Georgios Makropoulos

Journalist, International Master, President of the Greek Chess Federation, FIDE Deputy President. #Chess #Dignity_Above_Money #FIDEForward

[European Chess Union @ECUonline]

It’s over! Only 12 players out of 1306 participants of European Youth #Chess Championship 2019 became European Youth Chess Champions! #eycc2019
Congratulations to all participants and special congrats to the medalists🥇🥈🥉and the Winners 🏆!
Standings: https://t.co/P13O4nfNja

[Malcolm Pein @TelegraphChess]

I understand the the link to the onsite report at Cook County Jail on the World Prison Championship didn't work for some people. Here it is from ABC in Chicago https://t.co/EgPTROhjbe #prisonchess

[Jesús Medina Molina @jmedinamolina]

Every city park should have its own chess tables. Let’s make it happen together. Contact your local representatives! #happykids #alzheimer

*** Since early 2018 10 Dutch cities have placed chess tables in the open space *** 🙌

@GMJuditPolgar
@SusanPolgar
@FIDE_chess

[Judit Polgar @GMJuditPolgar]

White and whiter pieces in the Oscar winning movie, Green Book! What do you think, why does chess play a role in so many films? What is your favourite movie in which you saw chess?

#chess #GreenBook

[Georgios Makropoulos @makro_chess]

Bravo Marina!!!
2nd in European Senior Championship!
(after two silver medals in last three World Senior Championships)
Great result!

[Τheodoros Tsorbatzoglou @teotsorb]

A step forward fo for the promotion of #Chess in Schools and the Education society the new video prepared by the ECU Educational Commission and produced in a few months of studio works, by a specialised company. "We Make Europe Smarter"!

[Georgios Makropoulos @makro_chess]

@PHChess @ohdeafone @TelegraphChess @advorkovich Unfortunately, transparency with Presidential Board meetings behind closed doors (for the first time in 40 years) and with non-disclosure agreement for PB members (!!) seems quite an oxymoron. And of course, is against the democratic values of International Sports Organisations.

[Georgios Makropoulos @makro_chess]

FT investigation confirms what our team said in 2018,adding that our message of reform was “genuine”."Documents seen by the Financial Times...show a coordinated global effort by the Russian state...to win votes with promises of money and political pressure”https://t.co/vpQCklTwIB

[Malcolm Pein @TelegraphChess]

@PHChess @ohdeafone @makro_chess @advorkovich Shame @advorkovich played football @ShamkirChess with disgraced Silvio Danailov see https://t.co/5HdkqVhHVY - Insulting to @ECUonline and @FIDE_chess Ethics Commission that banned him. Here Danailov gets the Golden Skunk award https://t.co/yFjOqL6QpU (after 30 sec advert)

[Georgios Makropoulos @makro_chess]

@TelegraphChess The question is if, at least now, federations who thought that they were voting for transparency, realise that they voted for exactly the opposite by not voting our team (and also, what are they going to do now).

[Georgios Makropoulos @makro_chess]

@TelegraphChess It contains some inaccuracies too & tries to keep equal distances from each side although they are completely different. However, it makes clear what happened in FIDE elections.

[Georgios Makropoulos @makro_chess]

@chessmasala WGM, 15 years in the top 100 women, 8 times Greek Champion, 2 Silver medals in Olympiads, 2 times 2nd in the World Senior Championship... so yeah, she is also a chess player :D

[Georgios Makropoulos @makro_chess]

33 years of marriage today!
Met in 1979 and fell in love in 1982 Chess Olympiad!

[ChessBase @ChessBase]

New @ACMChess blog opens with in-depth @makro_chess interview by @davidllada on the eve of the @FIDE_chess election:
https://t.co/xOZ5pbVmum #ChessBase

[Chessdom @chessdom]

Serious blow for the candidate of Arkady Dvorkovich in Africa: The financial report of Lewis Ncube administration was rejected by the majority of African countries.

[Goran Urosevic @goranurosevic]

"This strange scandal (Glen Stark) appeared to be too much, and Ilyumzhinov’s candidacy suffered an abrupt end — he stepped aside in favor of the Kremlin’s new chosen candidate, former deputy prime minister Arkady Dvorkovich." on 538 https://t.co/uLyCJenSdt

[Georgios Makropoulos @makro_chess]

The Nordic Chess Federation is absolutely correct! We are bound by these principles and will do our best to fulfil 100% of these points in the next four years!

[Nordic Chess Federation @NordicChess]

The 6 Nordic Chess Federations declare that #ChessIsForEveryone and FIDE must ensure
- that all federations can participate in FIDE championships
- more women in chess at all levels
- transparency and good governance
- chess in school programs world wide
#BatumiChess2018

[Goran Urosevic @goranurosevic]

“I am glad that another attempt of influencing the FIDE elections by non-compliant means, after the infamous Glen Stark affair which I investigated with my colleagues, has miserably failed. It is no coincidence that people from the same group have been involved in both scandals."

[Georgios Makropoulos @makro_chess]

We filed a Police Report about the EXPO incident as our increasingly nervous rivals are turning into sore losers. As we have demonstrated on multiple occasions, #FIDEForward does not tolerate neither "dream purchases" nor threats, violence and hooliganism: https://t.co/RusGXzWewr

[Malcolm Pein @TelegraphChess]

So this is what an @advorkovich FIDE would be like. His 'advisor' turns up at @makro_chess stand at @BatumiChess2018 and removes leaflets specifically the one detailing the text message shown. This on the day FIDE Ethics Commission bans Serbia for bribery @nigelshortchess 1/2