Newsgroup: it.hobby.scacchi
Titolo: Alcuni organizzatori boicottano Topalov

dal sito de l'Italia Scacchistica:
"alcuni organizzatori di grandi tornei hanno annunciato di avere
l'intenzione di boicottare Topalov, non invitandolo alle loro
manifestazioni"
Questo, sinceramente, non me l'aspettavo.
notizia alla pagina:
http://www.italiascacchistica.com/cgi-bin/filodiretto/db.cgi?db=default&uid=default&ID=12624&view_rec9=1
-- 
questo articolo e` stato inviato via web dal servizio gratuito 
http://www.newsland.it/news
 segnala gli abusi ad 
ab...@newsland.it

 manifestazioni"
Tristi organizzatori...
Lo faremo invitare a Bratto dal Pagno!
topatopparadics 

manifestazioni"
Ecco, vedete, se non sapete l'Inglese (cfr. altro mio post nel thread
"Short perde punti...") dovette accontentarvi di quanto dice l'Italia
Scacchistica (poveri voi!). Se invece sapete l'Inglese, potete
lleggere il seguente articolo tratto dal blog "The Chess Mind" (non mi
aspetto che qualcuno sappia il tedesco e possa leggere direttamente
l'intervista originale su Chessbase):
Hans-Walter Schmitt on Topalov
Schmitt is the German tournament organizer responsible for the annual
chess festival in Mainz (the event with the rapid and Chess960 world
championships), and in an interview on the German-language ChessBase
site, he makes three suggestions regarding Topalov. He
    1) suggests that "the organizers of Wijk aan Zee, Morelia/Linares,
Monaco, Dortmund, Mainz and Corsica" threaten to ban Topalov from
their tournaments if he doesn't stop his unfair behavior off the board
    2) suggests that "some of Topalov's top ten colleagues" reject
invitations to the Sofia tournament
    3) suggests that "a team of experts could investigate how it is
possible that an experienced player no younger than 30 suddenly
doesn't perform at his 2730-2740 Elo level any more but constantly
plays 2800+ with remarkable streaks of victories". He goes on to point
to Topalov's mediocre performances in the speed chess section of
Monaco and his failure to play Anand in this discipline.
[Hat tip: ChessToday, which received the story from a comment here
(search for "coreolarus").
I've wondered about Schmitt's third point myself. Topalov went wild in
1996, winning everything in sight, and made it to 2750 - and then
never saw that rating again until 2004, I think, when he started an
incredible run culminating with his current, imposing 2813 figure.
(I'm also mystified by his seeming inability to put together a full
tournament: how does he continually score around 50% for half a
tournament, and then win practically every game in the other half, as
if flipping a switch?)
This doesn't prove he's cheating, but it is surprising and remarkable.
It's even encouraging: if one is willing to put in the work, even
those "stuck" at a 2700 plateau (I hear an orchestra of tiny violins)
can make further progress!
Barring real evidence that Topalov is cheating, I think Schmitt's
third point is an overreaction, but barring a sincere and impressive
apology from Topalov & Danailov after the Kramnik match (and
preferably during it, but I wouldn't hold my breath), it would be nice
to see some action on Schmitt's first two proposals.

 Tristi organizzatori...
Io invece spero che mettano realmente in pratica un boicottaggio totale.
Ciao
"topalovneicessi"Marco


 Io invece spero che mettano realmente in pratica un boicottaggio totale.
Perché? 

 Danailov non paga.
Ma io parlo di Topalov, non di Danailov.
r.