Whatever opinions people might have about Ilyumzhinov, I am sure that exactly those accusations by the US authorities are far-fetched. It looks more like a revenge for the 2014 FIDE elections which Kasparov lost to Ilyumzhinov by a wide margin.
Vladimir Kramnik 2016
There is no room for gallantry in chess.
Irving Chernev
You only task in the opening is to reach a playable middle game.
Lajos Portisch
I am a totally normal guy. My father is considerably more intelligent than I am.
Magnus Carlsen 2010
People knew about 110 years of chess history. Nowadays, nobody is able to tell you the name of the world champion of 2000.
Anatoly Karpov 2005
