World Chess Shareholders Back the Board
In plain English: the company's shareholders — who include chess fans, individual investors, and institutions — formally approved the 2025 annual accounts, backed the leadership team for another year, and confirmed their confidence in where the business is headed.
What was decided
Shareholders voted to re-appoint the four directors on the Board — Richard Collett, Jamison Firestone, Ilya Merenzon (CEO), and Matvey Shekhovtsov (COO) — and confirmed Moore Kingston Smith LLP as the company's independent auditor. They also adopted the Annual Report and signed off on the directors' pay policy.
Every resolution passed with near-unanimous support. No votes were withheld.
"Thank you to every shareholder who voted. We're building something that hasn't existed before — a proper commercial home for the world's most played game — and that kind of support matters."
— Ilya Merenzon, CEO
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The complete voting results are available on the London Stock Exchange RNS feed and on our investor page and on the LSE company profile.