Editing FIDE (section)

===2018 to present===
====The election of Arkady Dvorkovich and the end of the Ilyumzhinov era====

In July 2018, [[Kirsan Ilyumzhinov]] was ousted as FIDE President, after having been in office for 23 years, since 1995. Being subjected to US sanctions for his business dealings with the Syrian government, Ilyumzhinov was forced out and did not run for re-election in the 2018 FIDE elections. The Greek Georgios Makropoulos, who had been General Secretary since 1990 and number two in the organization under Kirsan's presidency, was the first to announce his ticket. He was followed by the Englishman [[Nigel Short]], a world title contender in the [[World Chess Championship 1993]] against [[Garry Kasparov]]. The last to announce his candidacy was [[Arkady Dvorkovich]], an economist who had served as Russian deputy prime minister and was also a member of the supervisory board of the [[Russian Chess Federation]]. Dvorkovich was also one of the chief organizers of the [[2018 FIFA World Cup]]. Dvorkovich was placed in the US Treasury pre-sanctions list in 2018 as a top Russian government employee.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Arkady Dvorkovich in the pre-sanctions list of the US Treasury: New problems for FIDE? {{!}} Chessdom|date=July 26, 2018 |url=http://www.chessdom.com/arkady-dvorkovich-in-the-pre-sanctions-list-of-the-us-treasury-new-problems-for-fide/|access-date=2020-08-02|language=en-US}}</ref>

In the elections, held in [[Batumi]] (Georgia) in October 2018, Dvorkovich won by 103 votes to 78<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chess.com/news/view/breaking-dvorkovich-elected-fide-president|title=Dvorkovich Elected FIDE President|first=Peter|last=Doggers (PeterDoggers)|website=Chess.com|date=October 4, 2018 }}</ref> against Makropoulos, after [[Nigel Short]] withdrew his candidacy at the last minute and expressed his support to the Russian candidate.

After the 2018 FIDE elections and the appointment of a new FIDE President, the new management took regaining control over the World Championship cycle as one of their top priorities. In January 2019, FIDE Director-General [[Emil Sutovsky]] announced that a new contract has been signed that continues a scaled-back relationship with World Chess (formerly known as AGON) through 2021. In virtue of this new agreement, FIDE reasserted control over the 2020 Candidates and the World Championship match, which from now on will undergo an open bidding procedure. Agon/World Chess only retained organizational and commercial rights over the FIDE Grand Prix Series, limited until 2021.

At FIDE's general assembly in [[Chennai]], India, in August 2022 Dvorkovich got re-elected by 157 votes to 16 against Ukraine's [[Andrey Baryshpolets|Andrii Baryshpolets]].<ref name="Reuters2022Russian">{{cite news
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====Reactions to the Russian invasion of Ukraine====
On February 27, 2022, FIDE issued an official statement condemning the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine|Russian invasion of Ukraine]]. As a consequence, Russia and Belarus were forbidden from hosting official FIDE events. The decision to hold the [[44th Chess Olympiad|2022 Chess Olympiad]] and the 2022 FIDE congress in Moscow was also revoked.<ref name="theguardian.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/mar/21/sergey-karjakin-banned-chess-fide-russia-invasion-ukraine|title=Russia's Sergey Karjakin banned from chess for supporting invasion of Ukraine|website=theguardian.com|date=2022-03-21}}</ref> The Russian and Belarusian national teams were banned from participating in FIDE tournaments, although individual players could compete if they complied with strict regulations, in which case their federation and flag was replaced with FIDE and its banner.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-belarus-chess-ban/31756039.html|title=Chess Federation Bans Russia, Belarus From Tournaments Over Ukraine Invasion|website=rferl.org |date=2022-03-16}}</ref>

On March 22, 2022, FIDE decided to issue a six-month ban from competing in rated tournaments against Russian grandmaster [[Sergey Karjakin]]. Karjakin had posted controversial statements on [[Twitter]] in which he declared his support for the invasion of Ukraine and for President [[Vladimir Putin]]'s characterization of the war as a fight against Nazism. FIDE argued that Karjakin's statements had shed a negative light on chess and on the federation and found that he had violated the FIDE code of ethics.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dw.com/en/dwcom-en-checkmate-russias-war-on-ukraine-fractures-tight-knit-world-of-chess-a-61158979/a-61212688#:~:text=FIDE's%20executive%20council%20met%20on,it%20had%20not%20been%20moved.|title=Russian chessmaster banned by world chess federation over support for Ukraine invasion|first=Kyle |last=McKinnon |website=dw.com |date=2022-03-22}}</ref> [[Sergei Shipov]], who also publicly commented in favor of Russia, was not sanctioned, because FIDE decided that his statements were less provocative.<ref name="theguardian.com"/>

==== Policy on transgender players ====

In August 2023, FIDE ruled that transgender women would be excluded from women's tournaments organised by them, such as the [[Women's World Chess Championship]], the [[Women's Chess World Cup]], and qualification events for these. Additionally, they implemented rules stripping transgender men of any [[FIDE titles#Women's titles|women's titles]] they might have earned while competing as women.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/trans-gender-chess-players-lose-titles-biological-birth-jhfdckm0c |title=Trans women banned from top level female chess |work=The Times UK | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241213171152/https://www.thetimes.com/world/article/trans-gender-chess-players-lose-titles-biological-birth-jhfdckm0c?region=global|archive-date=13 December 2024|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.themarysue.com/transgender-chess-fide-transphobia/ |work=The Mary Sue |title=Oh Great, Now I Can't Play Chess Because I'm Trans|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241213171320/https://www.themarysue.com/transgender-chess-fide-transphobia/|archive-date=13 December 2024|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=B. Permanent Commissions / 03. Regulations on Registration & Licensing of Players / Transgender Registration Regulations / FIDE Handbook |url=https://handbook.fide.com/chapter/TransgenderRegulations |website=International Chess Federation (FIDE) |access-date=20 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240122224709/https://handbook.fide.com/chapter/TransgenderRegulations |archive-date=22 January 2024 |language=en}}</ref> The regulation affects those who changed their gender identity after being assigned a FIDE identification number.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Moses |first1=Claire |last2=McCarthy |first2=Lauren |date=August 17, 2023 |title=Some Transgender Women May Be Barred From Women's Chess Competitions |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/17/sports/chess-transgender-women-ban-fide.html |work=The New York Times | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240926184852/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/17/sports/chess-transgender-women-ban-fide.html|archive-date=26 September 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>

The [[French Chess Federation]] announced that they would not implement any restrictions on transgender players, considering the FIDE decision transphobic.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Femmes trans exclues des compétitions d'échec féminines : «En France nous n'allons pas suivre la décision de la fédération internationale» |url=https://www.liberation.fr/sports/femmes-trans-exclues-des-competitions-dechec-feminines-en-france-nous-nallons-pas-suivre-la-decision-de-la-federation-internationale-20230818_O55VKALM7RAUFHET73QVYAMKEI/ |access-date=2023-08-19 |website=Libération |language=fr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241213171246/https://www.liberation.fr/sports/femmes-trans-exclues-des-competitions-dechec-feminines-en-france-nous-nallons-pas-suivre-la-decision-de-la-federation-internationale-20230818_O55VKALM7RAUFHET73QVYAMKEI/|archive-date=13 December 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> A little later, the [[German Chess Federation]] said in a statement that they do not exclude transgender women from women's tournaments, and made reference to [[Annemarie Sylvia Meier]], a transgender woman who won the 2003 [[German_Chess_Championship#Women|German Women's Chess Championship]]. They also said that no one should have to experience violence and discrimination.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Statement of the German Chess Federation on the "@FIDE_chess Policy on Transgender Chess Players Registration" |url=https://twitter.com/Schachbund/status/1692480523954790481 |access-date=2023-08-19 |website=Twitter |language=en |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230818112249/https://twitter.com/Schachbund/status/1692480523954790481 |archive-date=18 August 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> Similar statements were also released by the English, Finnish and US chess federations.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Baska |first1=Maggie |title=English Chess Federation 'will not exclude trans women' despite international ban |date=August 20, 2023 |url=https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/20/english-chess-federation-fide-trans-women-policy/ |publisher=Pink News |access-date=21 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241213171314/https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/20/english-chess-federation-fide-trans-women-policy/|archive-date=13 December 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>

Since the announcement, French transgender player [[Yosha Iglesias]] has competed as a woman and been awarded the [[Woman International Master]] title.