# Three-way battle for power in world chess: Who will be elected FIDE president in Samarkand?

https://mins.news/en/item/72893

- DW, 2026-09-24 18:59 UTC
- Sports
- Original: https://www.dw.com/en/three-way-battle-for-power-in-world-chess-who-will-be-elected-fide-president-in-samarkand/a-79413301?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf

> FIDE will elect a new president at its congress in Samarkand, with Kazakh billionaire Timur Turlov facing Germans Jan Henric Buettner and Wadim Rosenstein. The first non-Russian-led era in more than 30 years is clouded by questions about Russian ties, Kremlin influence and FIDE’s finances.

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