Indian chess legend Viswanathan Anand was once on Sunday elected deputy president of FIDE, the game’s international governing frame, whilst incumbent president Arkady Dvorkovich was once re-elected for a 2d time period.
5-time international champion Anand was once a part of Dvorkovich’s group. Dvorkovich gained 157 votes as in opposition to 16 via his rival Andrii Baryshpolets whilst the choice of invalid votes was once 1 and abstentions stood at 5.
The elections to the sector chess frame had been held all the way through the FIDE Congress which is being carried out right here along the forty fourth Chess Olympiad.
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