MOSCOW, Mar 21, Sergey Fuks. Russian grandmaster Sergey Karyakin considers it necessary to discuss the issue of liquidating the International Chess Federation (FIDE) and replacing it with another organization. On Monday, the FIDE ethics commission disqualified Karjakin for six months. Earlier, Karyakin, a native of Simferopol, 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 should be held from June 16 to July 7, 2022. «I think that now there is reason to think whether we need such an organization as FIDE at all. to create a new organization that will hold tournaments in Russia and around the world?» — said Karjakin. Previously, the FIDE Council suspended the national teams of Russia and Belarus from participating in tournaments under its auspices until further notice. In individual tournaments of the World Championship cycle, the organization allowed players to compete exclusively under the FIDE flag.
