ChessBase 17 - Megapaket - Edition 2024
ChessBase ist die persönliche Schach-Datenbank, die weltweit zum Standard geworden ist. Und zwar für alle, die Spaß am Schach haben und auch in Zukunft erfolgreich mitspielen wollen. Das gilt für den Weltmeister ebenso wie für den Vereinsspieler oder den Schachfreund von nebenan
This is a response to the Open Letter from GM Erik van den Doel concerning the European Individual Championships 2007 in Dresden published on the TWIC Site and elsewhere.
His complaint
is about the cost and quality of food in the IBIS Hotel. He does not mention
the fact that this was the most successful ever European Championship with the
highest ever prize fund of 250,000 Euros which was played in excellent
conditions but chess organisers are, of course, used to hearing only negative
comments from some quarters.
He alleges that the ECU received the money for the hotel accommodation, infers
that ECU received a commission from these payments and negotiated with the
hotels a low standard of meals. None of this is true nor were these
allegations raised with me whilst in Dresden which I would have thought would
be an elementary courtesy before publishing an Open Letter attacking the ECU.
The facts are:
1. There was no
stipulation that players had to stay in any designated hotel. They were free
to choose and to make their own arrangements direct with any hotel of which
there are many in Dresden with a wide range of prices.
2. The Organising Committee (of which the ECU is not part - we only sanction
the event) negotiated deals with hotels which players could either take up or
not as they wished.
3. No payments for hotel accommodation were made through the ECU nor did the
ECU receive any commission.
A retraction by Erik would be appreciated.
Boris Kutin
President ECU"
