Indian chess legend Viswanathan Anand becomes FIDE deputy president
Highlights:
- Indian chess legend, Viswanathan Anand was elected deputy president of the International Chess Federation or World Chess Federation (FIDE), the sport’s world governing body.
- While incumbent president Arkady Dvorkovich was re-elected for a second term.
- Five-time world champion Anand was part of Dvorkovich’s team.
- The elections to the world chess body were held during the FIDE Congress which is being conducted here alongside the 44th Chess Olympiad.
- It is noted that World Chess Federation Founded on 20 July 1924, Paris, France.
- It's Headquarter located at Lausanne, Switzerland.
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