Author: Albert Silver
Date: 14:35:50 09/17/02
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On September 17, 2002 at 16:23:28, pavel wrote:
>On September 17, 2002 at 15:53:53, Omid David wrote:
>
>>On September 17, 2002 at 15:43:14, David Dory wrote:
>>
>>>On September 17, 2002 at 15:15:41, Terry McCracken wrote:
>>>
>>>>http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=512
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>...Sigh...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Terry
>>>This is good news. Having this event scheduled to start (originally), just ONE
>>>day before the Bahrain event was quite cheeky, IMO.
>>>
>>>Rather detracts one from the other when they run simultaneously.
>>>
>>>David
>>
>>But what was the "true" reason behind its postponement?
>
>
>Most likely, the above explanation was the true reason.
>When you have 2 big event running simultaneously, the sponsers of the
>tournaments won't get as much coverage as they would have otherwise expected to
>have.
>Most likely both organizers of the tournament discussed the matter like grown
>ups and decided to have it at differant times.
>Since fritz-Kramnik was announced first, the other party decided to change their
>dates.
>
>pavs
The reason given was that they didn't have enough time to organize the event
properly. On the other hand, I hear that Fritz-Kramnik may be postponed due to
excessive organization time. The rented hall has been reserved and locked up for
so long that fungus has grown in diverse areas and the hall needs to be properly
cleaned.
Albert
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