Indian chess legend Viswanathan Anand was on Sunday elected deputy president of FIDE, the game’s world governing physique, whereas incumbent president Arkady Dvorkovich was re-elected for a second time period.
Five-time world champion Anand was a part of Dvorkovich’s workforce. Dvorkovich obtained 157 votes as towards 16 by his rival Andrii Baryshpolets whereas the variety of invalid votes was 1 and abstentions stood at 5.
The elections to the world chess physique have been held in the course of the FIDE Congress which is being carried out right here alongside the forty fourth Chess Olympiad.
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