Post game press conference

I was watching the game and the press conference and something was said that I didn't understand in the opening of the press conference.

The answer Anad gave was "Well it's a little to late to do anything about that so we won't talk about it."

It didn't sound like it had anything to do with the actual game of chess,  but procedures/rules, and not about what happened the previous day.

Anyone shed some light on this?

They were submited to a dopping control after the game.

Yeah, after she learnt that the delay for the conference was due to doping control measures, Anastasia Karlovich asked Anand what they thought about chess players being subject to doping controls and Anand just said "well it's too late to discuss that," with a hint of annoyance.

Lol, Anand seems irritated about it and I sort of agree with him.

I was a little suspicious when I saw that Anand rides his bike from his home to the tournament every day.

I THOUGHT she said something about that, but thought that I must be mistaken.

Did they think their brains worked too fast, or that Anand must be on something to play the way he's playing?? 

I believe it's something FIDE is doing to comply with Olympic standards in the hopes of getting chess into the games.

Olympic chess would be awesome...however the tv ratings would be horrible, and that's what will be the deciding factor...advertising dollars

Maybe blitz will work for olympics

I tried a few years ago to set up a "world series of blitz" type of TV show, where it was fast, furious, money prizes, etc.  Even got funding from Game Show Network...the chess community BALKED at it!  I had everything going, and was told by the USCF that it RUINS the game, and they would not allow any of the games to be rated by the USCF, nor would they acknowledge the existance.  

Yeah, I'm still bitter about it.  Especially with the love of blitz online.

Well, the are wrong. I dont know how much you know about cricket, traditionally a slow 5 day game.

Then they made 1 day games, and the crowds packed the stadiums, despite complaints from "purists" That it would kill the 5 day game.

A few years ago, they introduced T20, basically an evening's entertainment for the fans.

Limited overs crowd:

5 day crowd

@ JoeHempel

...the chess community BALKED at it! I had everything going, and was told by the USCF that it RUINS the game, and they would not allow any of the games to be rated by the USCF, nor would they acknowledge the existance. 

Nuff sed. Just curious, was Goichberg uscf prez at the time you pitched the idea to them?

The thing with blitz is, even non players watch it.

I've seen in the park, people come to watch, even if they don't know the game at all

And THAT's what I was banking on.

A tournament that allowed trash talking, a multi-day tournament, bracket style, the winner gets the prize and a free entry into the next tournament.

It would have started small yes, but I had big asperations and people on board that could have made it work.

And yes, Bill Goichberg was, I tried to do this back in 2006

True. As a purist myself that likes and respects classical chess more I have to admit that fast time controls would get a higher % of the public interested. I've seen that same attraction of non chessplayers to the blitz games.

I went to some national tournaments and set out flyers and applications (allowed by the TD), and they all ended up in the trash...I watched some one express their displeasure at the flyers to the people that allowed them at their tables (the folks that sell stuff), it was quite annoying, so I just went away, it wasn't worth it at the time to deal with all that....I was hoping for a World Poker Tour type popularity, I mean, who would have though Poker would be popular on TV right?

The reason Bill didn't like the idea was because it didn't put cash in his pocket (did you try that approach, if not, it might have worked). If he got anything significant out of it he wouldn't care if it were 2 second chess. And with him being the grand, exalted, all knowing, all powerful, messiah of the uscf he would bad mouth the idea behind closed doors (or even with the door open) unless he was getting some duckets from it.

Ah, yeah, he would only get the USCF fees associated with rated games.

Maybe I should re-visit with Magnus Carlsen going to win the championship and all :)

You may have pursued the wrong avenue. I know it seems like the most logical choice to try the major chess tournaments but the problem there is that you have to make it profitable for folks to get on board with your idea.

It's a worldwide phenomenon that people will assist another if they themselves benefit in some way. It's not always like that but most of the time. That's not just a capitalist concept, it's human nature. It happens in churches, schools, politics, business, personal relationships, everywhere.

You'd need to think of a way to make it beneficial to those whose help you need. Like a combination in chess or a positional problem to solve. That's a big chess game that has a problem that you have to put a lot of time and thought into solving.