Koninklijke Nederlandse SchaakbondTo FIDE Secretariat Attn. Mr. K. Iljumzhinov, President PO Box 166 1000 Lausanne 4 Zwitserland
Time control 00/Wzdiv/0014/Hha/pv Januari 8, 2001
Dear Mr. President,
On 26 December 2000 in Tehran the Presidential Board took a decision on the time control with effect from 1 January 2001. The new time control to be used in all FIDE events and inter- national tile tournaments will be 40 moves in 75 minutes, 15 minutes for the remainder of the game, with an increment of 30 second per move from move 1.
This decision was taken in line with the decision of the FIDE General Assembly in Istanbul and based on the consensus of opinions of the overwhelming majority of top players at the Worlds Championship in New Delhi, the Board writes in its statement.
This subject however was not discussed in Istanbul by the General Assembly. There was a suggestion made by GM A. Shirov to use a time control of 40 minutes per player in one game plus 30 seconds per move. This was supported by GM E. Torre. Accep- ting this suggestion would mean that rapid chess would become the official form of chess.
The Executive Board directed that the views expressed by the various proponents on the time control should made available to all the players at the Olympiad for their opinion after which the matter could be addressed at the Presidential Board mee- ting.
These plans were not made available to the players at the Olympiad, but instead there was an inquiry on this subject during the World Championship. As we understood the players were asked if they would favour a faster time control system than the current one. They were not asked for their opinion of a specific form of time control.
By accepting the time control decided upon in Tehran it is not possible to gain titles in FIDE events or in international title tournaments. In the FIDE Rating regulations (art. 1.3) it is stated: For games to count for title applications a six hours session is required at least. This can only be altered by the General Assembly upon recommendation of the Qualification Commission. Such a change will come into effect on 1st July of the year following the decision by General Assembly.
According to the FIDE Statutes nor the Executive Board (art. 4.1), nor the Presidential Board (art. 7.1) may take this decision.
The Board of the Royal Dutch Chess Federation does not agree with the decision of the Presidential Board to change the time control in this way. There has been no investigation of the results of this measure and even reasons to do this are not outlined. The proper procedures of FIDE are not followed, the official commissions of FIDE were not consulted. The new time control is contrary to other rules valid in FIDE.
Such a far reaching change, which effects the core and the level of the game of chess, can only be taken by the General Assembly after a fundamental discussion on the future of chess.
Our Board therefor asks you to withdraw the decision on the new time control immediately and to put the proposal on the agenda of the next General Assembly.
Yours sincerely,
ROYAL DURCH CHESS FEDERATION
(signed) H.H. Hamers
President------------
8/2-2001 - tr
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