CFC vote for FIDE President in the Globe and Mail

The Globe and Mail recently published a detailed story about the Chess Federation of Canada's vote for the 2014 FIDE election. The CFC is supporting Kirsan Iliyumzhinov, presented in the article as "Poutine's choice". It is a pretty interesting read as it shows how outsiders might see the CFC's choice.

Despite Garry Kasparov's claims that the election is closely disputed, Iliyumzhinov seems to have a very comfortable advance of 40 to 50 votes, thanks to the support of small African, American and Asian countries, while Kasparov is supported by bigger federations. However, he recently lost the vote of Mexico, India and Canada.

Kasparov severely criticized Canada's decision : “It’s a small federation of people who don’t care about promoting the game. Which is why many chess traditions have been abandoned in recent years and Canada is no longer a major chess power.”

The CFC's position is defended by president Vlad Drkulec, who condemned the allege rudeness of Kasparov's team : 

It is a reasonably interesting read because it details an outsider's take on the whole situation. Read it here.