The FIDE President Went to the Olympics and Found the One Guy in a USSR Jersey
Yesterday
20:10
1 min
A photo from Milan-Cortina. Arkady Dvorkovich, the man who runs world chess, standing next to a fan in full Soviet kit waving a banner of Misha the Olympic bear. Dvorkovich is clapping. He looks delighted.
Quick context: Russia is banned from these Olympics. The organization Dvorkovich leads is currently being sued for letting Russia back into chess. His entire defense is that he's neutral.
That's it. That's the story. The president of an international sports federation who keeps saying "I'm not Russia's guy" went to the Olympics and immediately gravitated to the USSR section like it was a homing signal.
There's no scandal here. There doesn't need to be. It's just a man who can't help himself.