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Why doesn't the link to Elo rating (system) work?
- Because the article is just called Elo rating :) --Camembert
- Ok Thanks... I'm kind of new with this, so not everything goes right...
- Don't worry, it takes everyone a bit of time to get used to things. --Camembert
I've removed the following:
- It used to be the highest body in chess but respected IOC rulings.
FIDE still is the highest body in chess. As I understand it, the IOC recently recognised them as such. They adopted IOC anti-drug rules, but I don't think there have been any "rulings". --Camembert
- Can someone explain why this adoption of IOC's anti-drug rules is important in chess? It's not like steroids make you any more intelligent. RedWolf 03:45, Oct 31, 2004 (UTC)
well, Camembert, according to Karpov, it would not be the worst thing to have FIDE replaced by a more capable organization. He successfully called upon IOC to make Kirsan understand he is undertaking outrageous actions. Quote A. Karpov: Kirsan: "I am the president of chess and you are only the world champ!" Karpov "look Kirsan, you're wrong: I am the world champ and you are only the president!". this was said before the Kamsky-Karpov match in Elista, where Kirsan unilaterally changed match rules to his liking. (slightly abbreviated) Frank A
- That's as maybe, but what does it have to do with the IOC? --Camembert
- This Kirsan guy would not mess with IOC when Karpov wrote the complaint letter to IOC, but I am not sure whether he is legally bound to. Frank A
Well, I admit I've never heard anything about this incident you're referring to - I daresay if you could give a bit more precision than the sentence I took out of the article, it would be fine to mention. One thing I would say, though: whatever its faults (and it has plenty of them), there is no credible alternative to FIDE as the governing body of chess. To say, therefore, that FIDE "used to be the highest body in chess", implying it isn't any longer, is wrong. --Camembert
Is it just my ISP being awkward, or is FIDE's website down at the minute? I've not been able to get there for days. --Camembert 01:46, 31 Jan 2004 (UTC)
- And the day after I write that, the site comes back up again... --Camembert
- As a point of interest, the site's been down and back up again several times since the above - it seems to happen on a fairly regular basis. In fact, FIDE just put the deadline for entering the 2004 World Championship back because the website was down for a few days. --Camembert