CHENNAI: FIDE vice president and Grandmaster Nigel Short has revealed that the apex global governing body of chess could witness its Presidential board size reduced from 26 to 16 members amongst sweeping changes expected to take place in the medium to long term for better administration of the game, IANS reports.
"We have been in office for the past three months. We have taken a number of steps. “The recent feeling is that the FIDE Presidential Board is much too large. We have 26 people in the Presidential Board. It is very costly to hold a meeting. It is not efficient.