MOSCOW, Mar 23 Creation of an alternative International Chess Federation (FIDE) organization is unlikely , but by taking the decision to dismiss grandmaster Sergey Karyakin, they have tarnished their reputation, Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation, told reporters. He was asked to comment on Karyakin's proposal to create a chess federation that could become an alternative to FIDE. at the moment, indeed, let's say, before such topics are raised, various contacts are made, you need to try to find out the position of other countries.After all, FIDE is the oldest and very, very authoritative organization.Yes, in this situation, like many of them, after all, let's say, have stained their reputation with contact with politics, which is not good for sports organizations to do,» Peskov told reporters. He also expressed the opinion that this topic much more difficult. Especially now, during «such a most acute period, it hardly seems to be really effective in doing it,» Peskov added.
