David Richerby wrote in message ...
joe mccarron wrote:
I think the FIDE has completely lost its credibility. They set up
a knockout tournament to play Gary Kasparov, and claim its a World
Championship??? New Flash: Gary lost the world champion title to
Kramnik 3 years ago.

I've always assumed that this is because, to have a match against Kramnik
would legitimize the alternative World Championship but they can safely
have a match of their champion against Kasparov because he is the highest-
rated player in the world.


Dave.

Highest rated player does not mean the best chess player in the world.
But I do see your point about the ratings and there are problems with
that line of thinking. For example Pono won their championship but
they say "we'll hes out we will pick a guy who broke away from us in
the first place, and if asked will admit that he lost the world champ
title, and give have him play at the very end. This resolution does
not leave them or thir "championship" with a shred of credibility.
Are they playign for the "Kasparov cup"or the world title? There are
three alternatives that would be somewhat credible:
1)Have Pono play the winner of the knock out since they crowned him
champ last time they had this silly event they claimed was a world
championship.
2)have Kramnik play the winner of the knock out since the
world(Including Kasparov) recognizes him as the real world champ title
holder anyway.
3)Don't have anyone automatically seeded into the final and force
everyone to go through the system.