Arbiters to Hear Lawsuit Against World Chess Federation
By DYLAN LOEB MCCLAINA lawsuit against the World Chess Federation will be heard by arbiters at the Court of Arbitration for Sport on Sept. 15 and 16, two weeks before an election for the presidency of the federation.
The lawsuit by five national federations and the presidential campaign of Anatoly Karpov is seeking to have the ticket of Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, the incumbent, disqualified.
The election is to be held near the end of the Chess Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. The Olympiad begins on Sept. 19. The campaign, which has been quite nasty at times, seems too close to call, though Ilyumzhinov claims that he has enough votes to be re-elected.
The lawsuit, which includes as plaintiffs the national federations of the United States, France, Germany, Switzerland and Ukraine, challenges the legitimacy of Ilyumzhinov’s nominations by Russia, Argentina and Mexico. It also questions the nominations of Beatriz Marinello for vice president on Ilyumzhinov’s slate. As each candidate is required to have a slate to fill each major office in the federation, and to have at least one candidate be a woman, the lawsuit is trying to invalidate Ilyumzhinov’s candidacy by eliminating Marinello from his ticket.
If the arbiters should rule in favor of the plaintiffs, it might make the election moot, though there is no way to know how quickly the court may decide. But the lawsuit was filed on July 8, so the court seems to be moving quickly.
The lawsuit by five national federations and the presidential campaign of Anatoly Karpov is seeking to have the ticket of Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, the incumbent, disqualified.
The election is to be held near the end of the Chess Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. The Olympiad begins on Sept. 19. The campaign, which has been quite nasty at times, seems too close to call, though Ilyumzhinov claims that he has enough votes to be re-elected.
The lawsuit, which includes as plaintiffs the national federations of the United States, France, Germany, Switzerland and Ukraine, challenges the legitimacy of Ilyumzhinov’s nominations by Russia, Argentina and Mexico. It also questions the nominations of Beatriz Marinello for vice president on Ilyumzhinov’s slate. As each candidate is required to have a slate to fill each major office in the federation, and to have at least one candidate be a woman, the lawsuit is trying to invalidate Ilyumzhinov’s candidacy by eliminating Marinello from his ticket.
If the arbiters should rule in favor of the plaintiffs, it might make the election moot, though there is no way to know how quickly the court may decide. But the lawsuit was filed on July 8, so the court seems to be moving quickly.
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