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Turkish Chess Federation accused of bribery : ChessVibes

"Turkish Chess Federation accused of bribery

26 November 2010, 14.19 CET | Last modified: 14:48 | By Peter Doggers | Filed under: Reports | Tags:

Turkish Chess Federation accused of briberyTomorrow the Financial General Assembly of the Turkish Chess Federation will be held. No doubt on the agenda will be an audit, published on the federation’s own website, which reveals that the TCF paid for votes to win the 2012 Chess Olympiad. While FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov has expressed his support to TCF President Ali Nihat Yazici, grandmasters Suat Atalik and Ivan Sokolov have their doubts."

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