Posted by Irv | July 4, 2010 12:39 PM
The truth is that Karpov and his "billionaire" friends do not have a penny to invest in chess and can't generate a penny in legitimate, long term sponsorship. They know as much and that's the only reason they go through the trouble of trying to depose Kirsan, who enjoys the insurmountable advantage of providing some money to the starving chess world.
If these group of challenged challengers had an ounce of funds and professionalism with them, they would only need to create a competing entity (International Chess Federation), adopt a similar rating structure, give credit to titled players, create a new title for Super GM (above 2750) and use their "sponsorship money" and "sponsorship connections" to lure all chess players away from corrupt, inept FIDE.
That's much easier and cheaper than trying to unseat Kirsan. It will not be done - of course - because Karpov & Co. are lying about their capability, their funds, their sponsorship potential and everything else. There is nothing of substance about this group of pretenders.
And, no, it is not illegal to create a competing chess entity (hey, there was nothing illegal about the GMA - remember?). It happens in boxing and many other activities. But they know that a new entity would be quickly killed by Kasparov and his stupid ideas and friends.
That's all there is to it.
