Re: Chess points to ponder

Yeah, maybe at the highest levels, however record numbers on
internet chess servers indicate something else.

Prove #3, what internet poll?



"David Kane" <davidekane@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:TcSdnSKHH8LhBEPeRVn-tQ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| 1."I think everybody connected with
| chess understands that if we allow
| chess to continue for another four
| years in its presented terrible state,
| it will simply disappear from the
| face of the earth."
|
| "Tournaments are shrinking in size,
| and disappearing altogether from
| the calendar - this is a huge
| problem." GM Anatoly Karpov
| 26.01.2006 on Chessbase.com.
|
| 2. At Corus 2006 (A,B,C) 45% of
| games were draws. In the A group,
| the draw percentage was 57.1%.
|
| 3. The public voted via internet for
| the most "elegant or interesting
| games" of the Corus tournament.
| Drawn games received 3.6%
| of the votes. (info not available
| for all rounds on the website)
|
| 4. Preparations for the GMSlugfest
| (using 0/1/2/3 BAP scoring) are
| underway. Details at
| http://www.gmslugfest.com/
|
|
|


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