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Does FIDE really accept that? I don't think we can modify the pairings like this...
Yes, Hal Bond checked with FIDE for us and we got the go-ahead. The only exception is players seeking norms would be advised not to do this. It is only for Round One.
Yes, Hal Bond checked with FIDE for us and we got the go-ahead.
Then it most certainly means that the gimmick is inappropriate, immoral and against the spirit of the rules if not the letter.
At first it is "only" one round, then why not a bit more of the same for a second round ... and then re-entering for a fee, and then byes in the last rounds and then games being played before the event for religious reasons and so on.
Does people see for one thing that the guy buying a first round game vs a GM is actually taking it away from another guy who has paid the regular entry fee possibly with the idea that he would get a fair chance to get a GM in the first round?
Then it most certainly means that the gimmick is inappropriate, immoral and against the spirit of the rules if not the letter.
At first it is "only" one round, then why not a bit more of the same for a second round ... and then re-entering for a fee, and then byes in the last rounds and then games being played before the event for religious reasons and so on.
Does people see for one thing that the guy buying a first round game vs a GM is actually taking it away from another guy who has paid the regular entry fee possibly with the idea that he would get a fair chance to get a GM in the first round?
This is so ridiculous, I had to respond. I agree with Jean. Lets not let money determine who gets to play a GM but, rather, the luck of the odds as it has always been done in the past.
Some things shouldn't be changed, as mentioned, it sets a precedent for more radical and undesirable changes in the future. Perhaps someone may get the idea of throwing a game(s) for cash ... just wait, I think we've already passed that milestone.
If I missed out on a pairing with a GM because someone stepped in front of the line with money, I, or anyone else in that position, might be ticked off enough to stop participating in the Canadian Open. Not the direction we want the Canadian Chess Federation to go in. We want more members, not less.
I have seen many changes over the last couple of decades and most of them are not in consideration of the players themselves. Lets not make another decision that most people would resent.
At the 1978 Canadian Open held in Hamilton, Steve Hilton (maybe 1700 rated, but was capable of playing well above this level) paid $1,000 to play GM Sax in the first round...midway through the game Sax came up to complain to the organizers as he thought Hilton was a ringer as Sax was in difficulty...but eventually he won.
I was part of the organizing committee for this event, but it was mainly run by Blasko Gabric and Frank Szarka, who had unique fund raising ideas, though they did work....receiving City money, local ethnic businesses sponsoring individual GMs, etc.
Hamilton '78 was one of only two Canadian Opens that I've played in. Wasn't there another eastern European GM at Hamilton, too? Was it Boz Ivanovic?
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Then it most certainly means that the gimmick is inappropriate, immoral and against the spirit of the rules if not the letter.
At first it is "only" one round, then why not a bit more of the same for a second round ... and then re-entering for a fee, and then byes in the last rounds and then games being played before the event for religious reasons and so on.
Next thing you know, you have cats and dogs marrying and the whole social order breaks down. ;)
Does people see for one thing that the guy buying a first round game vs a GM is actually taking it away from another guy who has paid the regular entry fee possibly with the idea that he would get a fair chance to get a GM in the first round?
Next thing you know, you have cats and dogs marrying and the whole social order breaks down. ;)
That poor guy will have to settle for an IM. :p
When short of argument some people try to make jokes. And these people are sometimes the same people pretending to come up with "strategic orientations" for the CFC. That's the real joke.
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