Whats happened to the World Cup Tournaments in Shenyang?
Two magnificent World Cup events held in Shenyang last year promised to lay foundation for a new tradition of top-class competition in China and yet had no sequel in 2001. What’s happened to the political patrons of the tournament? The article below published by “China Daily” (June 16) may well shed light upon this enigmatic issue. While expressing our full appreciation and support to the loadable efforts of the Chinese Central Discipline Commission in its noble fight against corruption among high Communist Party officials we can’t but lament the disastrous effect it had on the international chess calendar. A fascinating coincidence: the Braingames Network godfathers are currently under investigation in Great Britain for their supposed money laundering in London disguised as a chess match between Kasparov and Kramnik called “BGN World Chess Championship” (after having been denounced by a brave former employee Suzanne Martin); their chum Luis Rentero runs a similar fate in Spain in “El
