Ron wrote:
In article ,
The Man Behind The Curtain wrote:


My question basically is how is it that Alekhine was allowed to dodge
Capa and keep his title yet Fischer had to defend his so quickly, just
three years after getting it? Obviously there were different rules in
effect in the 1940s vs the 1970s, but that sort of strikes me as
arbitrary, that one person can have his title so long by maneuvering and
another cannot and has it stripped from him.


FIDE wasn't the governing body of the World Championship when Alekhine
won the title.

FIDE only took over managing the title after his death. Part of the
reason they did so was to prevent a situation like Alekhine's, where he
ducked the most threatening challenger.

Fischer won the title under FIDE's rules, and they therefore had the
power to take it away (although, actually, I don't think they did so. I
think he resigned it.)

Thanks. I thought the answer might be something along those lines.

Along the same lines, how come Tal only had it for one year, then?



John

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