TWO ITEMS OF INTEREST

By Larry Parr

Recently GM Alexander Morozevich announced plans to quit pro chess. GM
Yasser Seirawan may be joining him on the sidelines.

FROM THE CHESS JOURNALIST (September 2003, page 9)

We are distressed to learn that GM Yasser Seirawan, former U.S. Champion and
publisher of Inside Chess, has announced his retirement from the game. It is
difficult to disagree with his assessment of FIDE and the international scene
-- indeed, matters have have grown worse since this was written, with the
collapse of the planned Kasparov-Ponomariov match and Kramnik's repudiation of
Brain Games/Einstein Group....

FROM CHESS LIFE OCTOBER 2003

Larry Evans On Chess (page 43)

WHITHER GOEST FIDE?

A. Chess has survived for a long time. It will probably survive the honorable
men of FIDE. Some views expressed by dissident GMs a few years ago:

"The FIDE that exists today is barely alive...Its every announcement is met
with doubt and suspicion...Its sole financial supporter is President Kirsan
Ilyumzinov. Is this a healthy institution?...I suggest not. Indeed we can and
must do better." -- GM Yasser Seirawan in an open letter on the Internet
urging leaders of the world chess body to resign.

"We have seen many scandals in FIDE, but we thought that it might be
reformable. It is not. It is a lost case. Now that FIDE is really on its way to
kill chess, decent national federations should walk out as quickly as
possible." -- Dutch GM Hans Ree.

"The FIDE World Championship has little credibility in the eyes of the outside
world because it's not about finding the best player. To become the best player
you have to beat the reigning world champion. There is no other way, no matter
how much legitimacy an organization is throwing behind you." -- Gary Kasparov
before losing a Brain Games title match to Vladimir Kramnik in 2000.

I remember reading an interview in "Chess Today" (an electronic daily
newspaper) about Seirawan's retirement. Seirawan said he'd play for a team
(I think in the Netherlands), and then he'd retire. That interview was done
probably more than a month ago (maybe two?). So this is hardly news.


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TWO ITEMS OF INTEREST

By Larry Parr

Recently GM Alexander Morozevich announced plans to quit pro chess. GM
Yasser Seirawan may be joining him on the sidelines.

FROM THE CHESS JOURNALIST (September 2003, page 9)

We are distressed to learn that GM Yasser Seirawan, former U.S. Champion
and
publisher of Inside Chess, has announced his retirement from the game. It
is
difficult to disagree with his assessment of FIDE and the international
scene
-- indeed, matters have have grown worse since this was written, with the
collapse of the planned Kasparov-Ponomariov match and Kramnik's
repudiation of
Brain Games/Einstein Group....

FROM CHESS LIFE OCTOBER 2003

Larry Evans On Chess (page 43)

WHITHER GOEST FIDE?

A. Chess has survived for a long time. It will probably survive the
honorable
men of FIDE. Some views expressed by dissident GMs a few years ago:

"The FIDE that exists today is barely alive...Its every announcement is
met
with doubt and suspicion...Its sole financial supporter is President
Kirsan
Ilyumzinov. Is this a healthy institution?...I suggest not. Indeed we can
and
must do better." -- GM Yasser Seirawan in an open letter on the
Internet
urging leaders of the world chess body to resign.

"We have seen many scandals in FIDE, but we thought that it might be
reformable. It is not. It is a lost case. Now that FIDE is really on its
way to
kill chess, decent national federations should walk out as quickly as
possible." -- Dutch GM Hans Ree.

"The FIDE World Championship has little credibility in the eyes of the
outside
world because it's not about finding the best player. To become the best
player
you have to beat the reigning world champion. There is no other way, no
matter
how much legitimacy an organization is throwing behind you." -- Gary
Kasparov
before losing a Brain Games title match to Vladimir Kramnik in 2000.

Check out ROT ON TOP OR: WHY SEIRAWAN RESIGNS

Evans On Chess October 6, 2003

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