Nigel Short was simultaneously player and politician this week when he took third prize at Kolkata while in the early stages of his campaign to become president of Fide, the global chess body. The 52-year-old former world title candidate is the oldest player in the top 100.
Four months further on, and Short will be the anti-establishment contender in what is likely to be a bitterly fought election. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, Fide’s controversial president since 1995, has been sanctioned by the US Treasury after Washington accused him of “materially assisting” the Syrian government. UBS closed Fide’s bank account at the end of last month, and its officials have yet to find another bank.
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