tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14539885.post114653701100751067..comments2023-09-30T18:56:06.919+09:00Comments on The Closet Grandmaster: Who will RP vote for?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14539885.post-1146729592894022802006-05-04T16:59:00.000+09:002006-05-04T16:59:00.000+09:00And that is exactly what is wrong with the current...And that is exactly what is wrong with the current voting system. These deficiencies were not as obvious in the '70s and '80s, when there were far fewer member countries and 'bloc voting' (all Soviet sattelites voting with the Soviet Union, etc.) was the norm. Since Campomanes' 'world tours' have made so many more countries members of FIDE (commendable as that is, I'm sure Campo was not unaware of the additional numbers of votes that could be depended upon to go his way at minimal cost in bribes), and these smaller countries being so amenable to 'persuasion' (air tickets to Olympiads seems to be enough for a lot of them), we currently have a system which is completely unrepresentative of relative chess strength and open to corruption. Something definitely needs to change, but Kirsan is sure to have sown up all the votes he needs to win the election. Just look at Karpov's about-face, but then again, he has always had a rather 'practical' view of ethics and morality.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14539885.post-1146542375726754962006-05-02T12:59:00.000+09:002006-05-02T12:59:00.000+09:00Who cares what the Phillipines think. They are irr...Who cares what the Phillipines think. They are irrelevant.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com