Trumpeting success

Regular readers will recall my column of 15 April in which I speculated on the future of the eccentric Fidé president Kirsan Ilyumzhinov in the face of mounting criticism from the board of the World Chess Federation. Somewhat surprisingly, Kirsan survived and has announced his intention to run yet again in the presidential election next year.
 
Nevertheless, mutterings are getting louder. The editorial of a lavish new periodical called the American Chess Magazine (acmchess.com) trumpeted the success of the US team in winning the Olympiad gold medals and establishing three players, Wesley So, Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana in the world’s top ten. Proudly emphasising that the USA is now the leading chess superpower, the editorial questioned Fidé’s economic health and the problematic status if Kirsan remains as president. Perhaps the glory days of Bobby Fischer are returning. I found the following game in issue no. 2 of the American Chess Magazine with notes by Alejandro Ramirez.