“Gens una sumus” (“We are one family”) is the motto of the World Chess Federation (FIDE). Yet when officials from some 200 countries gather for their congress in Samarkand on Saturday, September 26, it is not likely to feel like a joyous family reunion.
A new FIDE president is to be elected in Uzbekistan, and a three-way, politically charged race for the post has erupted, with the outcome uncertain.
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