In the nineties, there were almost no mass tournaments at all. The knockout world championships appeared, which later became the World Cup. If you are a 200th rated chess player, you could start dreaming of getting there, and then play well and earn enough money to last for a year. It was a big deal."
“They introduced European championships (which also did not exist before), world championships in rapid and blitz ... Even when they left, they brought the Saudis to chess, and this was enough for two more years for the new FIDE to hold championships in rapid and blitz.”
As for the activities of FIDE under the leadership of Arkady Dvorkovich, Grischuk believes that they have "failure after failure," but there is an excuse - "the times have drastically changed." Therefore, according to the grandmaster, it is too early to draw conclusions.
The editors’ note: Alexander Igorevich Grischuk was born on October 31, 1983 in Moscow. He is Russian chess player, grandmaster (1999). Two-time winner of the World Chess Olympiads as part of the Russian team (2000, 2002) and four-time winner of the World Team Championship as part of the Russian team (2005, 2010, 2013 and 2019). Champion of Russia (2009), three-time world blitz champion (2006, 2012, 2015). Honoured Master of Sports of Russia (2013).