I noticed the Ukrainian Chess Federation (in its press release about the proposed Candidates matches in Kiev in response to Karpov's proposal as part of his election campaign) have proposed a chess "Davos":
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=6608
"There is a need to organize a so-called “Chess Davos†– an informal annual gathering. Such a forum should be apolitical, and its main goal should be to involve into the chess development process representatives of the chess community from different countries, such as representatives of federations, delegates, chess players, journalists, activists, trainers, arbiters, as well as other professionals who are fond of the game of chess."
Sounds interesting! Could it really be apolitical, though?
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Re: Chess "Davos"
In Ukraine, no. They throw things at each other in parliament, for crying out loud...Christopher Kreuzer wrote:Sounds interesting! Could it really be apolitical, though?
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Oh, but these are chess players, surely they wouldn't...Alex Holowczak wrote:In Ukraine, no. They throw things at each other in parliament, for crying out loud...Christopher Kreuzer wrote:Sounds interesting! Could it really be apolitical, though?
Who would you expect to "represent" each section of the "chess community"?