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As mentioned before by Malcolm Pein, if an election is on the FIDE General Assembly is like a circus. Perhaps one good thing that may come from this whole thing is that it has been proposed that "complainers" must first appeal to the Ethics Committee. Having been on the Ethics Committee from 2006 to...

The answer to the question is, probably, yes.

However, in my book, they are manifestly better than the archaic system of adjournments that are simply unfair (Rybka, Fritz) and take the concept of actually playing just your opponent out of the equation

Before the Fischer- Karpov match was to be played a poll amongst GMsat one of the US tournaments - but in which many GMs from various countries took part - and the overwhelming number said that Fischer would win. As many here have said, Karpov a little older would have been a proposition. Kasparov s...

As a (fairly recent) former President of Chess South Africa, I would just like to mention that the period of office is two years.

In my opinion, one year is way too short.


Laurence Ball