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| Sep-30-06 | | Petrosian63: Good on Yasser - The voice of reason. |
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| Sep-30-06 | | Karpova: Yasser Seirawan is indeed the voice of reason.
His letter offers the best and (only) fair solution to the problem. |
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| Sep-30-06 | | talisman: there comes a time when the VOTERS have to stand up.yasser needs to be president of FIDE.we need some INTELLIGENCE at the top to stop having IGNORANT problems in OUR game. |
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| Sep-30-06 | | CapAnson: Good point, why isn't there more calls for Seirawan to be president of FIDE or at least USCF? |
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| Sep-30-06 | | ahmadov: <CapAnson: Good point, why isn't there more calls for Seirawan to be president of FIDE or at least USCF?>
Hmmm, you mean this situation may play into the hands of future FIDE president candidates??? |
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| Sep-30-06 | | slomarko: i for one dont want Seirawan as president of FIDE. he always uses crisis situtations for selfpromotion and that is not good. |
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| Oct-01-06 | | talisman: yasser(feel free to answer this personally) is there any clause where a fide president can be impeached?let's impeach the president(neil young song in the background)and get yasser in.yeaaaasir! |
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Oct-02-06
 | | Joshka: Tell ya one thing, if FIDE forces Vlad to walk and NOT reset the score to 3-1 after 4 games, which it is, unless you have lost all your ability to add, I would hope we could petition the USCF to formally close all ties with Kirsan and his evil criminals. We need to wake up people! De we want chess to go the way of Professional wrestling?...if it isn't close enough allready? They had their chance to produce one of the best bouts in modern chess in years, and they have just crumbled it up and literally flushed it down the sewer. |
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| Oct-02-06 | | talisman: <joshka> good points. i agree. kirsen needs to go.i think i am like a lot of people who were pulling for topalov and now find themselves pulling for kramnik.i cannot understand Danailov pulling down 50% and topalov letting it go on. something is wrong there.danailov may have caused the problem (protest), but topalov went along.kirsen...why do people vote for him? we don't even know what is going to happen after this fiasco(we don't know where or when either). i am officially an ANAND fan now(and hoping for a shirov revival and a yasser presidency). |
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Oct-11-06
 | | chancho: I found these letters from 2000 between Yasser Seirawan and Valery Salov. http://ajedrez_democratico.tripod.c... |
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| Oct-19-06 | | AdrianP: Yasser may be guilty of some slip-ups but Mr Gijssen is disingenuous in (1) Not referring to Clause 3.23
"3.23.1 At any time in the course of the application of these regulations, any grounds that are not covered or any unforeseen event shall be referred to the Presidential Board or the President of FIDE, for final decision." When he writes this:
"Afterwards, any player wishing to pursue the complaint may do so, as a last resort, to the FIDE President, who has the power to overrule the Appeals Committee. (Dear Mr. Seirawan, can you show me where this is written? By the way, this is not the first time that I noticed you referring to non-existent rules. – G.G.)." While as a matter of very narrow construction GG might have a point, it was plain as a matter of practice that Kirsan effectively had the last word on anything. (2) That GG was not obliged to start the clocks at the start of Game 5 is plain from the fact that he waited 22 minutes to do so? Where is that provided for in the Regulations? Also:
GG seems curiously at pains to ingratiate himself with Kirsan: "the excellent treatment of the Kalmykian doctors"
"but at such times the FIDE President showed that he is an excellent diplomat."
"Everyone who was present in Elista praised the way the match was organized. The Organizing Committee, under the flawless leadership of Valery Bovaev, was able to fulfill almost all wishes"
"Lastly, I would like to say that Kalmykia showed once again that it is synonymous with hospitality." ! |
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| Oct-19-06 | | tino72: <AdrianP>
I have some issues with your above post:
<While as a matter of very narrow construction GG might have a point, it was plain as a matter of practice that Kirsan effectively had the last word on anything.> Nonsense. This is not a matter of narrow construction at all. There is a world of difference between having the last word on anything and the provisions of Article 23, which refer to "any grounds that are not covered or any unforeseen event". <(2) That GG was not obliged to start the clocks at the start of Game 5 is plain from the fact that he waited 22 minutes to do so? Where is that provided for in the Regulations?> I completely disagree. There is a world of difference between delaying a game and not starting a game at all. What if there had been a fire alarm instead? Would the arbiter still have been obliged to start the game at the allotted time? Of course not. <GG seems curiously at pains to ingratiate himself with Kirsan:> Are you saying the arbiter was impartial? If so, then more concrete evidence than these indirect slurs is surely called for. |
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| Oct-19-06 | | AdrianP: <tino72>
(1) We can agree to differ. Whatever the construction, as a matter of practicality, Kirsan held the biggest stick and you could shoehorn anything into the provisions of Article 23. (2) The point I was making is that if he can delay the start of a game for 22 minutes, why not for a day; two days? etc. (3) "Are you saying the arbiter was impartial? If so, then more concrete evidence than these indirect slurs is surely called for.", concrete evidence of his impartiality is probably what I'm looking for, not you! |
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| Oct-19-06 | | AdrianP: More generally, it seems to me slightly rum for GG to come out with an air of righteous indignation when he's at least partially responsible for what, in most sane-minded person's views, was one of the biggest cock-ups and embarrassments in World Championship history. Yasser may be guilty of over-enthusiasm, but his views are fairly representative of those of most of the chess community who have spoken up. I agree that GG was put in a very difficult situation; and agree, to some extent, that there was a limited amount that he could do about things. But to come out blasting Yasser and fawning on Kirsan, seems to me to be more than slightly ill-judged. |
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| Oct-19-06 | | s4life: <Yasser may be guilty of over-enthusiasm, but his views are fairly representative of those of most of the chess community who have spoken up.> That's the problem... mass opinion is often not the right (or legal) one, as it's usually driven by opportunism, greed, media brainwashing or fanatism. |
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| Oct-19-06 | | AdrianP: <s4life> That's true. But mass opinion is often reflects the right opinion, as well... |
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| Oct-19-06 | | s4life: <AdrianP: <s4life> That's true. But mass opinion is often reflects the right opinion, as well..> Well, the right opinion is usually not the legal one... otherwise everything would be settled in a public quorum. |
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| Nov-06-06 | | BIDMONFA: Yasser Seirawan SEIRAWAN, Yasser
http://www.bidmonfa.com/seirawan_ya...
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| Nov-12-06 | | GufeldStudent: Why is Seirawan not playing more?
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Nov-12-06
 | | plang: Seirawan announced a retirement from tournament chess a few years ago. |
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| Nov-17-06 | | crazy monk: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail...
Should Mr. Seirawan responsible for his words and apologize to Mr. Gijssen and the FIDE committee? |
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| Nov-29-06 | | Caloy: Seirawan looks like the actor who played herbert in moonlighting and "booger" in revenge of the nerds in the 80's.. |
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| Jan-03-07 | | Brown: Seirawan seems to claim full responsibility for his words <crazy monk>. Whether he will apologize is up to him. Whether he "should," for having a difference of opinion of how the WC controversy should have been handled, well... I for one don't think so. I think it was not easy to be an arbiter in this match, so I think it's best not to criticize, but rather ask more questions and figure out the reasoning behind crucial decisions. Seirawan chose his own way, which is not "wrong" and does not warrant a subsequent apology. My two cents. |
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| Jan-08-07 | | notyetagm: Here is a brilliant knight fork combination by Seirawan from a game which I just submitted into the database. White To Play: 39 ?
click for larger view39 ♗xe6+!! and Black resigned due to the continuation 39 ... ♗xe6 40 ♕f8+! ♔xf8 41 ♘xe6+ ♔e7 42 ♘xc7. And now trying to trap the offside White c7-knight with 42 ... ♔d6 fails to 43 ♘e8+ and 44 ♘xg7. Position after 39 ♗xe6+!! ♗xe6 40 ♕f8+!:
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[Event "Philadelphia"]
[Site ""]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Kogan, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[NIC "SL 1.4.12"]
[ECO "D11"]
[PlyCount "77"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 e6 5. g3 Nbd7 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Nc3 b6 9. Rd1 Bb7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Bf4 Nh5 12. Bd2 Nhf6 13. a4 a6 14. Rac1
Rc8 15. e3 Ne4 16. Be1 Nd6 17. Bf1 Nc4 18. Qa2 Rc7 19. Ne2 Qb8 20. b3 Na5
21. Rxc7 Qxc7 22. Rc1 Qb8 23. Nf4 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Qxc8 25. Qb1 h6 26. Bh3 Nf8
27. Nd3 Nc6 28. b4 Nb8 29. Bf1 Bc6 30. b5 axb5 31. axb5 Be8 32. Bb4 Ng6 33.
Nde5 Nxe5 34. Nxe5 Bxb4 35. Qxb4 f6 36. Nd3 Qc7 37. Bh3 Kf7 38. Nf4 Bd7 39.
Bxe6+
1-0
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| Mar-21-07 | | Brown: <notyetaGM> wasn't that game in his tactics book? Or his ending book? |
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