I believe that everybody in attendance is aware of the press announcement of the FIDE World Championship in Dubai January 7th – 24th, 2005. The fact that this match appears to be following the same disastrous sequence of last year’s two failed FIDE World Championship events is of considerable concern to me and to most of the chess world. The feeling of déjà vu is overwhelming as once again I see the same trend looming. Deadlines coming and going. Grand media announcements totally devoid of real detail or substance. This time, the FIDE Congress must act and put people in charge who know how to negotiate and agree contracts before issuing grandiose statements.
Unless the $1M prize money is in escrow by October 31st, 2004 (for Dubai) or November 10th, 2004 (for Turkey) I will no longer be available to play in January of 2005. It must be of concern to everybody present that FIDE is in danger of losing control of the World Chess Championship cycle and a delay could mean that the impetus is lost. There are those at large who would love to see FIDE fail and reunification die – FIDE must not let it happen!
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