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Nigel, it isn't a boycott, it's concern by players for their personal safety, or even just comfort. Because you can't play good chess when you're worried.
As for boycotts .... that is another and very involved subject! But I'll say this one thing: nobody need bother to boycott the USA because they hardly ever hold FIDE championships anyway. When was the last one, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, a decade ago?
FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov has written a letter to Georgian President Saakashvili asking for the latter's "kind assistance in providing ... conditions for smooth participation in the World Championship".
TBILISI, August 28 (Itar-Tass) - (the) Georgian women’s chess team has boycotted the World Chess Championship in Russia “to protest against the Russian authorities’ actions in relation to Georgia,” team members told journalists on Thursday.
Maya Chiburdanidze, Nino Khurtsidze, Maya Lomineishvili, Sofiko Gvetadze, Lela Dzhavakhishvili and Sofiko Khukhishvili confirmed the decision they had taken two weeks ago.
This decision was supported by the executive committee of the Georgian Chess Federation, including five-time world chess champion Nonna Gaprindashvili and two-time world chess champion (runner-up) Nana Alexandria.
In mid-August members of the Georgian women’s chess team announced “they will not take part in the world championship if it is held in Russia.” Meanwhile, they confirmed that “the team will participate in the world competition, if the FIDE World Chess Federation takes it over to any other country.”
Earlier, FIDE spokespersons said they tried to persuade the Georgian team to participate in the World Chess Championship due in Nalchik on August 28.
Today (Thursday) is the player's meeting and Round 1 is tomorrow. From what I understand of the pairings, the absent players will default. There are some more serious consequences that are possible, however ...
If a player fails to appear at the Players' Meeting, the Opening or Closing Ceremony or any approved function of the Championship such as official receptions and press conferences, or conducts herself in a manner contrary to the spirit of sportsmanship or the FIDE Code of Ethics, then she shall suffer the following penalty: 5% of her prize money shall be forfeited to the Organizers and a further 5% to FIDE for each breach. In cases of serious misconduct (e.g., fails to provide a satisfactory reason for withdrawal, after they have signed the player's undertaking - N.H.) the player may be disqualified from the tournament and the (next) World Chess Championship cycle.
When the old Soviet Union boycotted Kortchnoi, they insisted it wasn't a boycott. Here we have a news story from the Russian agency Itar-Tass (remember TASS from the old Soviet Union? Telegrafnoje Agentstvo Sovietskovo Soïuza) calling their absence from Nalchik a boycott. And Susan's blogmeister copies that word for the headline. I'm still not going to call it a "boycott".
I wonder if games could be played by Internet, like Bobby Fischer's Capablanca Memorial games in 1965 were played by telegraph? Also there's a Georgia-Georgia match in the first round. That could be played in Tbilisi.
When the old Soviet Union boycotted Kortchnoi, they insisted it wasn't a boycott.
One non-boycott deserves another, eh? ;) However, Russia isn't the old Soviet Union, even if PM Putin used to be in the KGB.
I wonder if games could be played by Internet, like Bobby Fischer's Capablanca Memorial games in 1965 were played by telegraph? Also there's a Georgia-Georgia match in the first round. That could be played in Tbilisi.
That would be great. Mind you, there's been plenty of electronic warfare (on both sides) with web sites attacked and news services getting closed down, etc.. Can you imagine the controversy around a World Championship game getting cut off and the clocks all messed up in a time scramble? And if the game was between a Georgian and a Russian? More bad blood.
I really think that short of an intervention by Saakashvili in response to the letter from Ilyumzhinov (or a miracle) the tournament will be missing the six Georgian players. And any others will be reluctant to join them for fear of the consequences in the next World Championship cycle.
Dogs will bark, but the caravan of chess moves on.
Chessdom.com editor-in-chief Goran Urosevic noted the fighting chess in many of the games. There were only 6 draws in the first round today.
Koneru Humpy showed how to break the Bird's beak with an overpowering win against outmatched Egyptian Yorsa Alaa El Din who opened with 1.f4! Humpy will join Alexandra Kosteniuk for a second round bye due to the failure to show by the Georgian (and 5 other) players. Despite the absence of 11 players, only 2 of the top 15 (or 3 of the top 20) players who undertook to play are no-shows.
Kosteniuk had an interesting final position in her game against Iranian Atousa Pourkashiyan:
Kosteniuk - Pourkashiyan, 1-0.
Now is that three pigs on the 7th or a new version of Alekhine's gun?
The Chinese players [Yuhua Xu, Yifan Hau, and three more] will be a serious threat, of course, with the defending champion and other strong players in the mix.
Last edited by Nigel Hanrahan; Friday, 29th August, 2008, 05:08 PM.
Reason: finally fix the forsythe diagram!
Dogs will bark, but the caravan of chess moves on.
Wow. Did I ever make a mess of that Forsythe diagram. I think it's fixed now.
White's last move was 30. Rf1-f7 and there are just too many threats for Black to respond adequately. For example, if 30... Qxf7 then 31. Qxf7 is mate. OTOH, simply moving the queen to a better square (say 30... Qg8) then White also threatens 31. Bf5+ 32. Rxf5 33. Qf5 mate and it's not clear that Black can do anything to stop the threat. It's all too much.
Last edited by Nigel Hanrahan; Friday, 29th August, 2008, 05:23 PM.
Reason: improvement, of course!
Dogs will bark, but the caravan of chess moves on.
"The official site has changed the transmission system with a more reliable one." However, there is no longer any Live Chat available.
It looks like they are using the game viewer developed by Nikolai Pilafov (see Susan Polgar's Discussion Board) and the results also have a more professional look to them. There are still some amusing spelling mistakes but that is to be expected.
Last edited by Nigel Hanrahan; Saturday, 30th August, 2008, 11:51 AM.
Reason: slight improvement
Dogs will bark, but the caravan of chess moves on.
The first round playoffs are over and things went pretty well as expected. There were a few upsets, the most significant of which was Rohonyan's win over Zhukova. The former Ukrainian (now playing for the USA) player defeated a current player from that country. A number of matches went to an Armaggedon game and Paetz and Foisor emerged from those two matches. The latter had a little controversy as follows:
Chessdom.com: Drama in Socko-Foisor! Black ran out of time, but there was only a King and Knight for each player left on the board, and the arbiters have declared a draw. Polish players are now engaged in lively discussion in front of the playing hall. Foisor progressed to the next round.
The "controversy" is in regard to when Foisor claimed the draw. But it still looks like she should go forward anyway.
In addition to the 7 forfeits there were 2 "double" forfeits, as a result of which both Koneru Humpy and Alexandra Kosteniuk will effectively get 2nd round byes. Humpy has said in an interview that she would rather play than have a break, as it breaks up the rhythm of the tournament for her.
Chessdom.com has interviewed a number of the players and, while many expressed sympathy towards the situation of the Georgian players, all interviewees seemed to acknowledge the political nature of the absences. None of the players present have publicly expressed concern for their safety while in Nalchik, which looks to be an OK venue, and the locals have even stated a desire to stage more events in the future.
Round two: Pairings have been corrected to reflect the result of the decision of the Appeals Committee.
It turns out that Socko's appeal will stand - despite the fact that the game ended with K & N only for both players on the board!
17:35 CET
Sabina Foisor explained to the interpreters that she claimed a draw before her flag fell, but the arbiters have postponed the decision. They still have the right to declare the result after one of the players forfeits on time.
18:05 CET
Monica Socko filed a complaint and Appeals Committee is now meeting to reach the final decision. The Committee's Chairman will later elaborate the outcome at the press conference.
18:40 CET
It seems like the Appeals Committee has reached the verdict. The press conference should start shortly. Earlier, the arbiters have asked the press officers for a FIDE Handbook printout.
18:45 CET
We will have to wait a bit longer, the Appeals Committee just moved to another room! Elizabeth Paehtz was asking around if anything has been decided yet. She is paired to play Anna Ushenina in the 2nd round and you can see them chatting in the picture above. Eli is speaking good Russian, she says she eventually had to learn it after playing so many tournaments in this country.
19:20 CET
The press conference with Elizabeth Paehtz has just ended, we will post a transcript later. Some new details about Socko-Foisor game became known - in the whole time scramble, as pieces flew around, nobody managed to write down all the moves. The arbiters are only recalling an approximate picture (all pieces in the center), as the board was cleared before the position was written down.
20:15 CET
The Appeals Committee accepted Monica Socko's complaint and granted her a win! She goes into the next round. There won't be any press conferences on this issue.
blogger garvin: The correct result is win to white.
From the 2005 fide laws of chess
6.10 Except where Articles 5.1 or one of the Articles 5.2 (a), (b) and (c) apply, if a player does not complete the prescribed number of moves in the allotted time, the game is lost by the player. However, the game is drawn, if the
position is such that the opponent cannot checkmate the player’s king by any possible series of legal moves, even with the most unskilled counterplay.
In the knight v knight position, a mating position can be constructed, so the correct result is win to white.
with another anon remarking
"Foisor says that she claimed draw before her flag fell, but I don't think you can claim that in armageddon games. Only in "normal" games you can claim a draw if you can prove that your opponent makes no attempt to win."
Last edited by Nigel Hanrahan; Sunday, 31st August, 2008, 02:43 PM.
Reason: more details of the (likely) Appeals Committee reasoning
Dogs will bark, but the caravan of chess moves on.
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