It’s Saturday Open Forum. Many things are happening in chess. Topalov, Judit, Karpov, Ponomariov and Kasimdzhanov are playing in a super tournament to raise funds for a hospital in Mbuji-Mayi, one of the poorest regions in Congo. The European Team Championship in about at the half way point. The SPICE Cup International Invitational Tournament (Category 12 and one of the strongest International RR event in the US in perhaps more than a decade) at Texas Tech University will begin next Friday.
What would you like to discuss? The forum is yours.
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
The tournament in support of the hospital in Mbuyi-Maji seems to have the most noble of motives.
URL = http://www.ajedrez-hotelakua.com/torneo.php
Chessbase are giving it big coverage.
Judit was going apparently going along nicely but made a wrong move in 31.Qd4? A pity: she’s rightly in this company.
Why doesn’t Judit have a website?
Why isn’t Judit playing in the World Cup? I’m guessing she’s more than qualified to play/
I don find a website for Anand!! atleast his wife should write something frequently. Yes its a good cause for which all former world champions are fighting!! If they are not accepting much appearance fees, congratulations to them. Hope there is a match between Anand-Kramnik sooner and I wish Vishy wins it, so there wont be any controversy remaining. Probably Ivanchuk(anyone for that matter) should win and should defeat Topa. This is the best case scenario and seems quite possible. Let there be a single undisputed champion for at least a day. We don’t have one since Kasparov-Short split.All the best to Susan for all the upcoming tournaments she is arranging. By the way, is there any site where we can have fun predicting World cup round winners and final winner. Or may be some statistical predictions like one use to be there regularly on chessbase. Enjoy!!
Hi Susan, I’m glad to see that the
issue got resolved and you can
attend the USCF board meeting.
I have one suggestion for the USCF:
I’d like to see the financials
posted quarterly with some comment
about how things are going relative
to the budget.
Jim
Not being American or an active chess player anymore……I suppose it’s OK that what happens at the USCF does not matter much to me….I have plenty in my life to keep me busy. But I must say..after all the silly stuff I’ve been reading over the past few years….for some reason….this picture seems to give me a sense of hope and sanity to the American situation. I really wish you well…and I hope that American players actually understand and see the bright future you are offering them.
If they say no….then they only have themselves to blame.
Well Done.
It’s good to see good people doing their best.
Actually..thats a good question….Why does Judit and Anand not have web sites??
I think its a valid question…..and it would be pretty easy for the players to do.
I Love Kramniks interview….”I lent the crown”…haha….guess Kasparov “lent” it as well…but Vlady never gave him a chance to regain it…..Hope its a good match
actually kasparov gave the crwon to krmik it was in his plan already!
and judith does have a web page actually, although she has too much going on for her, including taking care of her pet liioness, whats her name anyone know??
jb.
Jim Bennet,
I was at the USCF meeting and it looks that they are going to go along with your suggestion. They arrived at the same conclusion as you did independently.