St. PETERSBURG, Mar 16, Sergey Yaremenko. Russian Arkady Dvorkovich will remain president of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) as long as the chess community trusts him, the organization's press service said. head of FIDE. On Wednesday, the board of the International Chess Federation suspended the Russian and Belarusian national teams from participating in tournaments under its auspices until further notice. «With all due respect, United Russia is not a member of FIDE and is not part of the chess community. We do not see relevance in their statement that «who should be the president of our organization. FIDE is an international federation with 199 countries. It is up to them to decide who will be the head of the organization. As long as Arkady Dvorkovich enjoys the confidence of the majority of members of the chess community, he will continue to lead FIDE,» the press service.
