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    Indian chess legend Viswanathan Anand becomes FIDE deputy president

    Incumbent president Arkady Dvorkovich was re-elected for a second term.

    PTI
    August 07, 2022 / 14:19 IST
    (File image: Reuters)

    Indian chess legend Viswanathan Anand was on Sunday elected deputy president of FIDE, the sport's world governing body, while incumbent president Arkady Dvorkovich was re-elected for a second term.

    Five-time world champion Anand was part of Dvorkovich's team.

    Dvorkovich received 157 votes as against 16 by his rival Andrii Baryshpolets while the number of invalid votes was 1 and abstentions stood at 5.

    The elections to the world chess body were held during the FIDE Congress which is being conducted here alongside the 44th Chess Olympiad.

    PTI
    first published: Aug 7, 2022 02:19 pm

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