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For many years, the World Chess Federation was not managed very professionally. This has changed with the last election of the president in 2018.
Arkady Dvorkovich, the new President of the FIDE, is the son of a very well-known Russian chess arbiter, was an economic advisor to the Russian government and then Deputy Prime Minister. He was for some time chairman of the Russian Football Federation and organiser of the 2018 World Cup, so he has many contacts in sport and politics.
He was elected FIDE President at the end of 2018 and has subsequently brought many competent professionals into the FIDE leadership team.
One of the experts is Dana Reizneice.Ozola. She was European Junior Champion in chess and played several times for the national team of Latvia. After her studies, she made a career in politics and first became her country's Minister of Economy, then Minister of Finance. Now she is Managing Director of FIDE - a stroke of luck for the World Chess Federation.
After the Grand Swiss could not take place on the Isle of Man because of the Corona Pandemic, the Latvian capital Riga became the host – certainly not by chance.
Interview with Arkady Dvorkovich
Interview with Dana Reiniece-Ozola
