Gens Sumus ... Just Like this one at least, so says the International Federation, who has regularly included this short Latin motto in its logo to emphasize the universality of chess and community people gather around to essi.Bello true? Too bad that things did not always go well, either because at high levels even economic interests are often relevant, either because the reasons of professionalism and business that is intrinsically connected (I'm always thinking to the upper echelons of chess) inevitably lead to inevitable conflicts and divisions. It 's also the case to stress how things are in some ways even better than in the past when the Cold War and geopolitical interests of the USSR and the U.S. (for the match of 1972 was also bothered some Henry Kissinger, ie the maximum expert in international politics since World War II forward!) made sure that the national federations and chess players do not always behave exactly as brothers.
Oh well, things that happen even in the best families, and especially things that are past and move well above our heads, perhaps then we might be led to believe that the level of the lack of basic factual financial interest would return to that inner space that goodness of man (according to some, but not, of course, in our opinion) would govern the behavior and choices of all of us.
Well ... nothing wrong !!!!! The truth, the sad and sordid truth, is anything but standard: how many times have we seen a good crack circle of players and strong players swollen? How many times have we seen clubs make war, now much less cold now, for reasons at the end of the lowest account?
As I wrote in other operations, divisions, quarrels, jealousies and pettiness of the other things that are kind man by nature tends to carry around and the man who plays chess is no exception, and this is why which will see more in events like this, often at the risk of losing the street the facts and reasons behind all this.
Yeah, this is the reason ... I think the worst: Kasparov and Karpov have become a fierce war for the world title, but also a lot of money that somehow justify their being professionals . It 'clear, understandable and eventually also rational, given that one or not get their hands on the famous big money difference is his bitch! But ... here, how about envy in some circles that develop between people who generally are not professionals, in tournaments to scrape up a few Euros and are always desperate for helium lost? Here, so sorry, but the slut above difference does not really see ... so what? And then, having witnessed in the years to Barney Lucca or Florence, to absurd rivalry between clubs and between players, I can only think that maybe really FIDE is right: a Sumus gens, we are really one big family, but with a lot of relatives snakes!
One thing, though , Not'll never know what is the point in using the custom in certain circles to organize tournaments and RAPID to send invitations and invitation only "friends of friends"?? They may fear that signs up who is not welcomed? Or maybe the problem lies in the need to ensure that the first prize (usually a shoulder or a seasoned salami) fall into the wrong hands ????? You might as well write it on the notice: "Torneuccio de 'Noantri ..." but you know: chess players have not irony!
