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Kazakh billionaire Turlov bids for presidency of World Chess Federation

Summary by Bne IntelliNews
Kazakh billionaire Timur Turlov did not set out to run world chess. But after the current president of FIDE Arkady Dvorkovich was sanctioned last month, he is now the leading contender to take over. He wants to make chess a digital Olympic sport.

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Freedom Holding Corp., General Partner of the FIDE-ISCF World Schools Team Championship – Americas Stage, supports chess as part of its corporate social responsibility. The entry Timur Turlov is committed to digitization to boost the future of chess was first published in La Voz de Michoacán.

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bne IntelliNews broke the news in Berlin, Germany on Thursday, August 13, 2026.
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