Editing FIDE (section)

====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
| author       =<!--not stated-->
| title        = Russian former deputy PM Dvorkovich re-elected chess federation president
| url          = https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/chess-russian-former-deputy-pm-dvorkovich-re-elected-fide-president-2022-08-07/
| work       = Reuters
| date         = 2022-08-07 
| access-date  = 2022-09-02
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