Dear World Chess Federation Family!
Here is my answer to Mr.Leo Batesti with an open letter published yesterday in Chessbase.
I would like to draw special attention of small and poor federations to this article.
Regards,
Ali Nihat YAZICI
One World. One Vision.
Dear Friends,
I should like to draw your attention to an article published yesterday (26 May 2010) in Chessbase written by Mr. Leo Battesti, French Federation´s Vice President named “An Inglorious Inventory”.
Under the paragraph “An Internal Pseudo Democracy” and specifically when he says: “Confronted by this problem, some federations would like to require a minimum number of members and clubs to distinguish a full Member Federation from an Associated one”, he attacks again the system of “one Federation one vote” to qualify FIDE members in First and Second Class ones.
It is not necessary to say that this spirit is totally against small Federations and aims to the control of FIDE by a bunch of strong Federations. It is clear aim of oligarchy or plutocracy.
The same was risen in the past, the last one when it was said the why Bermuda should have the same weight than China.
It is not the first time that we read this and will not be the last. I strongly reject this idea which is a real menace to most of the FIDE´s Federations.
I also think that this kind of information is spite of how insulting it is, will clarify the ideas that are in the backyard in this FIDE Presidential campaign.
His figures are all wrong. It is written under the title of eye-opening statistics, although all of them with blinkers! He says there are 143 members when there are 170. Imagine a campaign member, who does not have any idea about the number of federations, he wants vote. He also bases all his statistics on the FIDE ratings list – a typically narrow-minded approach.
Many large Federations (U.S.A., China, England rarely FIDE rate their tournaments). Mr.Batesti says that only French youth championships organised with more than 1000 players.
Dear Leo,
I invite you to Turkey in February 2011. You may see what we are doing here.
Of course they aim to amend voting rights as they fail to understand that FIDE is a body made up of National Federations. What they wanting to do is the same as giving wealthy people more votes than poor people in a democracy. It is pity that those people in campaign looking to world with blinkers without seeing panorama!
When asked by smaller nations, they deny that smaller nations would lose their vote. However Karpov is on record as saying that they will change the decision making process, but as decisions are made on the basis of One Federation, One Vote, their denial is not believable.
Indeed whatever they promise in their campaign they aim reverse.
I understand the students of Karpov are not very well trained with realities. So they will fail democracy exam in Khanty-Mansysk, the jury will be 170 members of FIDE!! Now do you start to understand me why I am with Kirsan?
Gens Una Sumus means ‘We are a family!’ This family – FIDE – does have small, big, weak, strong, poor, rich members. All they are equal for us!
We want democracy! We hate Oligarchy and Plutocracy!
One World. One Vision: http://www.onefide.com