India, June 29 -- It's now a three-horse horse race between entrepreneurs Jan Buettner, Wadim Rosenstein and incumbent Fide president Arkady Dvorkovich for the top Fide job. Dvorkovich announced on Monday that he will seek a third term in office, with five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand not running for deputy president alongside him this time.

The Indian Grandmaster together with Dvorkovich had contested and won in 2022. This time, founder and majority shareholder of Freedom Holding Corp, Timur Turlov, will run as Dvorkovich's deputy. Turlov also serves as the president of the Kazakhstan chess federation.

The Fide elections will be held in September 26-27, in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, during the Olympiad.

Though he will not run for...