Canada will endorse Karpov?

[Alex Ferreira]

Re: Canada will endorse Karpov?

Hi,

Why should Canada endorse Karpov?
What's Karpov's platform?
List 10 things he plans to do to improve chess globally and why it's better than Ilyumzinov's doings.

It seems everyone hates Ilyumzhinov because okay... he's extremely corrupt and has screwed up some things. I see Karpov criticizing him a lot. However I will probably never understand when so many people's reason to vote for one candidate is to assure that the other one doesn't win (again).
Someone please spell out why Karpov is an amazing candidate for FIDE presidency.

Alex F.

[Michael Yip]

Re: Job description

Hi Hal

Can you clarify a bit what does the President actually DO?

Michael Yip

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

Re: Canada will endorse Karpov?

"They had raised about $125,000."
( http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/20...hess-politics/ )

[Hal Bond]

Re: Canada will endorse Karpov?

Both camps have said that Canada's Zone is safe (during an election year - go figure!). Our biggest trump with this issue is that the US wants to retain its one country status and any other combination looks too weird.

I just returned from the Karpov Fund Raiser in New York. It was quite impressive, as is the momentum which his campaign currently enjoys. I don't know if Leong was asked to continue as Kirsan's Secretary General, but he has announced that he will not stand for that position. Karpov's recent nomination by the Russian Federation has been discredited as was Illumzhinov's, so who knows where that one is headed. However Karpov has atleast created a draw in Russia for now. Kasparov told me in New York that Karpov's initial proposal to the Russian Fed was a joint nomination.

[Gary Ruben]

Re: Canada will endorse Karpov?

Chess politics being what it is, do you not think it's important to form an opinion of which of the candidates is most likely to allow Canada to continue as a zone and support him?

Being lumped in with the U.S. or some other nation does not seem desirable to me.

[Kerry Liles]

Re: Canada will endorse Karpov?

I think this issue should be debated at the CFC Annual General Meeting, to be held in conjunction with the 2010 Canadian Open in Toronto, in mid-July. At this stage, we have a choice between two Russians, both with ethical problems in their pasts, pending any more entries to the FIDE Presidential race.

It seems pretty clear to anyone that the current FIDE president (Illusion-Of) is corrupt. That is quite a bit less clear about Karpov. Care to provide any facts about Karpov's ethical 'problems'?

[Jean Hébert]

Re: Canada will endorse Karpov?

I think this issue should be debated at the CFC Annual General Meeting, to be held in conjunction with the 2010 Canadian Open in Toronto, in mid-July. At this stage, we have a choice between two Russians, both with ethical problems in their pasts, pending any more entries to the FIDE Presidential race.

Seems to me that whatever Karpov's ethical problems may be, they are nothing compared to those of the current president's. Hopefully this will not clouds the long awaited change that is needed.

[Frank Dixon]

Re: Canada will endorse Karpov?

I think this issue should be debated at the CFC Annual General Meeting, to be held in conjunction with the 2010 Canadian Open in Toronto, in mid-July. At this stage, we have a choice between two Russians, both with ethical problems in their pasts, pending any more entries to the FIDE Presidential race.

[Jean Sasseville]

USA and most European countries wasted no time to endorse Karpov for FIDE president. Will Canada remain silent? I hope not. It is time for us to endorse Karpov.