tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post4009471840418460999..comments2023-12-28T02:11:22.501+00:00Comments on The Streatham & Brixton Chess Blog: NeutralityTom Chivershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09850710685193416732noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-83812100589697396722014-06-28T12:21:41.552+01:002014-06-28T12:21:41.552+01:00I'd focus on it if I had any idea what it was ...I'd focus on it if I had any idea what it was about. Any information would be gratefully received. (Post here, or email to chesscomments@gmail.com if you prefer.)<br /><br />I think it's no secret that most of the best friends in FIDE politics used to be at loggerheads and most of those who are currently enemies used to be friends. It's just that it suits nobody to say so.<br /><br /><br />ejhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-49732113647549144332014-06-28T12:14:31.568+01:002014-06-28T12:14:31.568+01:00One thing I am "a little" (actually very...One thing I am "a little" (actually very) surprised about is the general (ie not just here) lack of discussion on Nigel Short's scathing comments on how untrustworthy Kasparov is in Dominic Lawson's book "The Inner Game". It is quite a transformation to being cheerleader in chief. <br /><br />Were you intending to focus on John Roycroft's curious letter in the latest NIC on accounts for the Kasparov-Short match? I noticed Short chose to ignore your mention of it in the thread on the ECForum, ironically only to later lambast Nick Faulks for evading a question later on in the same discussion. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-80242652837891200512014-06-28T10:51:33.655+01:002014-06-28T10:51:33.655+01:00I was going to do a post on not-Kirsan as a voting...I was going to do a post on not-Kirsan as a voting strategy, until the above-mentioned nausea overtook me. Anyway I was going to say that I had no problem whatsoever with the idea.<br /><br />It's the talking nonsense about Kasparov that bothers me. And even that doesn't bother me nearly as much as the cheating and bullying by some of his supporters.ejhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-46645643728605080602014-06-28T08:33:32.578+01:002014-06-28T08:33:32.578+01:00Mind you, even that is good enough for me, when co...<i>Mind you, even that is good enough for me, when compared with the alternative </i>.<br /><br />"Isn’t Kirsan" is an extremely good reason for voting GK, I’d say. Whatever his shortcomings might be.<br /><br />It’s quite something that in a two horse race the candidate who has demonstrated a willingness to <a href="http://www.streathambrixtonchess.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/doctor-garry-is-in_14.html" rel="nofollow">cite 'scientific research' that simply doesn’t exist</a> - and neither retract nor apologise when called on it - is by far the least unimpressive contender.Jonathan Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00293162543015231439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-18152537386605130262014-06-27T08:39:50.885+01:002014-06-27T08:39:50.885+01:00Now this I agree with. Obviously the merits of his...Now this I agree with. Obviously the merits of his candidature are puffed by his supporters, although this is hardly unpredecedented in an election.<br /><br />The only real case for wanting Kasparov is that it might attract mainstream sponsors and media into chess, at least for a while. Also, since Kasparov would never last as long as Kirsan has, being also very divisive, and he would have no obvious number two, the way would be clear in the reasonably near future for a genuinely good Presidential candidate to think that he has a fair chance of winning and put his hat in the ring. At least, it might happen.<br /><br />Mind you, even that is good enough for me, when compared with the alternative.Jonathan Rogersnoreply@blogger.com