"Richard Stanz" wrote in message
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If you're looking for genuinely good guys, my vote would be Max Euwe,
who is said to have once offered to postpone a world championship game
when Alekhine showed up in no condition to play.

He was a great person in that time. But, you have to remeber his role in
no-played match Fischer - Karpov when he was FIDE President. He was very
respected and had big influence on all delegates on generall assembly FIDE
in Nice (June 30. 1974) and on extra FIDE conference (March 20. 1975).
Delegates accepted the first Fischer's claim to play without limit of the
game numbers (37:33). But, the second Fischer's claim was refused. That was
Fischer's claim that he detain the tittle if the result in match would be
undecided, 9:9. That claim was refused with 35:32 and 3 votes were retired.
You know that Fischer's demand was used by other WCC (e.g. Botvinnik,
Lasker). So, it was fair to accomplish Fischer's claim. But, President FIDE,
Maks Euwe didn't do anything. He proclaimed Karpov World Chess Champion,
though he has not won WCC Bobby Fischer in the match. On April 3rd 1975, at
11 o'clock a.m he declared that Bobby was not more World Chess Champion. So,
that's his big sin, so he couldn't get public symphaty.

There is another Mr. Euwe's sin. After Alekhine's ("natural") death, FIDE
proclaimed him WCC (that decision lived only one day, when Soviets delegates
came, that nonsense decision was canceled). Could FIDE have done such things
if they had not got his allowance? Was that the origin of his obedience to
some persons who ruled the FIDE? Maybe some persons who were in the shadow.

I cite GM Yasser Seirawan:
What distinguishes those great names from the average grand master is an
incredible, incredible sense of confidence, and it's palpable. It's not just
a question of being gutsy or courageous. It's a question of belief, of
confidence, of knowing it's going to happen. That's something a Fischer has,
a Kasparov has: an incredible sense of self. - Yasser Seirawan

So, the question is: Had, Mr Euwe in 1975, sense of himself? Could Mr. Euwe
remeber what he represented in 30's? Where were his principles in 1975?

Regards,
Goran Tomic