nice article ,wait did i spell article wrong?!
thx for the effort!
Professional tennis is now run by the ATP, which was formed specifically to protect the interests of professional players. It took many years and a number of boycotts for the players to get control of their own sport. Chess and tennis are both (mainly) individual competitions and are both international, yet FIDE seems more like FIFA than like the ATP.
It's important to recognize actual doctors, scientists, etc. and the need for them to be involved in important decisions. Here is another contemporary story about health and entertainment:
abcnews.go.com/US/las-vegas-mayor-slammed-suggesting-workers-covid-19/story?id=70306241
From this article (mayor Goodman speaks correctly, but that really isn't the point):
But on Wednesday night, Goodman prompted additional backlash by telling CNN's Anderson Cooper that she floated the idea of Las Vegas workers becoming a "control group" in an experiment to determine the effectiveness of social distancing measures. As of Thursday, more than 4,200 people in Nevada had been infected with COVID-19, and 189 had died.
"How do you know until you've had a control group?" Goodman said to Cooper. "I offered to be a control group, and I was told by our statistician that you can't do that because people from all parts of Southern Nevada come in to work in the city. And I said, 'Oh, that's too bad because I know that when you have a disease, you have a placebo that gets them water and the sugar, and then you get those that actually get the shot. We would love to be that placebo side so you have something to measure against.'"
The statement set off a flurry of angry responses from labor unions, casino owners and local politicians.
abcnews.go.com/US/las-vegas-mayor-slammed-suggesting-workers-covid-19/story?id=70306241
From this article (mayor Goodman speaks correctly, but that really isn't the point):
But on Wednesday night, Goodman prompted additional backlash by telling CNN's Anderson Cooper that she floated the idea of Las Vegas workers becoming a "control group" in an experiment to determine the effectiveness of social distancing measures. As of Thursday, more than 4,200 people in Nevada had been infected with COVID-19, and 189 had died.
"How do you know until you've had a control group?" Goodman said to Cooper. "I offered to be a control group, and I was told by our statistician that you can't do that because people from all parts of Southern Nevada come in to work in the city. And I said, 'Oh, that's too bad because I know that when you have a disease, you have a placebo that gets them water and the sugar, and then you get those that actually get the shot. We would love to be that placebo side so you have something to measure against.'"
The statement set off a flurry of angry responses from labor unions, casino owners and local politicians.
Can someone rephrase the idea in this paragraph :
"The tournament going ahead was a clear mistake, and the opening ceremony was unforgivable. There is no clear ownership of those decisions, so it can only be assumed they were uniformly FIDE’s senior board members’ decisions. The only clear ownership of a decision came from Dvorkovich - alone in putting his name against postponing the tournament. Undoubtedly, this was a difficult and mature decision, but the correct one. Credit should be given for him sticking his head above the parapet when the majority of the senior board appeared craven at a whiff of responsibility. '
So the opening ceremony was bad, but it was the correct decision of Dvorkovich to put his name against postponing the tournament, which means he was right in saying it should go ahead? I don't understand what the paragraph is arguing for/against.
"The tournament going ahead was a clear mistake, and the opening ceremony was unforgivable. There is no clear ownership of those decisions, so it can only be assumed they were uniformly FIDE’s senior board members’ decisions. The only clear ownership of a decision came from Dvorkovich - alone in putting his name against postponing the tournament. Undoubtedly, this was a difficult and mature decision, but the correct one. Credit should be given for him sticking his head above the parapet when the majority of the senior board appeared craven at a whiff of responsibility. '
So the opening ceremony was bad, but it was the correct decision of Dvorkovich to put his name against postponing the tournament, which means he was right in saying it should go ahead? I don't understand what the paragraph is arguing for/against.
I agree that there is something confusing about that paragraph. Perhaps the author will clarify.
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It credits Dvorkovich for not hiding behind a level of anonymity when stating his opinion. The finishing expression suggests both that this is unusual for FIDE board, and that he opens himself up to fire by doing so (whereas he could have avoided fire by remaining anonymous).
Explicitly, it is praise. Implicitly, I can read "FIDE senior board decision proceedings are opaque" and "any formal complaints need to have name to address too, which means anonimity removes oversight".
Explicitly, it is praise. Implicitly, I can read "FIDE senior board decision proceedings are opaque" and "any formal complaints need to have name to address too, which means anonimity removes oversight".
In the end, everyone had a decision to make. They could join like MVL did or they could leave like Radjabov did. Both guys did what they wanted to do. If either regrets their decision, it's on them not us or any president savior.
Those "preservists" out there also have a choice. How many paintings will you protect in a museum before realizing a fire is a fire is a fire is a fire. If paintings go up in smoke or someone steals a painting, will you apply anthropomorphism to these "creations" and cry because they are going extinct?
What I am trying to get at is those games played so far MEAN NOTHING. They wouldn't have meant anything had Radjabov participated either. Someone made the arbitrary decision to include a Swiss tournament winner and not have the two highest rated players as before. So what exactly are you preserving by keeping these 7 already played rounds preservists out there?
It's like finding out about the latest fad and then later relabeling it a "limited edition" because it never caught on.
Any of these 10 players (candidates qualifiers and Carlsen and MVL) can play each other at any time. With the Coronavirus it makes it even more plausible. Instead, what are they doing? Playing rapid fast chess online for money and entertainment. My angst is with people like this. They are using Twitch, forcing you to subscribe and dish out money.
These GMs and other sites are looking for ways to cash in and be businessmen rather than chess players.
If they wanted, they could set up classical matches online. But will they? Until they do, they are NO better than Dvorkovich.
But as long as you tune in, you will still see Daniel King be the shill for Carlsen on ads for the chessables site he didn't even create. Sorry for the harsh words, but this is the reality of it all.
I challenge any of you 10 GMs (Carlsen, Caruana, Liren, Nepo, MVL, Radjabov, Hao, Alekseenko, Grischuk, and Giri) to have the courage to come out and play classical online just as you would have at the candidates or a WCC match. Or is it just money you are after?
youtu.be/dWqmdlJQVFg
Those "preservists" out there also have a choice. How many paintings will you protect in a museum before realizing a fire is a fire is a fire is a fire. If paintings go up in smoke or someone steals a painting, will you apply anthropomorphism to these "creations" and cry because they are going extinct?
What I am trying to get at is those games played so far MEAN NOTHING. They wouldn't have meant anything had Radjabov participated either. Someone made the arbitrary decision to include a Swiss tournament winner and not have the two highest rated players as before. So what exactly are you preserving by keeping these 7 already played rounds preservists out there?
It's like finding out about the latest fad and then later relabeling it a "limited edition" because it never caught on.
Any of these 10 players (candidates qualifiers and Carlsen and MVL) can play each other at any time. With the Coronavirus it makes it even more plausible. Instead, what are they doing? Playing rapid fast chess online for money and entertainment. My angst is with people like this. They are using Twitch, forcing you to subscribe and dish out money.
These GMs and other sites are looking for ways to cash in and be businessmen rather than chess players.
If they wanted, they could set up classical matches online. But will they? Until they do, they are NO better than Dvorkovich.
But as long as you tune in, you will still see Daniel King be the shill for Carlsen on ads for the chessables site he didn't even create. Sorry for the harsh words, but this is the reality of it all.
I challenge any of you 10 GMs (Carlsen, Caruana, Liren, Nepo, MVL, Radjabov, Hao, Alekseenko, Grischuk, and Giri) to have the courage to come out and play classical online just as you would have at the candidates or a WCC match. Or is it just money you are after?
youtu.be/dWqmdlJQVFg
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