Kasparov was soundly defeated in his bid to lead FIDE a few months ago.
A few years ago, Karpov suffered a similar trouncing in the same effort.
These two gentlemen were the best players of our age, and while they may have personal eccentricities or histories that are not everyone's cup of tea, they are not nuts.
Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for FIDE's current Tsar, who has held the post for so long now that it's become apparent that FIDE has become a cult of personality, and is no longer recognizable as a typical sporting organization.
We deserve what we get. The USCF, which is run like a backyard after-school club, and FIDE, whose leader swears chess was invented by aliens and who claims he has spent some time with them.
Next time someone wants to take chess to the "the next level," keep this in mind. Organized chess is joke, run by cranks and crazies. And don't forget our own dead white God, Mr. Fischer, the most unlovely one of them all.
No wonder scholastic leagues are tanking. Being a part of organized chess is embarrassing. I'm going to tell people I'm going to a rocks and minerals show for now on, instead of a chess tournament.
If you started hanging around with rocks and minerals collectors, you might realize that chess players aren't the only lunatics.
Kasparov was soundly defeated in his bid to lead FIDE a few months ago.
A few years ago, Karpov suffered a similar trouncing in the same effort.
These two gentlemen were the best players of our age, and while they may have personal eccentricities or histories that are not everyone's cup of tea, they are not nuts.
Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for FIDE's current Tsar, who has held the post for so long now that it's become apparent that FIDE has become a cult of personality, and is no longer recognizable as a typical sporting organization.
We deserve what we get. The USCF, which is run like a backyard after-school club, and FIDE, whose leader swears chess was invented by aliens and who claims he has spent some time with them.
Next time someone wants to take chess to the "the next level," keep this in mind. Organized chess is joke, run by cranks and crazies. And don't forget our own dead white God, Mr. Fischer, the most unlovely one of them all.
No wonder scholastic leagues are tanking. Being a part of organized chess is embarrassing. I'm going to tell people I'm going to a rocks and minerals show for now on, instead of a chess tournament.