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Yasser Seirawan: "My sense was that the GM's who didn't bother to vote, even after being cajoled to do so, refuse simply because they don't expect their opinions to matter. Apathy and inertia being the most powerful forces in the universe are formidable obstacles to overcome! Hopefully, after publishing the following results, other GM's may be inclined to add their voices. We will leave it to others to draw their own conclusions about the voting. I would like to thank Joel Lautier and Emil Sutovsky for all your help in encouraging GM's to vote."
No. | Last Name, First Name |
Title
|
Feder- ation |
Rating | Blitz Mech. | Blitz Digital | Rapid Mech. | Rapid Digital | Prof.Digital |
1 | Kasparov, Garry |
g
|
RUS | 2838 | 5 min | 5 min | 30 min | 25 + 10 | Choice C |
2 | Kramnik, Vladimir |
g
|
RUS | 2809 | 5 min | 5 min | 30 min | 25 + 10 | Choice C |
3 | Fischer, Robert J |
g
|
USA | 2780 | |||||
4 | Anand, Viswanathan |
g
|
IND | 2752 | |||||
5 | Topalov, Veselin |
g
|
BUL | 2745 | 90 + 30 | ||||
6 | Adams, Michael |
g
|
ENG | 2744 | 5 min | 5 min | 30 min | 25 + 10 | Choice D |
7 | Ponomariov, Ruslan |
g
|
UKR | 2743 | 90 + 30 | ||||
8 | Bareev, Evgeny |
g
|
RUS | 2724 | |||||
9 | Morozevich, Alexander |
g
|
RUS | 2718 | |||||
10 | Kamsky, Gata |
g
|
USA | 2717 | |||||
11 | Ivanchuk, Vassily |
g
|
UKR | 2711 | |||||
12 | Gelfand, Boris |
g
|
ISR | 2710 | 5 min | 5 min | 30 min | 25 + 10 | Choice C |
13 | Leko, Peter |
g
|
HUN | 2707 | 5 min | 5 min | 30 min | 25 + 10 | Choice C |
14 | Shirov, Alexei |
g
|
ESP | 2704 | |||||
15 | Grischuk, Alexander |
g
|
RUS | 2702 | |||||
16 | Khalifman, Alexander |
g
|
RUS | 2698 | 5 min | 5 min | 30 min | 25 + 10 | Choice C |
17 | Karpov, Anatoly |
g
|
RUS | 2690 | |||||
18 | Svidler, Peter |
g
|
RUS | 2688 | 5 min | 5 min | 30 min | 25 + 10 | Choice C |
19 | Smirin, Ilia |
g
|
ISR | 2685 | |||||
20 | Akopian, Vladimir |
g
|
ARM | 2678 | |||||
21 | Polgar, Judit |
g
|
HUN | 2677 | |||||
22 | Dreev, Alexey |
g
|
RUS | 2677 | |||||
23 | Ye, Jiangchuan |
g
|
CHN | 2676 | 5 min | 5 min | 30 min | 25 + 10 | 150 + 30 |
24 | Azmaiparashvili, Zurab |
g
|
GEO | 2676 | |||||
25 | Lautier, Joel |
g
|
FRA | 2675 | 5 min | 5 min | 30 min | 25 + 10 | Choice C |
26 | Kasimdzhanov, Rustam |
g
|
UZB | 2674 | |||||
27 | Short, Nigel D. |
g
|
ENG | 2673 | |||||
28 | Vaganian, Rafael A |
g
|
ARM | 2664 | |||||
29 | Malakhov, Vladimir |
g
|
RUS | 2663 | |||||
30 | Beliavsky, Alexander G |
g
|
SLO | 2661 | 5 min | 5 min | 30 min | 25 + 10 | Choice C |
31 | Sutovsky, Emil |
g
|
ISR | 2660 | 5 min | 3 + 2 | 30 min | 25 + 10 | Choice D |
32 | Piket, Jeroen |
g
|
NED | 2659 | |||||
33 | Rublevsky, Sergei |
g
|
RUS | 2657 | |||||
34 | Georgiev, Kiril |
g
|
BUL | 2654 | |||||
35 | Aleksandrov, Aleksej |
g
|
BLR | 2654 | |||||
36 | Xu, Jun |
g
|
CHN | 2654 | |||||
37 | Nikolic, Predrag |
g
|
BIH | 2653 | |||||
38 | Bacrot, Etienne |
g
|
FRA | 2653 | |||||
39 | Bologan, Viktor |
g
|
MDA | 2652 | |||||
40 | Almasi, Zoltan |
g
|
HUN | 2650 | |||||
41 | Sakaev, Konstantin |
g
|
RUS | 2649 | 5 min | 5 min | 30 min | 25 + 10 | Choice C |
42 | Sokolov, Ivan |
g
|
BIH | 2647 | |||||
43 | Zvjaginsev, Vadim |
g
|
RUS | 2645 | |||||
44 | Lutz, Christopher |
g
|
GER | 2644 | 5 min | 5 min | 30 min | 25 + 10 | Choice C |
45 | Salov, Valery |
g
|
RUS | 2644 | |||||
46 | Van Wely, Loek |
g
|
NED | 2642 | |||||
47 | Onischuk, Alexander |
g
|
USA | 2641 | |||||
48 | Gurevich, Mikhail |
g
|
BEL | 2641 | |||||
49 | Krasenkow, Michal |
g
|
POL | 2641 | 5 min | 5 min | 30 min | 25 + 10 | Choice C |
50 | Zhang, Zhong |
g
|
CHN | 2639 | |||||
51 | Vallejo Pons, Francisco |
g
|
ESP | 2638 | |||||
52 | Dautov, Rustem |
g
|
GER | 2636 | 5 min | 5 min | 30 min | 25 + 10 | Choice C |
53 | Nielsen, Peter Heine |
g
|
DEN | 2636 | |||||
54 | Korchnoi, Viktor |
g
|
SUI | 2635 | |||||
55 | Hjartarson, Johann |
g
|
ISL | 2634 | |||||
56 | Lputian, Smbat G |
g
|
ARM | 2634 | |||||
57 | Sasikiran, Krishnan |
g
|
IND | 2633 | |||||
58 | Tkachiev, Vladislav |
g
|
FRA | 2633 | |||||
59 | Kharlov, Andrei |
g
|
RUS | 2633 | |||||
60 | Seirawan, Yasser |
g
|
USA | 2631 | 5 min | 5 min | 30 min | 25 + 10 | Choice C |
61 | Sadler, Matthew |
g
|
ENG | 2631 | |||||
62 | Huebner, Robert Dr. |
g
|
GER | 2628 | |||||
63 | Tregubov, Pavel V. |
g
|
RUS | 2627 | |||||
64 | Tiviakov, Sergei |
g
|
NED | 2625 | 5 min | 5 min | 30 min | 25 + 10 | Choice C |
65 | Movsesian, Sergei |
g
|
CZE | 2624 | |||||
66 | Landa, Konstantin |
g
|
RUS | 2623 | |||||
67 | Graf, Alexander |
g
|
GER | 2623 | |||||
68 | Pigusov, Evgeny |
g
|
RUS | 2623 | |||||
69 | Shabalov, Alexander |
g
|
USA | 2622 | |||||
70 | Motylev, Alexander |
g
|
RUS | 2622 | |||||
71 | Lastin, Alexander |
g
|
RUS | 2619 | |||||
72 | Baklan, Vladimir |
g
|
UKR | 2618 | |||||
73 | Goldin, Alexander |
g
|
USA | 2618 | |||||
74 | Jussupow, Artur |
g
|
GER | 2618 | |||||
75 | Kaidanov, Gregory S |
g
|
USA | 2616 | 5 min | 5 min | 30 min | 25 + 10 | Choice C |
76 | Timman, Jan H |
g
|
NED | 2616 | |||||
77 | Hansen, Curt |
g
|
DEN | 2613 | |||||
78 | Shipov, Sergei |
g
|
RUS | 2613 | 5 min | 5 min | No | 25 + 10 | Choice A |
79 | Dorfman, Josif D |
g
|
FRA | 2613 | 5 min | 5 min | 30 min | 25 + 10 | Choice C |
80 | Filippov, Valerij |
g
|
RUS | 2612 | |||||
81 | Vescovi, Giovanni |
g
|
BRA | 2611 | |||||
82 | Peng, Xiaomin |
g
|
CHN | 2611 | |||||
83 | Radjabov, Teimour |
g
|
AZE | 2610 | |||||
84 | Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter |
g
|
ROU | 2610 | |||||
85 | Volkov, Sergey |
g
|
RUS | 2609 | |||||
86 | Milov, Vadim |
g
|
SUI | 2606 | |||||
87 | Fressinet, Laurent |
g
|
FRA | 2606 | |||||
88 | Epishin, Vladimir |
g
|
RUS | 2606 | 5 min | 5 min | 30 min | 25 + 10 | Choice C |
89 | Istratescu, Andrei |
g
|
ROU | 2606 | |||||
90 | Gyimesi, Zoltan |
g
|
HUN | 2605 | |||||
91 | Granda Zuniga, Julio E |
g
|
PER | 2605 | |||||
92 | Glek, Igor V. |
g
|
GER | 2605 | |||||
93 | Hellers, Ferdinand |
g
|
SWE | 2605 | |||||
94 | Vladimirov, Evgeny |
g
|
KAZ | 2605 | |||||
95 | Sokolov, Andrei |
g
|
FRA | 2604 | |||||
96 | Andersson, Ulf |
g
|
SWE | 2604 | |||||
97 | Novikov, Igor A |
g
|
USA | 2603 | |||||
98 | Hickl, Joerg |
g
|
GER | 2602 | |||||
99 | Kobalia, Mikhail |
g
|
RUS | 2602 | 5 min | 5 min | 30 min | 25 + 10 | Choice B |
100 | Dominguez, Lenier |
g
|
CUB | 2601 | |||||
101 | Sermek, Drazen |
g
|
SLO | 2601 | |||||
102 | Bu, Xiangzhi |
g
|
CHN | 2601 | 5 min | 5 min | 30 min | 25 + 10 | 150 + 30 |
103 | Najdoski, Toni |
g
|
MKD | 2600 | |||||
104 | Korneev, Oleg |
g
|
RUS | 2599 | |||||
105 | Najer, Evgeniy |
g
|
RUS | 2598 | |||||
106 | Eingorn, Vereslav S |
g
|
UKR | 2598 | |||||
107 | Rustemov, Alexander |
g
|
RUS | 2598 | |||||
108 | Stefansson, Hannes |
g
|
ISL | 2598 | |||||
109 | Hodgson, Julian M. |
g
|
ENG | 2598 | |||||
110 | Benjamin, Joel |
g
|
USA | 2598 | |||||
111 | Fedorov, Alexei |
g
|
BLR | 2598 | |||||
112 | Gulko, Boris F |
g
|
USA | 2597 | |||||
113 | Hracek, Zbynek |
g
|
CZE | 2596 | |||||
114 | Speelman, Jonathan S. |
g
|
ENG | 2596 | |||||
115 | Portisch, Lajos |
g
|
HUN | 2596 | |||||
116 | Nunn, John D.M. |
g
|
ENG | 2595 | 5 min | 5 min | 30 min | 25 + 10 | Choice C |
117 | Degraeve, Jean-Marc |
g
|
FRA | 2595 | |||||
118 | Kozul, Zdenko |
g
|
CRO | 2595 | |||||
119 | Chuchelov, Vladimir |
g
|
BEL | 2593 | |||||
120 | Giorgadze, Giorgi |
g
|
GEO | 2591 | |||||
121 | Shulman, Yuri |
g
|
BLR | 2591 | |||||
122 | Anastasian, Ashot |
g
|
ARM | 2591 | |||||
123 | Asrian, Karen |
g
|
ARM | 2591 | |||||
124 | Papaioannou, Ioannis |
g
|
GRE | 2589 | |||||
125 | Crisan, Alexandru |
g
|
ROU | 2588 | |||||
126 | Ehlvest, Jaan |
g
|
EST | 2588 | |||||
127 | Ibragimov, Ildar |
g
|
RUS | 2588 | |||||
128 | Neverov, Valeriy |
g
|
UKR | 2587 | |||||
129 | Khenkin, Igor |
g
|
GER | 2587 | |||||
130 | Rozentalis, Eduardas |
g
|
LTU | 2586 | |||||
131 | Hansen, Lars Bo |
g
|
DEN | 2586 | |||||
132 | Dolmatov, Sergey |
g
|
RUS | 2586 | |||||
133 | Gurevich, Ilya |
g
|
USA | 2586 | |||||
134 | Smagin, Sergey |
g
|
RUS | 2585 | |||||
135 | Kacheishvili, Giorgi |
g
|
GEO | 2584 | |||||
136 | Lesiege, Alexandre |
g
|
CAN | 2584 | |||||
137 | Agrest, Evgenij |
g
|
SWE | 2584 | |||||
138 | Macieja, Bartlomiej |
g
|
POL | 2584 | 5 min | 3 + 2 | 30 min | 25 + 10 | Choice B |
139 | Chernin, Alexander |
g
|
HUN | 2583 | |||||
140 | Kazhgaleyev, Murtas |
g
|
KAZ | 2583 | |||||
141 | Van Den Doel, Erik |
g
|
NED | 2583 | |||||
142 | Yermolinsky, Alex |
g
|
USA | 2583 | |||||
143 | Yin, Hao |
m
|
CHN | 2582 | 5 min | 3 + 2 | 30 min | 25 + 10 | 120 + 30 |
144 | Conquest, Stuart |
g
|
ENG | 2582 | |||||
145 | Burmakin, Vladimir |
g
|
RUS | 2582 | |||||
146 | Gleizerov, Evgeny |
g
|
RUS | 2581 | |||||
147 | Huzman, Alexander |
g
|
ISR | 2580 | |||||
148 | Dokhoian, Yury |
g
|
RUS | 2580 | |||||
149 | Illescas Cordoba, Miguel |
g
|
ESP | 2580 | 5 min | 3 + 2 | 30 min | 25 + 10 | Choice A |
150 | Kotronias, Vasilios |
g
|
CYP | 2580 | |||||
151 | Ivanov, Alexander |
g
|
USA | 2579 | |||||
152 | Yakovich, Yuri |
g
|
RUS | 2579 | |||||
153 | Aseev, Konstantin N |
g
|
RUS | 2579 | |||||
154 | Tukmakov, Vladimir B |
g
|
UKR | 2579 | |||||
155 | Christiansen, Larry M |
g
|
USA | 2578 | |||||
156 | Kotsur, Pavel |
g
|
KAZ | 2578 | |||||
157 | Gavrikov, Viktor |
g
|
LTU | 2578 | |||||
158 | Nijboer, Friso |
g
|
NED | 2578 | |||||
159 | Sulskis, Sarunas |
g
|
LTU | 2577 | |||||
160 | Spasov, Vasil |
g
|
BUL | 2577 | |||||
161 | Kengis, Edvins |
g
|
LAT | 2577 | |||||
162 | Volokitin, Andrei |
g
|
UKR | 2577 | |||||
163 | Ulibin, Mikhail |
g
|
RUS | 2576 | 5 min | 5 min | 30 min | 25 + 10 | 120 + 30 |
164 | Ftacnik, Lubomir |
g
|
SVK | 2576 | |||||
165 | Moiseenko, Alexander |
g
|
UKR | 2575 | |||||
166 | Popov, Valerij |
g
|
RUS | 2575 | |||||
167 | Magomedov, Magaram |
g
|
RUS | 2575 | |||||
168 | Milos, Gilberto |
g
|
BRA | 2574 | 5 min | 5 min | 30 min | 25 + 10 | 90 + 30 |
169 | Palac, Mladen |
g
|
CRO | 2574 | |||||
170 | Greenfeld, Alon |
g
|
ISR | 2574 | |||||
171 | Dvoirys, Semen I. |
g
|
RUS | 2574 | |||||
172 | Agdestein, Simen |
g
|
NOR | 2572 | |||||
173 | Adianto, Utut |
g
|
INA | 2572 | 5 min | 5 min | 30 min | 25 + 10 | Choice D |
174 | Minasian, Artashes |
g
|
ARM | 2572 | |||||
175 | Vaisser, Anatoli |
g
|
FRA | 2572 | |||||
176 | Kovalev, Andrei |
g
|
BLR | 2572 | |||||
177 | Aronian, Levon |
g
|
ARM | 2571 | |||||
178 | Bauer, Christian |
g
|
FRA | 2571 | 5 min | 5 min | 30 min | 25 + 10 | Choice B |
179 | Psakhis, Lev |
g
|
ISR | 2571 | |||||
180 | Fridman, Daniel |
g
|
LAT | 2571 | |||||
181 | Romanishin, Oleg M |
g
|
UKR | 2571 | |||||
182 | Cvitan, Ognjen |
g
|
CRO | 2570 | |||||
183 | Kempinski, Robert |
g
|
POL | 2570 | |||||
184 | Kolev, Atanas |
g
|
BUL | 2570 | |||||
185 | Hamdouchi, Hichem |
g
|
MAR | 2570 | |||||
186 | Galkin, Alexander |
g
|
RUS | 2569 | |||||
187 | Bruzon, Lazaro |
g
|
CUB | 2569 | |||||
188 | Ruck, Robert |
g
|
HUN | 2569 | |||||
189 | Kuzmin, Alexey |
g
|
RUS | 2568 | |||||
190 | Pelletier, Yannick |
g
|
SUI | 2568 | 5 min | 5 min | 30 min | 25 + 10 | Choice C |
191 | Harikrishna, P. |
g
|
IND | 2568 | |||||
192 | Nataf, Igor-Alexandre |
g
|
FRA | 2567 | |||||
193 | Pavasovic, Dusko |
g
|
SLO | 2567 | |||||
194 | Avrukh, Boris |
g
|
ISR | 2567 | |||||
195 | Yegiazarian, Arsen |
g
|
ARM | 2567 | |||||
196 | Alekseev, Evgeny |
m
|
RUS | 2567 | |||||
197 | Stocek, Jiri |
g
|
CZE | 2566 | |||||
198 | Sax, Gyula |
g
|
HUN | 2566 | |||||
199 | Halkias, Stelios |
m
|
GRE | 2566 | |||||
200 | Luther, Thomas |
g
|
GER | 2566 | |||||
201 | Jobava, Baadur |
g
|
GEO | 2566 | |||||
202 | Baburin, Alexander |
g
|
IRL | 2565 | 5 min | 5 min | 30 min | 25 + 10 | Choice B |
203 | Borovikov, Vladislav |
g
|
UKR | 2565 | |||||
204 | Alterman, Boris |
g
|
ISR | 2565 | |||||
205 | Polgar, Zsuzsa (GM) |
wg
|
HUN | 2565 | |||||
206 | Sturua, Zurab |
g
|
GEO | 2565 | |||||
OTHERS
|
|||||||||
Rotstein, Arkadij | 5 min | 5 min | 30 min | 25 + 10 | Choice A | ||||
Villamayor, Bong | Choice B | ||||||||
Stohl, Igor | 5 min | 5 min | 30 min | 25 + 10 | Choice C | ||||
Anjelina Belakovskaia |
wg
|
5 min | 5 min | 30 min | 25 + 10 | Choice D | |||
Gofshtein | Choice A | ||||||||
Mikhalchishin, Adrian | 60 + 60 sec | ||||||||
Sergey Ivanov | 5 min | 5 min | 30 min | 25 + 10 | Choice C | ||||
Rogozenko Dorian | 5 min | 5 min | No | 25 + 10 | Choice A | ||||
Alexandrova Olga |
wg
|
UKR | No | 5 + 3 | 30 min | 25 + 10 | Choice C | ||
Kallio Heikki | FIN | 120 + 30 | |||||||
Rogers, Ian | 5 min | 5 min | 30 min | 25 + 10 | Choice C | ||||
Gleizerov, Evgeny | 5 min | 5 min | 25 min | 20 + 10 | Choice C |
Here are a few excerpts from messages we received from our readers on the subject. The choice of which message to publish was mainly random, so please do not feel discriminated if yours does not appear in this section.
Luis A Baquero
I not a professional player but I'm going to give my point of view because what
the professionals adopt for themselves affect all the players in the world. minimum total time for classical chess: 7 hours (40/2, 20/1, all/30, mechanical
clock). With digital clocks, same as the previous scheme and 40/2, 20/1, all/30
+ 30. I can also suggest that to decide the winner of a drawn match in classical
chess, simply the highest rating should advance and the lowest rating should
have a share of the prize of his opponent.
Francesco Di Tolla
It is diffcult to chose: from one side one would like a simple rule, so that
rule A would seem the best on the other side I fear that with this ruile many
players would end up playing 20-25 moves in 150 inutes and later coplete the
game at the speed of one move each 30 seconds. This could be source of many
early-endgame errors. For this rule C seem more uniform (and more similar to
what we are already used than ruke B)up to the 60 moves at least, but looks
somewhat more complex to read/implement. If I could chose I would mimic rule
A with a 60 seconds increment: 90 minutes + 60 seconds increment is the perfect
interpolation that reproduces 40 moves in 120 minutes and grants you always
60 seconds to move (forces a more uniform play between middle-game and endgame),
preserving the 7 hours limits for 120 moves. Being forced to stay with the FIDE
proposals I would anyway go for A.
Patrick Sharper
I am in favor of the longest time controls for all events. Shorter time controls
hurt the quality of the chess.
Chris Kantack
I vote for Choice C 40/2, 20/1, 15+30/All. To me the increment per move only
makes sense in the sudden death time control.
Shaun Press
Option B would be my preferred choice. If length of playing sessions is a problem
then B can be modified to 40/100+30 & 30+30 which was the time control at
the 2000 Olympiad, if I recall correctly.
D. Ebrahim Al Mannai
Choice C (40/2hrs. 20/1hr, All/15min+30s) would be my choice for the time control.
If a game goes beyond 90 moves, then the players have earned the extra time
(over 7 hours). The arbiters can wait an extra ten minutes or so! Choice A is
the least desirable, as it lacks the discipline that the traditional 40-move
time control demands. Thanks for hearing from us mortals.
Gary S.G. Bryant
I only really care about the time control for the top level. I go with: Choice
C, (40/2, 20/1, 15+30/All) is the most conventional. The first two time-controls
of Choice C are exactly the same as those used for the Mechanical Clock. The
third time-control of 15 minutes plus the 30-second bonus increment avoids the
undesirable guillotine finish. However, this time-control is the slowest. It
would mean that games that last beyond move 90 would probably go beyond the
seven-hour playing session. It is most likely to result in high-quality games
and determine who really is best.
Damien Lavery (1525 patzer!)
Can I just say that I feel that tradition has a lot going for it. Why can't
we blend the best of the old with the best of the new? Over the board, there
are some positions where a long think is simply required. The art of the endgame
demands this. I believe that the Ivanchuk vs. Ponomariov match for the last
Fide championship, played at 90 + 30 time control, makes this obvious. In one
game, win after win escaped Ivanchuk merely because of the time constraint.
Kasparov often calls his analysis of the game 'the search for the truth'. Well
it would seem that with this time control, the truth simply isn't enough! The
game of chess simply must not be allowed to reduce to the randomness of people's
reactions. Of course, with the advent of technology, the guillotine finish is
undesirable, especially with clokcs capable of Fischer increment measure. But
this should only be used for the purpose of avoiding a drastic end to the contest.
Increments should not play a part in the main body of the game. I believe that
the control of 2hrs/40, 1hr/20 and 30+inc/all is the most sensible. Please tell
me what your opinions are!
H. Caceres
I think the best for the quality of the game is C, the classical. New FIDE format
sucks, players fight against the clock and can't care about going deep to the
heart of the position. They are always under the extra pressure of time, and
a more profound understanding its not worth because of that.
Sakari Pankkonen
My preferences are rather conventional: Blitz Chess as proposed for mechanical
and digital clocks. Rapid Chess time control as proposed for digital clocks,
and with the natural idea that it should be played with digital clocks only.
(It also suits the newish nature of this kind of chess.) Seven hour games for
both mechanical and digital clocks as in Choice D. Thank you for the poll!
Ed Matheson
Choice C) (40/2, 20/1, 15+30/All) . Being a "not top" player, nor
even a really good player, I am sending my vote to you. I want to see high quality
games, as in the past, not some of these "speed" blunders that have
been occurring more recently.
Thomas Lloyd
I am for all time controls for the blitz and rapid time controls, and i go with
choice A for the professional time control.
Juan Luis Garcia Alonso
My time control is 90 minutes + 30 seconds for every movement for the whole
game.
Kai Schröder
Is there really someone who wants a shorter time control whose name isn't Ponomariov?
Here's my short opinion: For X/For X/For X/D. I wished this time control nightmare
would vanish as quick as that...
Sampson Matthis
My choice is D. 40/2 20/1 30/all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kevin Plant (soon to be a force in the chess world)
Kasparov-Ponomriov 40 moves in 2 hours + 20 moves in 1 hour + 30 mins + 30 secs
for remaining moves and draw odds for reigning champion. Leko-Kramnik same as
above. The two winners: same as above but no draw odds but if drawn then 4 more
games at 90 mins for all moves. It would be very unlikely that the match would
still be drawn after all this. Previous world championships have rarely been
drawn. If the match is drawn then they are joint champs and go into the semifinals
of the next world championships and are seeded so they dont play each other
in the semi. All above: best of 16 games. 4 games a week , mon/tues (wednesday
rest day) thurs/fri (sat/sun rest days) 1 game per day. One final thing: keep
up the good work at ChessBase, the best chess site on the Internet.
Will Davis
Slow chess: Choice C. All high level tournaments should be played at very slow
time controls. Tthough I am only a Class B player (USCF) I hate seeing games
decided by one player blundering in time pressure, and how much more I hate
seeing GMs mess up like that. FIDE's constant speeding up of time controls was
definitely a bad idea, and caused the production of much worse quality chess.
I believe the slower the better. Thank you for allowing me to express my opinion.
Joost Bosmans
I vote for Choice D) (40/2, 20/1, 30/All) as time control for Professional Chess.
As you changed the time control for Professional Chess it doesn't 'feel' as
chess anymore.
Lawrence Cooper (IM)
Blitz: 5 minutes for all moves, no increments. Rapid: 30 minutes for all moves,
no increments. 7 hour: 40 in 2 hours, 20 in 1 hour, 30 minutes for the rest
without increment.