# Kazakhstan’s Timur Turlov elected FIDE president

https://mins.news/en/item/75106

- TASS, 2026-09-26 10:15 UTC
- Sports
- Original: https://tass.com/sports/2193271

> Kazakhstan’s Timur Turlov has been elected president of the World Chess Federation, FIDE. A total of 110 delegates voted for him at the federation’s General Assembly in Samarkand.

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