Kirsan Ilyumzhinov Once Again Asked Ali Nihat Yazici To Settle Evgeny Surov's Accreditation Issue

The Head of the Organising Committee of the Olympiad answered to Kirsan Ilyumzhinov's request 

About a week ago Chess-News site chief editor Evgeny Surov received an unpolite letter from Olympiad organizers who told him that he will not be invited to the Olympiad neither as a journalist nor as a guest. He tried to change the situation by applying to chess officials of different levels but in vain. However last night after the opening ceremony FIDE president Kirsan Ilyumzhinov told Evgeny Surov in a private talk that the will try to settle the things over during the day of the first round.

Several dozens of Istanbul chess Olympiad participants asked Kirsan Ilyumzhinov to settle the situation related to the chief editor of the Chess-News site Evgeny Surov. Every day the organizers actions are becoming more and more unusual and silly. First he was not given any acreditation, then he was not let in through the security control and now he is asked not to stay outside in front of the playing hall entry.

Dear Arkady Vladimirovich and Dear Ilya Vladislavovich!

I would like to tell you about my outrageous experience as a Russian journalist at this time of the Olympiad in Istanbul. As one of the FIDE’s leaders, Mr. Ali Nihat Yazici, with sufferance of Mr. Makropoulos and Mr. Ilyumzhinov, are violating not only their slogan «We are one family» but also my rights as a journalist and human.

As we have said before, Chess-News chief editor was not let in by the organizers to the building where the Chess Olympiad takes place. We asked some chess players to know some details about the event.

Dear Mr. President!

There was an opening day of the World Chess Olympiad in Istanbul few days ago. It is a great event not only for the participants, organizer and guests but also for millions chess amateur all over the world. Every Olympiad first and foremost is an occasion which unites people in spite of their religion and political views.

Ali Nihat Yazici continues being the FIDE Vice President 

The President of the Turkish Chess Federation Ali Nihat Yazici has resigned from his Vice-President's post at the World Chess Federation (FIDE). Recently he's been under a mass of criticism from various sides due to the scandalous banning of arbiters from seven federations from working at the forthcoming Olympiad in Istanbul.