Ukrainian ???????? chess-players who has died because of Russia´s illegal ???????? invasion:
Glory to heroes! ♥️
Memorial tournament in Kyiv on 15 March. pic.twitter.com/MKABuI8Q9C
— Peter Heine Nielsen (@PHChess) March 5, 2024
“Don’t tell me to stick to chess until you can first convince dictators and their cronies to stay out of chess.”@Kasparov63
I admire Kasparov’s moral clarity on the election of Dvorkovich as FIDE President, and on the Russian invasion of Ukraine more generally. https://t.co/ny5rARzR60 pic.twitter.com/X79tIp8KeX
— Jonathan Rowson (@Jonathan_Rowson) August 10, 2022
FIDE has been under direct or indirect KGB control for decades as a useful tool for the Soviets and Putin's regime. Its corruption is high even for a sports federation. But supporting a Russian in this post during Putin's horrific war is a new low for FIDE and chess.
— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) August 10, 2022
https://t.co/HXYAoWS5Cx pic.twitter.com/WzDtRYG7W2
— Klitschko (@Klitschko) February 28, 2022