German functionary Vadim Rosenstein challenged the results of the FIDE presidential election in CAS

German functionary Vadim Rosenstein appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to challenge the results of the election of the President of the International Chess Federation (FIDE). Match TV reports this.

Rosenstein accused the new head of the organization, Timur Turlov, of manipulating the voting results. The German is asking the court to determine whether the rules of international chess apply equally to all candidates and to check Turlov's right to participate in the elections.

“I am not asking CAS to decide who should be liked, supported or preferred. I ask the court to answer a much simpler and more important question: Do the rules of international chess apply equally to everyone? This issue now goes beyond my candidacy and individual elections,” Rosenstein wrote on social networks.

The functionary pointed to the show of support by raising clasped hands by Turlov and Malcolm Payne, who was running on the team of fellow candidate Jan-Henrik Büttner. Rosenstein also thanked the Ukrainian Chess Federation for its clear public position regarding the sanctions imposed on Turlov.

The FIDE presidential elections took place on September 26 in Samarkand. In the second round, Turlov defeated Rosenstein with a score of 110 votes to 85.