On Sat, 6 Sep 2003 08:29:48 +0200, tomic wrote:

So, my questions a

1.Why was Ilyumzhinov so prompt in canceling the match? Why didn’t he try to
meet both Kasparov and Ponomariov in person, as the latter proposed him to
do, to seek the way out of the stand-off?

To what end? Pono's refusal to sign by the deadline was beyond the
boundaries of reason.

2. Why didn’t Kasparov who presumably wanted to play (and win!) this match
accept the cancellation of the match?

Why didn't he accept it? I don't understand the question. What choice
does he have but to accept it?

Isn’t Kirsan’s decision to cancel the
match reminiscent of Campomanes’ decision to abort the first match between
Karpov and Kasparov in February 1985?

No, I see a large difference between cancelling a match before the fact to
cancelling a match 48 games in progress. No basis of comparison, really.

3.Why, now being reintegrated into the FIDE system, does Kasparov have the
privilege to play another title match with the winner of FIDE KO World
Championsship-2003? He who destroyed the World Championship system and broke
away from FIDE…

Get over 1993 already. Ancient history. It's in FIDE's interest
to include Kasparov in the re-unification process 10 years later.
FIDE agreed in Prague that kasparov would play the FIDE champion.
FIDE subsequently found it necessary to replace the current FIDE champion
as Kasparov's opponent.