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Players beware of
bogus tournaments
By Arvind Aaron
The second edition of the Gedeon Barcza Memorial had a strange
finish as the tournament was stopped after one round at Budapest
in Hungary. It was to have run from April 6-17 as a Category 13
with India's G.N. Gopal competing.
G.N. Gopal of Aluva, Kerala made a draw with higher rated Zoltan
Almasi of Hungary in the opening round with the white pieces.
The 12-player event was called off after the organiser Gabor
Palo ran out of money to pay for the hotel of the players or the
players.
According to various Internet chess sources, players had to
leave after living in the hotel for two days. They had to leave
by making fresh booking of flights. Blame it on recession or
not, players are going to sing the song "show me the money"
before signing or visiting such tournaments in future.
So, Players beware of
such tournament organizers and make sure that the tournament
has the approval of the National Chess Federation of that
Country / FIDE before you participate in any tournament.
Home Published on April 14th, 2009
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