Emil Sutovsky, Director General of the International Chess Federation (FIDE), talked about his relationship with Russian grandmaster Sergey Karyakin, who is also the head of the Moscow Region Chess Federation (FSHP). Transmits words “Sport Express”.
“He decided to build a political career. This began in 2014, when he began to deliberately politicize his attitude to what was happening. This was exacerbated when he qualified for the 2016 New York crown game.
He began to choose his targets for the attack. He finally decided on me. I am a foreigner. I’m in a high position. It’s easy to accuse me of being anti-Russian. But to any person who enters my social networks, this seems ridiculous, ”said Sutovsky.
Sutovsky also accused Karjakin of being patriotic but ignorant of Russian history and culture. He also talked about Karjakin’s attacks on Mark Glukhovsky, Andrey Filatov, Jan Nepomniachtchi. According to him, most chess players in Russia stopped communicating with Karjakin.
Sergey Karjakin is a former contender for the world title, he competed for the title with owner Magnus Carlsen in 2016 and only lost in a tie-break. Karjakin was supposed to qualify for the 2022 Candidates’ Tournament but lost the opportunity due to disqualification.
On December 17, Sergei Karyakin was defeated in the Russian Chess Federation’s (RCF) presidential election by the current head of the organization, Andrei Filatov, with a score of 7:58.
Formerly Sergey Karyakin spoke About the behavior of the Chinese chess player Ding Liren before the match with Russian Ian Nepomniachtchi for the title crown.