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The proposal of the Russian Chess Federation suggests that World Champion should in the future be allowed to "accept the challenge of any player who can contribute to the prize fund and the costs of holding of the match." FIDE would get 50% of the prize fund. Full details are to be found in our previous report.
The proposal, which is to be discussed in September at the FIDE Congress during the Baku Olympiad, met with immediate protest from the Association of Chess Professionals. "The upcoming Olympiad in Baku may turn out to be historic in more than one way," the ACP wrote us. "The official proposal by the Russian Chess Federation to modify the existing rules of the World Championship cycle, if accepted, will turn the world of chess on its head." The ACP Board submitted a petition that strongly opposes the idea of "purchasing the rights for the Title Match."
In the meantime, three days before the end of petition campaign, around 850 people had signed the English and Russian versions, almost 200 of whom were grandmasters. Most of the rest are trainers, organizers, heads of federations, club players "and all those who care about the future of the game," ACP President Emil Sutovsky wrote us today. "We need that final push to get to at least 1000 people, who support ACP stand on the matter. We really have to do our utmost to stop the change – and ACP needs as massive support as possible to try to do so. We need to show FIDE that this idea is massively disliked." Sutovsky asked us to remind our readers about a deadline to sign (1st September).
| 1. Wesley So 2. Alexander Stripunsky 3. Azer Mirzoev 4. Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu 5. Gilberto Hernandez 6. Emil Sutovsky 7. Michael Adams 8. Pia Cramling 9. Dubov Daniil 10. Mateusz Bartel 11. Zenon Franco Ocampos 12. Twan Burg 13. Mihail Marin 14. Peter Svidler 15. Alex Fishbein 16. Sune Berg Hansen 17. Pavel Eljanov 18. Igor Stohl 19. Dariusz Swiercz 20. Ivan Saric 21. Zhukova Natalia 22. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 23. Alex Colovic 24. Liem Quang Le 25. Nigel Short 26. Angelika Borsuk 27. Michal Krasenkow 28. Hans Ree 29. Bart Michiels 30. Galliamova Alisa 31. Sergey Shipov 32. Irina Krush 33. Bauer Christian 34. Michael Prusikin 35. Frolyanov Dmitry 36. Evgeny Postny 37. Abhijit Kunte 38. Brodsky Mikhail 39. Dejan Bojkov 40. Ivanisevic Ivan 41. Axel Rombaldoni 42. Viacheslav Zakhartsov 43. Giovanni Vescovi 44. David Navara 45. Sabino Brunello 46. Zsuzsa Veroci 47. Alexander Donchenko 48. Psakhis Lev 49. Sergey Kudrin 50. Anna Muzychuk 51. Kiril Georgiev 52. Romain Edouard 53. Jacob Aagaard |
54. Harika Dronavalli 55. Anastasia Savina 56. Tanguy Ringoir 57. Alejandro Ramirez 58. Jaime Sunye Neto 59. Yannick Pelletier 60. Vasif Durarbayli 61. Grzegorz Gajewski 62. John Van Der Wiel 63. Viktor Erdos 64. Parimarjan Negi 65. Ketevan Arakhamia - Grant 66. Eduardas Rozentalis 67. Evgeniya Doluhanova 68. Jorden Van Foreest 69. Gadir Guseinov 70. Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son 71. Popov Valery 72. Barsov Alexei 73. Bajarani Ulvi 74. Sarunas Sulskis 75. Dolmatov Sergey 76. Alejandro Hoffman 77. Vishnu Prasanna 78. Antipov Mikhail 79. Keith Arkell 80. David Howell 81. Sam Shankland 82. Tatev Abrahamyan 83. Francisco Vallejo Pons 84. Romanishin Oleg 85. Georg Meier 86. Marina Brunello 87. Godena Michele 88. Nazi Paikidze 89. Jiri Stocek 90. Yrjo Rantanen 91. Abasov Nijat 92. Bela Khotenashvili 93. Levin Felix 94. Neverov Valeriy 95. Azer Mirzoev 96. Surya Ganguly 97. Koneru Humpy 98. Salome Melia 99. Dr Frank Holzke 100. Deep Sengupta 101. Namig Guliyev 102. Tania Sachdev 103. Magesh Panchanathan 104. Larry M Christiansen 105. Sebastien Feller 106. Sergey Azarov |
107. David Norwood 108. Lubomir Kavalek 109. Nicolaus Stanec 110. Valery Salov 111. Vladimir Epishin 112. Jonathan Speelman 113. Nils Grandelius 114. Dani Raznikov 115. Murtas Kazhgaleev 116. Vidit Gujrathi 117. Kacper Piorun 118. Csaba Horvath 119. Jean-Noel Riff 120. Olga Zimina 121. Nigel Davies 122. Cornette Matthieu 123. Deimante Daulyte 124. Bartlomiej Macieja 125. Gennady Kuzmin 126. Igor Naumkin 127. Evgeny Shaposhnikov 128. Bogdan Lalic 129. Vladislav Vorotnikov 130. Sergey Grigoriants 131. Evgeny Romanov 132. Vladimir Burmakin 133. Vladimir Belov 134. Elizabeth Paethz 135. Sergei Ionov 136. Jonathan Tisdall 137. S. P. Sethuraman 138. Alexander Fier 139. Mikhail Ivanov 140. Roland Schmaltz 141. Joerg Hickl 142. Max Dlugy 143. Tal Baron 144. Nargiz Umudova 145. Sriram Jha 146. Colin Mcnab 147. Jonathan Rowson 148. Alexander Kochiev 149. Christopher Lutz 150. Aleksandr Poluljahov 151. Alexander Rustemov 152. Lalith Babu 153. Slavko Cicak 154. Daniil Lintchevski 155. Sergei Yudin 156. Zhaoqin Peng 157. Maarten Solleveld |
| 1. Demchenko Anton 2. Komarov Dmitry 3. Okhotnik Vladimir 4. Lysyj Igor 5. Sivuk Vitaly 6. Yakovich Yuri 7. Vul Arkady 8. Lputian Smbat 9. Tunik Genady 10. Galliamova Alisa 11. Brodsky Mikhail 12. Oparin Grigory 13. Evdokimov Aleksandr |
14. Ushenina Anna 15. Belozerov Andrei 16. Rakhmanov Aleksandr 17. Sokolov Andrei 18. Beshukov Sergei 19. Zozulia Anna 20. Kulaots Kaido 21. Kovalenko Igor 22. Berdichevski Igor 23. Gabrielian Artur 24. Popov Valery 25. Frolyanov Dmitry 26. Gharamian Tigran |
27. Sulskis Sarunas 28. Areshchenko Oleksandr 29. Nikolov Momchil 30. Malakhatko Vadim 31. Gleizerov Evgeny 32. Sumets Andrey 33. Nino Khurtsidze 34. Karina Ambartsumova 35. Kovchan Alexander 36. Molchanova Tatiana 37. Bezgodova Svetlana |
Stand: Moday, August 29, 2016, 12:00 noon. The lists are constantly being updated.
You can sign the petition here: (English and Russian).
