If the above article isn’t reason enough to go back to the old
style world championship process, I don’t know what is. We need to go
back to the zonal tournaments, interzonal tournaments, and candidate matches
culminating into the World Championship Match.
I’ve already addressed the problems
with the FIDE Knockout World Championship. FIDE should break up
and open up this process so that more sponsors can bid.
Spread this
process and the cost over time and geography.
Spread the chess love around.
Allow cities or countries with up and coming chess talent to host a
part of this process. Allow
the local people to root for their homeboys and homegirls and see some of the
international chess stars.
A
good World Championship process is like a fine
wine; let more people take a sip. Spreading the process over time and
geography will bring more young fans and media coverage into this great
game. In the long run, more
money will be raised for these events. FIDE, break the process up. Open it
up. Make the process more
affordable for sponsors around the world. Showcase your great talent
around the world. A properly run World Championship process is the Crown
Jewel of Chess. The process needs to enrich the players, promote the game around the world,
introduce new fans to this great
game, and finally to find a worthy
proud World Champion.
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