http://www.metafilter.com/tags/EinsteinTV Posts tagged with 'EinsteinTV' at MetaFilter. Tue, 30 Apr 2002 15:27:42 -0800 Tue, 30 Apr 2002 15:27:42 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/16772/ It looks like that the British network <a href="http://www.einstein-group.tv/index.htm">einstein.tv</a> and the <a href="http://www.einstein-group.tv/index.htm">FIDE</a> may open negotiations this month for a reunified world chess championship. The championship was split in 1993 when Garry Kasparov left the FIDE to start his own failed league. Kasparov claims the world championship left with him, while the FIDE claims he abdicated by refusing to play nice with others. Kasparov lost the championship last year to Kramnik. Einstein.TV is <a href="http://www.einstein-group.tv/ceo_newsletter/april2002.htm"> milking the publicity</a> while the FIDE says <a href="http://www.fide.com/cgi-bin/material/material.pl?detail=yes&id_material=509616122"> we are meeting but no comment.</a> Wood pushers like me are probably better off leaving the politics to the people who can't stand each other and sticking to the <a href="http://chessclub.com">internet chessclub</a>, the <a href="http://www.freechess.org">free chess servers</a> or simply <a href="http://iecg.org">email chess.</a> tag:metafilter.com,2002:site.16772 Tue, 30 Apr 2002 15:27:42 -0800 brokenlink championship chess EinsteinTV FIDE GaryKasparov Kasparov television tournament TV UK KirkJobSluder