30/07/2026
Na, da sind wir einmal gespannt!
♟ FIDE 2026 Elections: Presidential Ticket Candidacies Announced
▪️Jan Henric Buettner (b. 1964) is an international entrepreneur, investor, sports innovator, and philanthropist with more than three decades of experience building global organizations, raising investment capital, creating strategic partnerships, and leading complex international businesses. Throughout his career Buettner has founded and developed companies in the fields of telecommunications, internet technology, venture capital, luxury hospitality and sports, including helping to establish AOL Europe, founding BV Capital (now Headline Ventures), and creating the award-winning WEISSENHAUS Private Nature Luxury Resort. In recent years he has focused increasingly on chess.
▪️Wadim Rosenstein (b. 1990) is an entrepreneur, the founder of WR Chess, and Chairman of WR Group Holding. Rosenstein’s career began in 2009 at ThyssenKrupp in Germany, followed by an executive position at Siemag Tecberg Group. Since September 2014 Rosenstein has served as Chairman of WR Group, the company he founded, which has grown into a diversified global enterprise operating in 70 countries, specialising in logistics, heavy engineering, and IT, with additional interests in real estate development and international sports initiatives. Rosenstein has sponsored federations, clubs, and emerging talents across continents.
▪️Timur Turlov (Turlov for Chess) (b. 1987) is a Kazakhstani entrepreneur, financier, and international chess patron, best known as the founder and CEO of Freedom Holding Corp. A specialist in international financial markets and brokerage services, Turlov has built one of the leading financial ecosystems in Central Asia, expanding Freedom’s operations across Kazakhstan, Europe, and the United States. Under his leadership, Freedom Holding Corp. became publicly traded on NASDAQ and significantly broadened its presence in banking, insurance, telecommunications, and digital services. Alongside his business career, Turlov has become an influential figure in the development of chess and sports in Kazakhstan and internationally.
ℹ️ Get to know the candidates by reading the texts from their application forms: https://www.fide.com/fide-2026-elections-presidential-ticket-candidacies-announced/
The 2026 FIDE Presidential election will be held on September 26, 2026, at the FIDE General Assembly in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Each Member Federation represented in the General Assembly and in the assemblies of FIDE continents has one vote.
