FIDE to restore Elo ratings of banned Indian players

The world chess body, FIDE, has decided to restore the Elo ratings of dozens of Indian players, whose ratings were banned by the All-India Chess Federation, AICF, nearly a decade ago. FIDE president Arkady Dvorkovich  in a statement posted on Twitter said all those players whose name  were expunged  from the records, at the behest of the AICF, will be back with immediate effect.   Former world number three and FIDE vice-president Nigel Short in a tweet termed it a hugely positive statement by FI...