KYIV, Ukraine — Russia’s struggle in opposition to Ukraine has permeated even the seemingly sedate world of chess, the place a Ukrainian grandmaster is bidding to unseat the highly effective Russian president of the Worldwide Chess Federation.
Representatives of 195 member states are scheduled to vote Sunday at a convention in Chennai, India, for president of the federation, the chess world’s governing physique, which regulates all worldwide championships, determines participant rankings and decides the place international and continental championships will likely be held. The present president, Arkady V. Dvorkovich, a former deputy prime minister of Russia, is facing three challengers, together with Andrii Baryshpolets, a…