St. PETERSBURG, Mar 21, Sergey Yaremenko. 12th champion World Chess Championship, State Duma deputy Anatoly Karpov said that the decision of the ethics commission of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) to disqualify Russian grandmaster Sergey Karyakin has no legal force. The FIDE ethics commission on Monday disqualified Russian grandmaster Sergey Karyakin for six months. Earlier, the chess player published a statement on Twitter in which he supported the actions of Russian President Vladimir Putin to conduct a special operation in Ukraine. Sanctions against the Russian will deprive him of the opportunity to participate in the Candidates Tournament, which is due to take place from June 16 to July 7, 2022. and violation of ethics? Who approved this code of ethics? What powers does the ethics committee have? Can be disqualified for using a computer (during a chess game), for cheating. But what is ethics? Assault on a person during a game? No legal force is this decision does not have. There are simply no words to comment on such stupidity,» Karpov said.
