Author: Amir Ban
Date: 12:46:43 04/22/01
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On April 22, 2001 at 12:26:25, Stefan Meyer-Kahlen wrote: > >I have received from the ICCA President David Levy a copy of an open letter >concerning the Kramnik match. I agree with all the points of his proposal and I >agree to participate in a qualifying match for the right to play Kramnik >according to the terms of the ICCA. Below you will find a copy of this open >letter. > >Best regards > Stefan Meyer-Kahlen, author of Shredder > The question is: Why aren't you playing ? As David Levy has stated in his letter quite convincingly, all your problems that were posted here were solved, except for two (short notice and division of match prize). I will get to those issues later. He goes on, quite illogically, to propose something that you didn't even ask for. If this was an attempt at mediation, it was unique in proposing a solution that is more extreme than asked by one of the sides. Anyway I talked to Enrique and he says this is quite impractical now, as there are agreements already signed with Kramnik, contactual deadlines for starting, etc. Regarding match prize: I propose that David Levy will use his standing as ICCA president and his skills as negotiator to get us better terms. We did our part by saving you $5000 (unless you win), and by limiting the quite serious expenses that, if you read the original agreement carefully, the challenger was committed to (it has already been noted here that we are driven by greed!). Regarding short notice: It is short notice. All of us have to fall on existing proven versions. I have one. Frans has one. You have one. No one has time to finish developing anything. And after all, your claim for participation rests on a version from '99, or 2000 at the latest. As Enrique wrote here, you have been reinvited under the terms you wanted, till tomorrow, in which case the qualification will start Thursday. Quite feasible logistically, and if logistics is the problem, say so and maybe something can be arranged. Amir
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