"Mikhail Golubev" wrote in message
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Another Sveshnikov article, "For and Against Kirsan Ilyumzhinov", is at:
http://chess-sector.odessa.ua/opinion.htm
It is in English, as all the Usenet.
(Translated by Alexander Baburin, to be precise.)

Another very interesting article. Of course every reasonable person agrees
with Sveshnikov views.
Every discredited person should leave FIDE authorities jobs immediately and
such problems as :

- World Championship and qualifying tournaments;
- Bringing sponsors and investors to chess;
- Separation of the classical and rapid chess;
- Organising of individual and team World Championships in rapid chess;
- Integration of rapid in chess in Olympiads
- Improving of the rating system, introducing ratings for rapid chess.

should be solved in favour of chessplayers. Let me cite the final words of
the article :

"We need to increase the role of chess professionals in the workings of
FIDE. In the past few years we saw so many changes in the rules of chess!
Surely, life is changing, but all alteration should take place only upon
approval by the Player's Council. We cannot trust only bureaucrats and
arbiters to change the chess rules. The Players' Council should also control
awarding of chess titles. And we need to know the FIDE budget and how it is
spent. We should not forget about junior chess and social problems of chess
professionals and trainers. Surely this list could be continued. FIDE should
assign people to deal with each issue, have a clear and transparent budge
and set deadlines and performance control checks. Is this difficult? Yes,
but this is what FIDE is for!"

Well put postulates

Regards,
Jerzy