Overview
- Norway’s chess federation says it has set up a working group to explore a case at the Court of Arbitration for Sport over FIDE’s move to ease restrictions on Russian and Belarusian players.
- Federation head Lasse Østebø Løvik cited concern over potentially high legal costs and a need for external funding to proceed.
- The organization is also considering a complaint to FIDE’s ethics department.
- The FIDE General Assembly first approved a Russian Chess Federation proposal to lift all sanctions, with 61 votes in favor and 51 against, then supported a FIDE Council plan with narrower terms.
- Facing contradictory outcomes, FIDE president Arkady Dvorkovich paused for legal consultation and said the FIDE Council will render a final decision after consulting the IOC.