Enter Your Reply The Comment You're Replying To Roberto Lavieri wrote on Sat, May 15, 2004 12:21 AM UTC:I think Larry is not far from the truth, probably this game has reached its peak. But it is not easy that changes come soon, and FIDE-Chess is going to continue dominating the scene for an undetermined amount of time, it is a well stablished game and there are many interests of any kind around it, in fact, the decision of a World Championship in Lybia seems to obbey more to monetary interests than other considerations, this is my particular opinion, and perhaps it does not differ than other many opinions around the world. FIDE is in controversy, the Association of Chess proffesionals is gaining prestige, but the game itself is going quickly to a saturation stage, a player reaches high ELO´s in base to a frightening expertise gained through years of exclusive dedication and the knowledge of the incredible extense theory developed for this game. I think human beings are very close to dominate enterely this game, it is seen in the matches played against strong computer opponents that only use brut force and play the game in a discutible honest manner, because the programs have access to wide databases of openings, ends and games played through all the history, nevertheless the highest ranked players can beat many of these programs many times. It is the need of renovations and variants, but I repeat, it is not easy, new things must fight against very powerful interests. Edit Form You may not post a new comment, because ItemID FIDE Champions does not match any item.