Our friends from ChessBase just published a follow up article about the Nigel Short accusation against Topalov on DNA Sport. ChessBase also published a number of comments from their readers regarding their decision to publish the interview with GM Nigel Short and the article by IM Martin Breutigam in the Süddeutsche Zeitung publication. Some of the readers supported the decision of ChessBase to published these articles and some let ChessBase have it.
Here are two samples:
GM Jonathan Rowson, London, UK
“I am disappointed that Chessbase decided to publish the English translation of Brentigam’s article. I felt the behaviour of Topalov and Danailov in the WCC match with Kramnik was outrageous, but this sort of article does nothing to ease whatever damage was done. As far as I could make out from Brentigam’s observations, there was a lot of selective circumstantial observations about Danailov’s movements, but nothing even approaching concrete evidence…”
Bernd Schuller, Jülich, Germany
“If it is true that “over the past year and a quarter (since the World Championship in San Luis) [you] have received a number of letters and articles on the same subject, mainly from players and grandmasters”, it would be your duty to publish a sort of “summary” of these letters, even if not citing the sources. If Topalov/Danailov have really cheated, it is a MUST to make it public…”
Whether you agree or disagree with the decision by ChessBase, you have to give them credit for published the feedback, even the unpleasant ones. I am an avid reader of ChessBase and I believe that ChessBase is a premier chess website.
Here is the link to the latest ChessBase article.
oooppssss… I posted in the don king article, but Topa’s site told directly chessbase that they are wrong. It is the first one in veselintopalov.net
Too much nochess in chess.
P.
If Chessbase is going to be a good news source then it must report the news.
It is rediculous to criticize Chessbase for publishing the news.
Chessbase should be “responsible” in the way they deliver the news. Otherwise they will quickly lose their status of a credible source. Just reprinting other people’s nonsense and yelling ‘Fire’ in a crowded theater with their “sinister” remark was not professional. They know it.
To their credit, they reacted. To Nigel’s credit, he reacted too. This will not change their attitude towards Topalov on the long run, I’m sure, but it preserves some of their credibility.
D.
P.S. I love how the same anonymous troll can be recognized by his spelling peculiarities…
D, I was about to mention this too. This rEdiculous guy is really annoying.
Gnom