FIDE General Assembly
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FIDE General Assembly is being held from 7th to 9th September at the Istanbul Polat Renaissance Hotel.
On the first day the Assembly approved the new FIDE Statutes with a vast voting majority.
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Andrew Paulson, the founder and director of AGON, presented his program for the next World Chess Championship cycle.
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The agreement between FIDE and AGON was approved by the vast voting majority.