><ref>[http://www.chessintranslation.com/2012/02/ilyumzhinov-on-the-london-candidates-and-grand-prix English Translation of Ilyumzhinov interview] (Chess In Translation)</ref>

The condition that Agon would be the sole organizer of Championship events was disputed originally by principally the Bulgarian Chess Federation, with respect to the Candidates matches for 2012.<ref name="2012ga">[https://www.fide.com/images/stories/NEWS_2012/Congress/Minutes_of_FIDE_General_Assembly_2012.pdf Minutes 2012 FIDE General Assembly] Section 4.3 (page 18)</ref> In early 2014, a purported agreement between Paulson and FIDE President [[Kirsan Ilyumzhinov]] was leaked, and then published by Chess.com (and others), which allegedly indicated that Paulson was simply a front man with Ilyumzhinov the ultimate benefactor of Agon.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chess.com/news/view/deal-between-paulson--ilymzhinov-revealed-in-yet-another-leaked-document-6252|title=Leaked Agreement Between Ilyumzhinov & Paulson Suggests Conflict of Interest|first=Peter|last=Doggers (PeterDoggers)|website=Chess.com|date=January 30, 2014 }}</ref> In that Chess.com article [[Malcolm Pein]] is quoted as having twice been told by Paulson that Ilyuzmhinov owned Agon, and in a ''New In Chess'' article [[Nigel Short]] asserted he had also been told this personally by Paulson.<ref>[https://issuu.com/newinchess/docs/newinchess_2014_2_short_stories_ago Short Stories (Agony)] Nigel Short, New In Chess 2014 #2, page 43]</ref> In response, FIDE's deputy vice president [[Georgios Makropoulos]] pointed out that the purported contract was a draft document.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/7713-the-truth-about-the-fide-agon-contract.html|title=International Chess Federation – FIDE|website=www.fide.com|access-date=November 28, 2015|archive-date=December 8, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208133836/https://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/7713-the-truth-about-the-fide-agon-contract.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The FIDE Ethics Commission ruled in September 2015 that Ilyumzhinov did not violate the FIDE Code of Ethics.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.fide.com/images/stories/NEWS_2015/FIDE_News/2015_EB_Agenda__Annexes/Annex_52.pdf| title = 2015 FIDE Ethics Commission report, case 7/2014| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170714130636/https://www.fide.com/images/stories/NEWS_2015/FIDE_News/2015_EB_Agenda__Annexes/Annex_52.pdf| archive-date = July 14, 2017| url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ethics.fide.com/images/stories/Ethics_Decision_case_7_2014.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190623130601/http://ethics.fide.com/images/stories/Ethics_Decision_case_7_2014.pdf |archive-date=2019-06-23 |url-status=live|title=FIDE Ethics decision, case 7/2014}}</ref>