Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site gitpyr.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!gatech!gitpyr!roy From: roy@gitpyr.UUCP (Roy Mongiovi) Newsgroups: net.games.chess Subject: Re: New rigged world title rules Message-ID: <786@gitpyr.UUCP> Date: Thu, 12-Sep-85 23:42:25 EDT Article-I.D.: gitpyr.786 Posted: Thu Sep 12 23:42:25 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 14-Sep-85 02:55:33 EDT References: <475@ittvax.ATC.ITT.UUCP> <3238@nsc.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Lines: 27 Summary: The sentiment is lovely, but where have you been? In article <3238@nsc.UUCP>, chongo@nsc.UUCP (Landon Noll) writes: > Politics can not cause a player to win or lose a game. Politics can spoil > the flavor of the game via bickering and yelling between games. What do you > want, a rule which requires 50% of all contenders to come from Western > nations? Do you want some kind of quota system for the top 12 list? > > Don't worry what nation a player is from. Worry about how well the game is > being played. Worry about the fact that chess is a low priority in the U.S. > Worry about the lack of world class players from other nations. After that, > do something about it like improving your own game to world class standards, > or support someone else who can if it bothers you that much! > > chongo /\oo/\ That's all easy to say, and I agree with the sentiment. But have you been paying attention to the world championships since Fischer? Do you remember Karpov-Korchnoi in Baguio? You know that chess has nothing to do with politics. I know that chess has nothing to do with politics. It's too bad the Russians think it has everything to do with politics. -- Roy J. Mongiovi. Office of Computing Services. User Services. Georgia Institute of Technology. Atlanta GA 30332. (404) 894-6163 ...!{akgua, allegra, amd, hplabs, ihnp4, masscomp, ut-ngp}!gatech!gitpyr!roy exp(sqrt(-1.0) * 4.0 * atan(1.0)) == -1