[chessmind] Dennis Monokroussos: Topalov in the New World Championship Cycle

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Posted by Dennis Monokroussos:
Topalov in the New World Championship Cycle
http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1182706059.shtml


   The latest diktat from FIDE includes Veselin Topalov in the next world
   championship cycle, as follows. If Kramnik wins in Mexico City, then
   Topalov will have a rematch with him next year. (This is the same
   scenario as before.) The new twist is this: if Kramnik does not win in
   Mexico City, then in 2008 Topalov will play an 8-game match with the
   winner of this December's FIDE World Cup. The winner of that match, in
   turn, would then play a 12-game match with the world champ. (You can
   find all the grisly details [1]here.)
   This, it seems to me, is unjust. I do think Topalov deserves a place
   in the cycle, but this makes things too easy for Topalov. The simplest
   solution, it seems to me, is to replace Kramnik with Topalov in Mexico
   City, and have the winner face Kramnik next year. That's what FIDE is
   going to do in the long run anyway, so why not start now? The Mexico
   City organizers would be unhappy that their event is no longer the
   world championship, but they could be compensated - perhaps by having
   the Kramnik-Mexico City 2007 winner world championship match there in
   2008.

References

   1. http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=3948