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World chess body FIDE was to elect its chief on Wednesday after a power struggle worthy of the bitterest clashes on the board between the controversial Kremlin-backed incumbent and an ex-world champion.
Current FIDE president Kirsan Ilyumzhinov is standing for re-election at the body's congress in the Russian Urals city of Khanty-Mansiysk but faces a strong challenge from Soviet chess legend Anatoly Karpov.
The race has been marked by vicious personal attacks between the two rivals' camps who have run US-presidential style campaigns and visited dozens of FIDE (World Chess Federation) member states in order to win delegates' votes.
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