MOSCOW, July 8, Oleg Bogatov. The case when the Russian Chess Federation ( FSHR) prepared a collective letter against the special operation in Ukraine, and the executive director of the organization Mark Glukhovsky signed it, simply monstrous, said XII world champion Anatoly Karpov. Earlier, Russian grandmaster Sergey Karyakin wrote in his Telegram channel that Glukhovsky was the main ideologist of the collective letter of a number of grandmasters and employees of the FSR against the special operation and became one of the signatories, and then left for Israel and led the organization from there. the federation initiates the letter, prepares it, and the director signs it — I don't remember that at all. Apparently, after that, frightened, the director (Glukhovsky) fled there (to Israel). He signed the letter. Every grandmaster, if he has his own opinion and wants to speak out, he can do it. But the federation should not organize such things. It's just monstrous,» Karpov said. In March, the International Chess Federation (FIDE) Ethics Commission disqualified Karjakin for six months after he published an open letter on his social networks in support of the policies of Russian President Vladimir Putin and the special operation in Ukraine. For disqualification, Karjakin lost the opportunity to play in the Candidates Tournament, the winner of which was 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 urging him to stop the special operation.
