What a joke ! Hahahahaha

YAZICI is a good worker, he works hardly.

We are being ridiculed and humiliated over and over again by an incompetent organisation that is corrupt to the bone. The time to leave these FIDE exploiters to their own devices is long overdue.

Meanwhile, the french cheating case during the last olympiad remains unresolved..just a few months away from the Istanbul showdown. What is this, a bad joke?...Serious accusations made against french players, strong decisions from Yazici toward some foreign arbiters, conflict of interest in the appointment of Vice Presidents, and the list goes on and on...what's next?..probably we could venture almost any stupid scenario related to the game, wtf???? what the hell is this????...who's in charge?, are the rules respected?, why is russia still holding a huge grip on FIDE and also in almost every major decision involving chess?, why not move FIDE somewhere else, let's say Hawaii??

You couldn't make this stuff up.

No scratch that, this is FIDE.

I am watching a comedy for free.

and all the while this FIDE comedy plays on for years now, whenever Kasparov is stating the obvious i.e. that FIDE should be run by people who live for chess, not thru chess, he is automatically accused of being a populist

and why exactly does Mr. Ilyumzhinov need half a dozen Rolls-Royce's ?

Corrupt third world countries run FIDE, it's pathetic.

Don't know to laugh or cry.
"The continuation of our impressive progress..." Is that Brezjnev speaking?
"This practice should be strongly condemned by the General Assembly in Istanbul." I read this sentence and I reread it. What will happen to members that don't condemn it? (They should!) Why should you condemn a legal action? What will be the result of this condemning?
Maybe FIDE should form a youth organisation, with uniforms and banners and the like, that on occasion can take 'spontaneous action' against those criminals that prevent progress.

Is this some kind of a bad joke?

I hope we see an increasing number of high-level tournaments conducted outside the FIDE system. Yes, we've been down that road before, but this time it might happen organically, rather than under a rival dictator.

Is it still April 1st in Pago Pago?

And it's about time some of our top players stopped sitting on the fence with regards these issues. Silence is the voice of complicity. Whatever your opinion of Kasparov, at least the man had a pair of balls.

I can't believe this. Oh boy, I really wished many, at least some federations would take a joint decision and stay away from "Ali's" Olympiad. Shouldn't there finally be an adequate reaction to this aggressive behaviour? ... Gosh it's harsh and ridiculous at the same time to see this clown laughing at everybody, even publicly applauded by his fellow "president" - all that in the name of world chess. Indeed a tragic comedy. Now seriously, who wants to be "gens una" with these guys or even celebrate festival under their auspices? Nobody has to. Enough is enough ;-)

Good job we have FIDE to root out "unethical political games."

Where are the Men In Black when we need them the most?

The returning of the CLOWN. Hahaha

FIDE president will soon invent a new rule in chess: you can't resign a game without the permission of your opponent.

Why not leave FIDE to those countries who are happy with this regime of clowns and dictators?

It is high time for all European countries, Russia, the two Americas and some other countries, to leave this self-serving structore of idiots and for idiots and build up their own organisation. FIDE would be NOTHING without these countries on board.
Afterwards they can come creeping and asking for entry into a serious structure - without being allowed to buy any decisions any more.

No chess player with a minimum of self-esteem will ever need people like Ali Nihat Yazici or Kirsan Ilyumzhinov.

I suppose the one thing we have left to hope in is that Levitov is still openly squabbling with the Makro/Yazici clique. Levitov isn't the shiniest of stars to put your hopes in, but... I sense he is not as corrupt or unprofessional as the others. And he does have the RCF behind him. Russia--a force for good...? Who would have thought it.

FIDE Vice Presidents openly squabbling with each other while Kirsan looks into the sky searching for his aliens.. Sigh.

Why don't the federations employ some decent lawyers that can actually win something at the CAS ? Can it really be that difficult if, as most of the comments here suggest, FIDE management is so corrupt ?

What a total joke FIDE has become !! IIyumzhimov is and has been a disaster for chess. This guy reminds me of that other dictator, you know, the president of the United States!.

@Mike
I thought Bush isn't ruling the US any longer? :-)

J'adoube...