Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 (Fortune 01.1b1); site graffiti.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!ut-sally!ut-ngp!shell!graffiti!peter From: peter@graffiti.UUCP (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: net.games.chess,net.games.board,net.politics Subject: Re: New rigged world title rules Message-ID: <211@graffiti.UUCP> Date: Tue, 17-Sep-85 16:36:39 EDT Article-I.D.: graffiti.211 Posted: Tue Sep 17 16:36:39 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 22-Sep-85 16:23:33 EDT References: <475@ittvax.ATC.ITT.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: The Power Elite, Houston, TX Lines: 9 Xref: linus net.games.chess:42 net.games.board:1441 net.politics:10392 > At a recent meeting of the International Chess federation FIDE > in Tunisia, the Russians managed to put their stamp on the new > world championship title rules to make it easier for Karpov to > keep his title of world champ, and -more important- to guarantee > a Soviet monopoly on the world title. An interesting point: those rules are strangely reminiscent of the rules governing the America's Cup. They're somewhat more one-sided, I must admit, but the form & intent are remarkably similar.