Bulgarian Chess Federation with yet another protest about Topalov – Kamsky
letter by Stefan Sergiev in the late Friday afternoon
Today, September 26th 2008, the President of the Bulgarian Chess Federation Stefan Sergiev has protested sharply against the development of the story around the match Kamsky – Topalov. This letters follows the previous protest from April 10. The letter has been sent out to the Bulgarian press news agencies and the text is only in Bulgarian. Chessdom.com presents you the exact translation of his words, even though it contains several factual mistakes and finishes in a strange way.
Dear Mr. Ilyumzhinov,
The Bulgarian sports community worries about the uncertainty around the semi final match between GM Veselin Topalov and GM Gata Kamsky. The decision taken at the PB meeting in Tallinn in 2007 was welcomed by everyone expecting the end of the schism in the chess family. This decison was confirmed at the November 2007 congress in Antalia. Everyone expected it to become true and the match date to be appointed. Until now this did not happen and that fact practically questions wether the match will take place.
On June 1st, after all the deadlines were over, you personally declared that you guarantee the prize fund and took the responsibility for its organization. Since then more than 3 months have passed. We still do not know any details about where and in what conditions will be the match, and the announced by you date November 26th is approaching.
Mr Ilymzhinov, please inform me where and when the match will take place. We insist the decision for the match to be reflected in the players contracts, and they to be signed before the other semi final match between GM Kramnik and GM Anand. Further delay could be fatal and to ruin all the efforts so far. I think nobody has interest in the failure of the match Topalov – Kamsky. The Bulgarian chess player who is N1 in the current rank list cannot be eliminated from the competition for the world championship.
Sincerely yours,
Stefan Sergiev, President of the Bulgarian Chess Federation
26.09.2008
Sofia, Bulgaria
… the other semi final match between GM Kramnik and GM Anand
Not to be taken seriously — this letter I mean.
Are the bulgarians really this diluted or are we missing something in the translation?
You mean “deluded”, right?!
Protest? Again?
I wonder what will be next? They will start complaining that L’viv has too many toilets which can greatly enhance chances of cheating.
The facts are. Kamsky’s team doesn’t have the money. They are wasting the time of Topalov and his team. If Kamsky is not up to the task let Shirov play instead. The Bulgarian Federation offered the cash and made the offer on time unlike Kamsky’s.
What is so strange and “deluded” if someone wants to know when and where is the match going to take place???
They are right – the organizers have to give out the exact informations about the match. No progress has been done since May and November is approching fast.
Having personally guaranteed that the match will take plce, Kirsan will just have to organize it on his own. It’s obvious that there is no other money.
IMO, the Bulgarian Federation is pretty reasonable here. The match seems that isn’t going to take place, just because nobody organizes it. They just want to know what it is going to happen.
BTW, calling the match between Anand and Kramnik a “semifinal” has been a joke of very bad taste.
so much garbage. the world of chess is run by a bunch of morons and idiots, not to mention selfish, greedy and arrogant people.