551:, and remained president until 2010. Soon after his election, Ilyumzhinov introduced presidential rule, concentrating power in his own hands. He called early elections on 15 October 1995 and was re-elected unopposed, this time for a 7-year term. He won re-election in 2002. Ilyumzhinov's election platform for the presidency of Kalmykia included promising voters $ 100 each and a mobile phone for every shepherd—much of the population of Kalmykia living from agriculture. He once campaigned under the slogan "a wealthy president is a safeguard against corruption." He also pledged to introduce what he called an "economic dictatorship" in the republic, as well as to continue to promote chess in Kalmykia, in Russia and to the wider world. After his re-election in 1995, Ilyumzhinov reportedly told a journalist from the Russian daily
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790:, who had served as Russian deputy prime minister and was also a member of the supervisory board of the Russian Chess Federation. Dvorkovich was also one of the chief organizers of the 2018 FIFA World Cup. In the elections, held in Batumi (Georgia) in October 2018, Dvorkovich won by 103 votes to 78 against Makropoulos, thus becoming FIDE's 7th President in history.
759:; FIDE executive director Nigel Freeman replied that Ilyumzhinov had verbally resigned during the Presidential Board Meeting in Athens, and called an Extraordinary Presidential Board Meeting to discuss the issue. At the meeting, it was confirmed that Ilyumzhinov had not formally resigned, however he was criticized for making misleading statements to the media.
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After having been in office for 23 years, since 1995, Kirsan
Ilyumzhinov was finally ousted, clearing the path for a successor. The Greek Georgios Makropoulos, who had been General Secretary since 1990 and number two in the organization under Kirsan's presidency, was the first to announce his ticket.
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Ilyumzhinov managed to persuade the 140 member countries of FIDE to take part in the main team event of the year, the Chess
Olympiad, scheduled to start in late September 1998, in Elista. However the event started late due to the failure to complete the new venue in time. In the end, it attracted 110
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has visited Kirsan
Ilyumzhinov on many occasions and has blessed a number of the temples in Elista, as well as Kalmyk Buddhist temples overseas. Ilyumzhinov denies persistent accusations of diverting the republic's resources for his own use and of suppressing media freedom. In 2004, police dispersed
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On 13 July 2018, the FIDE ethics commission sanctioned Kirsan
Ilyumzhinov for violating the FIDE code of ethics. The FIDE president, who was banned from "holding any position" effectively for six months, initially announced his intentions to fight this decision. However, shortly after, he desisted
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sanctions, on 6 December 2015, Ilyumzhinov withdrew from any legal, financial and business operations of FIDE until such time as he is removed from the OFAC list but he remains in control of FIDE. In a subsequent interview, he said the USA sanctions were either a mistake or a provocation, with his
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November 2015, Ilyumzhinov listed his major achievements as: recognition of chess as a sport, unification of the world chess championship, stable financial situation of FIDE, complete FIDE calendar, the number of people playing chess increased more than
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On 27 March 2017, FIDE stated through its website that
Ilyumzhinov had announced his resignation, and that the extraordinary meeting will be held next month to review and accept the resignation. Ilyumzhinov later denied his resignation in Russian media, as did his assistant when contacted by
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and from Russia, and he won the election 87–46. There was no restoration of the traditional qualifying cycle, and
Ilyumzhinov's own preference for a $ 5 million knockout contest for the world's top 100 players was deferred from December 1996 until December 1997, with no definite sponsor
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In the summer of 1998, Kirsan
Ilyumzhinov announced his possible candidacy for the Russian presidency. This coincided with Anatoly Karpov being critical of the annual knockout FIDE world title system. Karpov argued that his contract with FIDE stipulated that the winner of the 1998
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provides a comprehensive collection of
Ilyumzhinov's own words on his alleged encounters with aliens. These claims brought Ilyumzhinov a lot of media attention both in Russia and internationally and have been instrumental in making him better known outside the chess world.
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interviewed people in Elista about
Ilyumzhinov, he found that many were happy that he had managed to gain widespread attention for Kalmykia through chess, although one was slightly critical of the money invested in chess projects.
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churches, and 30 Buddhist temples. Chess was made a compulsory subject in the first three years of elementary school—the only place in the world where this is the case. The region now has numerous champions. The
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lawyers planning to file a US$ 50 billion lawsuit, based on their estimated damages. Previously in June 2014, Ilyuzmhinov had noted that his name was floating around concerning sanctions regarding
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709:, who backed a rival to Ilyumzhinov, criticized Ilyumzhinov FIDE's leadership stating: "(Ilyumzhinov) has created a vertical column of power that would be familiar to any observer of Russia today."
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president, he might well become a candidate in the future, saying "I have a vision of how to make football still more popular and cleanse the organisation of corruption, like we did it with FIDE."
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ten times, the FIDE family has substantially increased, and development of women's chess. In an interview on the same occasion, he mentioned that while not currently aspiring to become
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when the entire Kalmyk population was deported to Siberia – Kirsan's own family had an impeccable record fighting the Germans (he was named after a great-uncle who served in the
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from 1983 to 1989. Between 1989 and 1990 he was a sales manager for the Soviet-Japanese automobile company "Liko-Raduga" in Moscow, and from 1990 until 1993 he was President of
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decisively – winning this election by 95 votes to 55. However, there were bitter accusations of cheating and corruption about the voting system with
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and Russian, he is fluent in English, Japanese, and speaks a little
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FIDE Online. FIDE News: Kirsan Re-elected by Wide Margin, 96 vs. 54
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King's Gambit: A Son, A Father, and the World's Most Dangerous Game
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Moscow State Institute of International Relations alumni
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contest shortened to 13 rounds to allow for the delay.
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Germany, SPIEGEL ONLINE, Hamburg (12 October 2006).
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Curse of Kirsan: Adventures in the Chess Underworld
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1990:"Kirsan Ilyumzhinov and Aliens" by Edward Winter
906:Novodvorskaya. The last vestal of the revolution
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2250:Honorary members of the Russian Academy of Arts
1431:"Kasparov on Elista in the Wall Street Journal"
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1774:"Kirsan Ilyumzhinov's denial and FIDE's reply"
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1489:"Kirsan Ilyumzhinov wins 2010 FIDE elections"
1289:"Libyan TV broadcasts new footage of Gaddafi"
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259:23 April 1993 – 24 October 2010
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1935:Letter from Russia: "Planet Kirsan"
1518:Harding, Luke (29 September 2010).
1083:Kremlin Stars Charitable Foundation
1986:, Richard Galpin, BBC News, Moscow
1930:Kirsan Ilyumzhinov in comics, 1995
1456:Parfitt, Tom (25 September 2006).
1199:. British Broadcasting Corporation
1193:"Game of kings takes centre stage"
1191:Finlo Rohrer (25 September 2006).
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774:He was followed by the Englishman
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1248:Letter from Russia: Planet Kirsan
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817:The President's Crown of Thorns
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382:Kirsan Nikolayevich Ilyumzhinov
1094:Galpin, Richard (5 May 2010).
970:Perkins, Miki (7 April 2009).
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1978:Novy Vzglyad Publishing House
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1154:Kirsan Ilyumzhinov and Aliens
780:World Chess Championship 1993
614:Specially Designated National
143:Eastern Slavic naming customs
1276:. London. 25 September 2006.
1174:"Leadership of the Republic"
36:biography of a living person
1865:Kirsan Ilyumzhinov (2011).
1729:Ведомости (27 March 2017).
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1965:"The man who bought chess"
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974:. Melbourne: Theage.com.au
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604:United States sanctions
1996:, Chess History Center
1969:Observer Sport Monthly
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827:Mentions in literature
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1347:"Statement from FIDE"
699:. In an October 2006
618:Central Bank of Syria
247:President of Kalmykia
16:Russian public figure
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1937:by Michael Specter,
1584:on 28 September 2016
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659:. The candidate was
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228:Florencio Campomanes
78:"Kirsan Ilyumzhinov"
56:Contentious material
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1679:on 22 December 2015
1653:on 26 December 2016
1380:on 13 February 2018
1353:on 28 November 2016
928:by Daniel Kalder. (
894:, by Paul Hoffman (
702:Wall Street Journal
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193:Ilyumzhinov in 2016
2235:Presidents of FIDE
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2042:Kirsan Ilyumzhinov
1945:"King of Kalmykia"
1914:Al Jazeera English
1907:"All about Kirsan"
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1555:The New York Times
1458:"King of Kalmykia"
926:The Lost Cosmonaut
852:, by Sarah Hurst (
731:, winning 110–61.
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1071:Илюмжинов, Кирсан
996:. Newlookmedia.ru
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918:978-5-386-07861-4
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