G-STAR organizes RAW World Chess Challenge
On September 10th, 2010, G-Star travels to the Cooper Square Hotel in New York City to host a global chess competition: The RAW World Chess Challenge. Everyone in the world is invited to play Magnus Carlsen, the no. 1 player in the world, together at once, live on the internet.
Three grandmasters (Judit Polgar, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, and Hikaru Nakamura) will suggest a move each to the registered public. The public can vote online for their favourite move to be played against Magnus.
Although Magnus currently is the no.1 ranked chess player (the youngest ever), he is not the World Champion. For the past decade, the system of qualifying for the World Chess Championship has been a bit unclear and not very predictable.
The RAW World Chess Challenge is offering Magnus the opportunity to prove that he truly is the world’s best chess player… but only if he can beat the entire world first!
Official website: http://rwcc.g-star.com/en/#/en-gb/rawchess
How does this work?
Everybody that signs up to play gets to vote for the move of their choice, the move that gets the most votes is the one played against Magnus. I remember Kasparov did this a few years ago, and won (playing a Bb5 Sicilian as White).