At times, one can't help but feel for

Not only did I not hold the [1987] Interzonal [in the U.S. Virgin
Islands], but nobody did. Since then, there has never been another
Interzonal.

Should we tell him about Subotica, Szirak, and Zagreb 1987, or Manila
1990, or Biel 1993?

One must be able to organize one's own psyche before one can organize
international events.

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wrote:

In 1987, after no country in the world had submitted a bid to hold
the
Interzonal, I submitted a bid to hold the event in the US Virgin
Islands
and paid the required fee. Since the local country gets to designate
two of
its own players to play in the Interzonal, I designated Anand and
Zsuzsa
Polgar as my representatives.

In response to my bid, Dr. Lim Kok Ann, General Secretary of FIDE,
responded that the Hungarians were objecting to allowing Zsuzsa Polgar
to
play in the Interzonal. Also, the regulations state that the two
players
must be from the host country. Anand and Zsuzsa Polgar were not from
the
host country.

I replied that unless Zsuzsa Polgar and Anand were allowed to play, I
was
not willing to organize the event.

Incidentally, Anand was at the time just a little known young
grandmaster,
but I realized that he was a future world champion, years before
anybody
else did.

The matter ended there. Dr. Lim refused to agree to allow Anand and
Polgar
to play in the Interzonal and I would not organize the event otherwise.

The result was that the interzonal was never held. Not only did I not
hold
the Interzonal, but nobody did. Since then, there has never been
another
Interzonal.