My working file, Garry Kasparov's Travels During His 2014 FIDE Campaign, shows a number of extended trips by Kasparov to different regions of the world. Of particular interest is Africa, which he visited in July 2013 (before announcing his FIDE ambitions), in January-February 2014, and in May 2014.
The expert on chess in Africa must be Dr. Daaim Shabazz of The Chess Drum (thechessdrum.net). To get a better picture of Kasparov's campaigns in Africa, I assembled a list of the Drum's posts covering the same period as my working file. The list starts six months before Kasparov's formal announcement.
- 2013-04-06: Queen of Katwe battles Kasparov!, Phiona Mutesi of Uganda in New York
- 2013-07-05: Kasparov in Kenya!
- 2013-07-15: Kasparov’s impact on African Chess
- 2013-10-07: Kasparov seeks FIDE Presidency!
- 2014-01-26: Kasparov campaigns in Nigeria
- 2014-02-17: West African feds support Kasparov2014
- 2014-03-07: FIDE 2014: The Scramble for Africa
- 2014-06-23: FIDE Election Rumble in “Gabon-Gate”
- 2014-07-12: “Gabon-Gate” heats up… legal docs fly, including 2014-06-30: Complaint [PDF], 'Garry Kasparov and his ticket submit three complaints to the Electoral Commission'
- 2014-07-12: Ghana’s 1st FIDE-rated tourney!, 'sponsored by the Kasparov Chess Foundation Africa'
- 2014-07-13: Aikhoje denounces FIDE fight in Africa, Nigeria
- 2014-08-10: African tensions boil at 2014 Olympiad
- 2014-08-12: Ilyumzhinov wins 2014 FIDE election 110-61
- 2014-08-18: Drum Interviews @ ’14 Olympiad
- 2014-08-22: Reflections on Tromso Olympiad
- 2014-09-13: FIDE’s African Problem
TMER : Tournament, Match, and Exhibition Record
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