<The Russian chess news site e3.35 reported that the meeting today of the Supervisory Board of RCF was attended by 18 of its 32 members. The opening remarks were delivered by Garry Kasparov, who told the audience that the previous reports in the media, stating that the Russian Chess Federation would support the candidacy of the current FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, did not match reality. After this the participants unanimously voted for the nomination of Anatoly Karpov as candidate for the FIDE presidency. The head of the Supervisory Board, A. Dvorkovich, and FIDE President Ilyumzhinov, did not attend the meeting. Supporters of Ilyumzhinov, who were present at the meeting, declared their intention to challenge the results, according to the radio Ekho Moskvy, Gazety.ru.>

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He has also deprived chessplayers of great matches between great players in the candidates matches.

In my view the last legitimate world champion was Kramnik after he beat Kasparov.

They should go back to the old system with a 24 game match and candidates matches.

Anand deserves to be legitimized as a world champion by a system that can be respected.>

If you are talking about the "interzonal + matches" system, the last legitimate world champion is then Kasparov in ... 1993!

Kasparov and Short were missing in the 93-96 F.I.D.E. cycle and Kamsky the challenger has been eliminated in the P.C.A. one.

Karpov was missing in the P.C.A. cycle and Anand has lot to Kamsky in the F.I.D.E. cycle.

Of course as Garry was still the undisputed # 1, there was any problem to consider him as the genuine world champion.

Kramnik may be a legitimate wc if you compare him with Lasker, Capablanca,..., Euwe. But he did lost the match of the challengers ...

For me Anand is now undisputed as he became world champion via a process wich started in Mexico 2007 (wich can -at least -be seen as a candidates tournament) to his convincing win at Sofia in 2007.

Even if it may have been better that he faced Topalov before facing Kramnik.

But yes, definetly yes, it would be sooooooooooo good to see the candidates matches back (i mean long ones).

I'm not sure that Karpov can change something.

If I could run the chessworld myself, with absolute power, this is what I would do. (Many/most of these ideas are not new and not my own but have fallen out of fashion for some reason)

1) Four interzonal tournaments, seeding the players according to rating so that all four tournaments are approximately equal in strength. If a player is outside the top 40 in the world rankings, it seems unlikely that he could do anything in the candidates' cycle; however, steps would have to be taken if the number 40 player isn't rated substantially higher than the next two, three, five guys on the list. Maybe a "play-in" tournament becomes necessary, or maybe a jury of former candidates/champions nominates the most worthy player in that group.

2) The top two finishers in each interzonal tournament are the eight candidates to become the official challenger. Rating determines the seeding of these eight players - #1 plays #8, #2 plays #7, etc.

3) The first round of the candidates event is a series of 12-game matches. Tiebreaks are determinesd first by four rapid games, then four blitz games, then one armageddon blitz game.

4) The second round of the candidates event is a series of 16-game matches. Again, tiebreaks are determined first by four rapid games, then four blitz games, then one armageddon blitz game.

5) The candidate's final match is a 20-game match. Tiebreaks are determined by eight rapid games, then four blitz games, then one armageddon blitz game.

6) The world champiship match is a 24-game match. No tiebreaks here - if the match is drawn, the champion retains his title but is obligated by rule to play a 24-game rematch against the same opponent in the following year. That match, unfortunately, will require tiebreaks: eight rapids, then eight blitz, and one armageddon.

(I know, I know, an armageddon game for the World Championship. But these two players have had 48 classical games, eight rapid games, and eight blitz games to sort this out and there's a new candidate's cycle coming up. There has to be an end to it sometime)

7) The world championship is contested every two years (except for rematches). In the intervening years, the Chess Olympiad is held.

8) The chess calendar would go something like this - let's begin our cycle in January 2012.

Sometime between January and May of 2012, the Olympiad is held.

June-July 2012: Interzonal tournaments

September-October 2012: Candidates round one

December-January 2013: Candidates round two

March-April 2013: Candidates Final

The World Championship Match is held no sooner than August 1st, 2013.

If a rematch becomes necessary, and if it happens to coincide with the Olympiad, only the two championship contestants need be absent from the Olympiad.

1)Each world championship takes place over 3 years.

2) There is 12 Grand Prix tournaments held on these three years (5 the first two years of the cycle and 2 the third year).

These tournaments can be Wijk Aan Zee, Linares, the MTel master, Dortmund, etc ...

3) Each tournament consist of :

The A tournament;
The B tournament;
The C tournament.

4) Tournament A (double round robin)

The one that awards points

#1 = 10 pts;
#2 = 7 pts;
#3 = 4 pts;
#4 = 2 pts;
#5 = 1 pt;
#6 = 0 pt;
#7 = Relegated to the next B tournament;
#8 = Relegated to the next B tournament.

If - for example - the #1 and # 2 are tied, they will receive 8 pts each (as (10+7)/2 = 8.5 => 8). If the #3; #4 and the #5 are tied, they will receive 2 pts each (7/3 = 2.33... => 2).

5) Tournament B (double round robin)

#1 = Promoted to the next A tournament;
#2 = Promoted to the next A tournament;
#3 = stay in the next tournament B;
#4 = stay in the next tournament B;
#5 = Relegated to the next C tournament;
#6 = Relegated to the next C tournament;
#7 = Relegated to the next C tournament;
#8 = Relegated to the next C tournament;

6) Tournament C (14 rounds swiss open; 48 contenders)

7) The players of the first GP are qualified according to the rating list of january.

So we have the #1 to the # 8 in the tournament A, the #9 to #16 in the B, etc.

All the players are compelled to take part to every tournaments they are qualified for. Including of course, the world champion.

All the results count.

8) At the end of the GP cycle, the first eight are qualified for the quarter-finals.

But
8.1) If the current world champion is the winner of the GP, he will receive the priviledge to be seeded in final. The #9 at the grand prix will be qualified.

8.2) If the wc is #2 or #3 he will be seeded in the semis.

8.3) If the wc is #4, #5, #6, #7 and #8, he will play since the quarters as the top seed #1.

8.4) If the wc is below the 8th rank, he will play a match against the # 8 to be qualified for the quarters.

9) Quarter-finals & semi-finals :

Best of 8 games + 4 "semi-classical" (1 hour k.o.) if needed + 6 rapids + 10 blitzs + the best ranked in the GP.

10) final of challenger (if needed):

Best of 10 games + 6 "semi-classical" (1 hour k.o.) if needed + 8 rapids + 12 blitzs + the best ranked in the GP.

11) final

Best of 16 games + 8 "semi-classical" (1 hour k.o.) if needed + 10 rapids + 16 blitzs + the best ranked in the GP.

... Fischer, Karpov, Kasparov, Kramnik, Anand. Simple as that.

To call Anand anything less than World Champion is insulting.>

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