MOSCOW, July 6 Russian grandmaster Sergey Karyakin stated in his Telegram channel that the Executive Director of the Russian Chess Federation (FSR) Mark Glukhovsky, who moved to Israel, is hindering the development of the sport in the Russian Federation. a letter in support of the policy of Russian President Vladimir Putin and the special operation in Ukraine. Due to the disqualification, Karjakin lost the opportunity to compete in the Candidates Tournament, which was won by Russian Ian Nepomniachtchi on Sunday. In March, a number of Russian chess players and FSR functionaries wrote an open letter to the President of Russia with a call to stop the special operation. In a word, Glukhovsky (now also part-time manager of Nepomniachtchi) calmly left for Israel after the start of the special operation, from where he continues to manage the activities of the FSR online. Mr. Executive Director has not hidden his anti-state views for many years, and also frankly hinders the development of chess in Russia», — wrote Karyakin. «I think that the president of the FSR Andrey Filatov needs to decide on his position. His term of office expired in February, and the next elections for some reason are scheduled for December, but that's not even the point. I think that if he wants to go down in the history of Russian chess as a person who has done a lot for them, he needs to change his team to those who are really beats chess and loves his country,» he added.
