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Welcome Faculty Member
The ARC partners with the entire Ringling College community to ensure optimal development of academic skills and complete access to Ringling programs--academic and co-curricular for every Ringling College student.
ANY Ringling student can make an appointment to work on writing, reading and study or time management. Student and professional writing consultants (tutors) help with written compositions of all kinds. A reading and study skills specialist helps students maximize comprehension and study for tests. Professional staff also work with students on time management.
A student tutor is available to supplement classroom instruction in the basics of most of the software used creatively on campus. And our most recent addition--a perspective tutor for first year media students--began work four hours per week in fall 2011.
The ARC director is responsible for all ADA and Section 504 disabilities accommodations, and many of those accommodations are provided through the ARC's facilities and staff.
We can't do any of that without your help. Your encouragement and referrals--even, in some cases, your requirement that students come, gets them to our doors. Part of the college experience should be discovering when, where and how to seeks help when you need it. ARC support allows students to take full advantage of the wonderful instructional environment that surrounds them. We hope you will urge your students to take advantage of our services when it's appropriate. One simple way to accomplish that is to offer a point or two of "extra" credit to students who consult the ARC. We'll be glad to discuss other ways to promote use of the ARC.
We invite you to communicate with us. Keep us informed about what you are assigning (especially if it includes reading, writing and / or test-taking) and how we may be able to help. Let us know if students ask you to make adjustments because of a disability we have not verified. Have a reading specialist or writing consultant visit your class and explain the value of the services the provide--as well as how easily those services are available.
On your syllabus you MUST include the statement about disabilities services. A copy of that statement can be downloaded below. A referral form for the ARC and the library instructional services is posted in several places on this site. Students who come for writing consultation will receive "receipts" that detail the aspects of composition discussed in the session. Should you ever feel that a consultation missed key aspects of your assignment or failed to address serious errors, please let us know right away.
Faculty Guide to Serving Students with Disabilities
A comprehensive review of all aspects of disabilities services at Ringling College of Art + Design, including Ringling College policies and procedures, pertinent federal statutes as they apply to college and suggestions for helping students with various kinds of disabilities learn as much as possible in your classes.
If you give tests in your class, this guide tells you how the ARC will work with you to ensure that all students with disabilities that affect test-taking receive the appropriate testing accommodations. It also explains the ARC's role in make-up testing--including the limits of our availability.
This statement, also available in the Faculty Guide and on the Syllabus Template, MUST appear in all Ringling College of Art + Design Syllabi
Use this form to recommend or require individual students to seek any kind of learning support at the Academic Resource Center or the Library.
Autism and Asperger's Site and Video
In the last few years, numbers of students with conditions on the autism spectrum have increased on college campuses, including Ringling College. Such students present different kinds of disabilities challenges both in and out of the classroom. Teachers and staff need to understand the strengths and weaknesses that characterize the diagnoses. This link takes you to a web site with information and a short film about college students with autism or Asperger's syndrome and their challenges--and triumphs--in the college setting.


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Gas Pains
Tom grew up in Milwaukee, bartended in Wauwatosa in the '70s and moved here in 1984.
Commentary, observations and musings about the outdoors, life in general and maybe Tosa politics and personalities will be the order of the day. He savors a lively debate as much as terrific cooking.
Making Ends Meet - Updated To Include Disclaimer
*BIG PUBLIC NOTICE - I am informed that the Mothership is receiving 'salvos' of feedback from several places that either believe this blog post is real or are not finding the humor in it. Therefore, in the interest ot avoiding any public unrest I've been asked to disclose that this is satire and an April Fools prank.
Can't anybody take a joke anymore?
Friday Morning Ear Worm
Bang on the pipe.
Cha, cha, cha....
Meet Frank
The Door County Fish Farm and Game Club does much to promote the rich heritage of hunting, fishing and trapping on the peninsula. For instance, last weekend I walked to the other side of the road to congratulate a youngster who had traversed the field with a big old gobbler slung over his shoulder. I heard the single report of a shotgun only thirty minutes earlier. The answer to the Ford pick-up materializing on the shoulder of the road before sunrise was revealed. He had been hunting with an adult mentor during Wisconsin's youth hunt.
And he had a smile on his face a mile wide.
Friday Morning Music
I'm off crooning the turkey love call while trying to bag this year's Thanksgiving Day wild, free-range, organically-grown and incredibly wiley, wild turkey.
The music is on schedule.
Talking Turkey
It's been an interesting spring turkey hunt for sure.
Day One - Thursday, April 12
Going to the Dogs
It has been an interesting six months in my household.
Girlfriend became gravely ill with an auto-immune disorder immediately before last November's annual South Dakota pheasant hunt and male bondage weekend. What followed was a stint in canine ICU. For a short spell her survival was very much touch and go. Months of treatment with steroids followed.
Friday Morning Bert Kaempfert
It's the start of the weekend people.
When I was growing-up there was a thick selection of Bert Kaempfert albums in the file by the Hi-Fi.
The Garden Chronicles
A couple-plus weeks ago I planted peas, spinach, beets and radishes. After basking in the glow of any number of 60-70 degree days I was gloriously optimistic about 2012 vegetable gardening.
Maybe too optimistic. Since then there has been cold and snow mixed with pelting cold sleet and rains and a few sultry and teasingly summer-like days.
Friday Morning Music
It's the start of the weekend people and time to put on your dancing shoes and get funky with this set by New Order...
Frank The Pheasant
Just a bit more than a couple of weeks ago I introduced you to our resident pheasant - Frank.
Since then a few of you have inquired about whether or not he's still around.

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You know I love moldings. I also love the look of panels, that's why I decided to give a plain bathtub a dressed up treatment.
For many years this is what I have seen every day (picture below), this is my kids bath, but my bathroom is nothing different!
The way I wanted to build it required the use of a router, and guess what?!
I just clamped the pieces of wood to the table.... no measuring......no aligning..... just holding the machine with both hands ... and ... there I went!!! Well the first two inches didn't look that pretty but after that ... beauty! :)
This is the tip I used:
Here you can see the proof.
After routing the long pieces, they were cut to the dimensions I needed.
Now, this is a kind of project were a Kreg Jig is fundamental to put it together.
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The rabbeted pieces kept the plywood panels in place and flush with the rest of the boards.
To finish up the panels a small molding was added around each one of them, this is the profile of the one I used:
A coat of primer was applied and then all the gaps were filled. Sanding and cleaning pretty well afterwards.
Finally, paint was applied, again the same brown I used to paint my kitchen Island and Vanity.
With the panel cover ready it was now time to put it in place.
I took off that piece of plastic molding or strip? (I don't even know what's the name for that ugly thing!), at the bottom of the tub, cleaned the area pretty well, and began applying the Liquid Nails.
The adhesive caulk was then applied to seal the seams all around the panel.
and ta da!! here is the new bathtub!
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The Japanese Language and Culture Study Program in Summer 2013 is a 2-week study program at Wakayama University. Students selected to participate in this program will receive a scholarship that will cover round-trip airfare, housing, most daily meals, program related field trips, 3-day world heritage sites excursion, cultural demonstrations, overnight home-stay, exchange activities with Wakayama University students, etc. Cost to the student will be $700 (that includes a $200 non-refundable deposit) payable to UWF, tuition for 6 semester hours, textbooks, personal expenses like entertainment, incidentals, and 4-5 meals in Japan and meals when traveling to/from Japan. UWF full-time students with a GPA of 2.7 or above and those who have completed JPN II by the end of spring semester 2013 or those who have the proficiency level equivalent to JPN II are eligible to participate. Students are required to register for JPN 2990 and ANT 2990 (Summer Term D). Course information and application details are included in the program announcement. The deadline to submit a complete application is Thursday, May 2, 2013. See the application form for details
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Queen for a Day Crown
Our Once Upon a Time Stack is perfect for highlighting the adventures in your kingdom. These prints are ideal for any type of project—use them to create scrapbooking pages, cards, or in this case—crown your mom "Queen for a day"!
Designed by Kathy Dobson, courtesy of DCWV®.
Material List
- DCWV® Paper Pad, 12"x12" – The Once Upon a Time Stack™
- Sheer Ribbon, 5/8" – Ivory
- Brads
- Craft Punch – Flower
- Recollections™ Adhesive Rhinestone Stickers – Clear
- Recollections™ Stickers, Alpha – Black
- Scrapbook Paper, Small – Vellum (Optional)
- Recollections™ Tape Runner
- Ink Pad – Color of Choice
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Print and cut out the crown template below. Trace the main section onto the back of your desired paper from paper pad; cut out.
Turn the crown over so the print is facing up and ink around the edges of your crown.
Using your craft punch (or the flower template from above), punch out nine different flowers. Turn them all over and lay them face down in front of you. Lightly brush a very small amount of water on to the back of each one. Let them dry for approximately 20-30 seconds and fold them in tight. Set aside to dry completely.
While your flowers are drying, cut and center a 9" strip of rhinestones across the bottom (straight edge) of your crown, 1/8" up from the bottom.
Once your flowers are dry, ink the edges of each flower as desired. Open each one up to give desired look. Layer three flowers together (for a total of three sets) and stick a brad through the center of each set. Adhere as desired to the front of your crown with glue dots.
Cut two pieces of ribbon, 24" each. Punch a hole on each side (approximately ½" in from the edge) and attach a piece of ribbon on each side of the crown.
Finish off the front of the crown by embellishing as desired with vellum sayings, monogram letters and additional rhinestones.


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It's been hard times in Beijing for those who feel the cold, as it emerged this week that the nation's heating is only switched on centrally by the government today. It's interesting that just as many in this country are arguing for greater state control over such electrical consumption as domestic heating, the highest polluting nation shows the inability of central state-driven controls to cope with the real world.
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For women with uncomplicated pregnancies flying is problem free. Nevertheless we recommend that pregnant women talk to their doctor in advance about their forthcoming flight.
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Okay, so this is my 3rd baby.. (finally a boy..YAY!)
I was not successful breastfeeding my first baby. My nipples are not perky whatsoever and areola's are huge. I gave up after only a week or so. I pumped for about 2 months with my second baby... still didn't nurse directly on the breast becaues the latch on was so painful due to my huge flat nipples. I REALLY want to breastfeed my son (Due in May) and not pump like before.... it was soooo time consuming and I really want that bonding time. ANY SUGGESTIONS ON HOW TO MAKE THIS WORK?
I've never posted on this before, but I had to reply because I feel your pain! I too wanted desperately to breastfeed my children. I also have very flat nipples, and the pain of my baby latching on is worse than anything I have experienced. (I've had two C-sections.) I have felt emense guilt about not breastfeeding, and have pumped for as long as I could stand it with my two children. (This is also very painful for me, and I have a medela pump in style 300 hundred dollar pump!) Anyways, my advice to you and what really helped me is this: breastfeeding is only bonding if you are enjoying it. If you are holding your baby and going crazy, they can sense that and that is NOT bonding. I hope that you will give it as much of a shot as you can stand so that you will not have any regrets, but don't feel guilty if you have to stop. Feeding your baby should be a happy experience, and I feel that some people forget that when they hear stories like mine. They assume that I just wasn't willing to stick it out, or that I was a wuss. You have to do what is right for you and your baby. Crying in pain and being frustrated with yourself because you can't get your baby to latch on is such a hard experience to have to go through. I had many questions like "what was wrong with me?", and "this is supposed to be easy and natural, why can't I get this right?". In the end what helped me to get over it is that when I was trying to breastfeed it was one of the worse times in my life, not because I didn't want to or because I didn't love my baby, but because it hurt really really really bad! I did so much research, trying to figure out what I was doing wrong. I had a lactition consultant try to help me. I looked over the pictures on how I was supposed to get this baby to latch on, I used a nipple shield (she could barely get anything out of my breast), and nothing ever worked. So do what you can, and let it go if you can't. Don't beat yourself up over it. If you end up being successful this time, then awesome! I do suggest getting help from a lactation consultant if you can afford it, and giving a nipple shield a chance. Best of luck!
My son is 5 weeks old. This is my first baby. I also had the same problem and during the first week, I used to pump and feed him. After research, I found about Medala Nipple shield. I have been using it from his second week. He is fine with it. It is jus a silicon shield which separates U and ur baby while feeding. U can try this nipple sheield.
Hi there! Without going into my 2 (awful) breast feeding experiences....
I too have very flat nipples and large breasts (32G before pregnancy, 32K when nursing) Seriously, my breasts were both individually larger than my head and hard as rocks- how is a newborn supposed to latch onto that? lol
I have tried EVERYTHING and was very dedicated to making breast feeding work. I didn't give up easily... Here is my suggestion:
Try the nipple shield. I have heard from so many women that have used them the entire time, even some who are still nursing with it after a year. Or, I've heard that a lot of times you only need to use them for like 8 weeks or a few months and then can wean off of it. Nipple shields will help you with the pain of nursing/ latching and will give baby something to latch onto. Lactation consultants and LLL will warn you not to use them though because they can dry up or cut down on your milk supply. I didn't experience this problem though. A lactation consultant will also tell you that you should pump for 10-15 minutes after each feed (with the nipple shield) to make sure each breast is drained. Since you don't want to pump ( I don't blame you- I hated pumping), I would just give it a try and make sure baby is wetting/pooping the right amount. I think all the warnings against nipple shield use out there are because they maybe are a bit overused by people that don't need them, or used by someone that's trying to fix a different problem. But, nipple shields were designed for flat nipples. It even helped draw my nipples out, and after using it for like the first 10 minutes, I could take it off and baby could latch onto my nipple more easily.
This is what I plan to do with my third baby (due soon too :-) I'm going to try and make it work with the nipple shield. If it works out- great, if not I'm going to formula-feed and not worry about it or mourn the loss of breast feeding again.
To second some of the other comments you've received- if it's just not working and you are not happy breastfeeding and your baby is crying at the breast, etc..... it's okay not to breast feed. It was not right for me and both my son's despite desperate efforts. In the end- I was crying every breast feeding session and so was my baby, not to mention having to hold the baby so far away from my (as my breasts were so large) it was very awkward and uncomfortable. This was not bonding for us- it was stressful. (We also had several other problems going on at the same time which contributed to me stopping)
Switching to formula and bottle-feeding meant better bonding with my babies. I was able to relax, baby could relax, and we would look into each other's eyes while feeding and it was way more peaceful than breast feeding. (for us) (I should say though, bonding doesn't happen only while you're feeding baby :-) You can still feed baby bare skin-to-skin while bottle feeding, or wear your baby skin-to-skin in a Moby Wrap... you can cuddle and talk to baby while you're not trying to feed baby, too :-)
It's not the end of the world to bottle feed with formula. There's enough pressure, guilt, decisions we have to make as mothers. As long as you are feeding baby and are a happy, loving mother you are doing the best for your baby. Good luck.
Ask me anything- I didn't want to bombard you with my whole story- but if you have other questions ask :-) I've been there.
I too vote for the nipple shield. I know many women with flat nipples who used them with success. I used a shield because my son couldn't latch. We only used it for about six weeks before I weaned him from the shield. It saved nursing for us. The down side is that the darn things are clear. I kept laying them all over the house and losing them! I needed them to be brightly colored, so my post partum brain wouldn't have such a struggle finding them. :)
I have very flat inverted nipples I used a Nipple Shiled I got them at the hospital they help reduce some pain (not all) But is was the only way my baby would latch to me. if that works for you get several shilds so that you can have one in the dipper bag for when you are out and about.
Have you tried the shield yet? I hope it works for you!
my first child is a boy, i didn't do well with breastfeeding either but , my friend just had a baby boy and says it's starts out hard but eventually it gets easier and also says it was the best thing she has ever done just keep trying and you'll get the hang of it.
I just gave birth 4/24 and I too wanted to breast feed. But I also have flat nipples. I HIGHLY recommend nipple shells. You wear them with your bra and they pull your nipple out. Its not painful just kinda weird looking. I also use a nipple shield while feeding. I have a 10 year old, and I didnt even try with her. But with this baby I wanted to see what the hoopla was all about. And I love it!
I hope this helps you. Otherwise...take advantage of the lactation nurses at the hospital, they were incredibly helpful in getting me on my way. However...they all frowned upon the nipple shield. For me, it is much more comfortable...especially when my nipples are sore. Also make sure that you have some Lansinoh lanolin for your nipples. It helps them from becoming dry and cracked. And its safe to feed the baby without having to wipe it off.
I have same issue, flat nipples. My LC says do not use shields (i used with my first one and got so sore) the milk does not come out of nipple, make sure the mouth is open and RAM them on. it does take alone time and gets frustrating, try pumping before to help the milk be there and the nipple to come out some. My son I pumped and gave bottle, then switched him back to breast, he actually went! This time I am determined to do it. Get with a LC several times, it will be worth it! it really helped me.
I didnt have the inverted nipple problem but I was so engorged that there was nothing for my newborn to latch on to. My LC gave me the Medela softshells to wear in between nursing and they were awesome. Check out Medela's website under breast care to get more info. Good luck!!
Nipple shields. Do breastfeed. Please.
I'm a kind of smaller person with kind of rounder boobs (5'2, 34D pre-birth, 34DD post-birth... Short with slighty larger breasts makes for roundness!!). The nipple shield did NOT work for me. It kept sliding off. Every time he'd try to suck from it, he was sucking air. They never worked for me. It depends on who you are. I have a 12 weeks old (today!) who STILL refuses with or without the nipple shield!
Sometimes if you roll your nipples between your fingers for a minute to make them evert/stick out more, the baby is able to latch on and then pull your nipple out with suckling. Another trick is pumping for just a minute before breastfeeding to help the baby latch on. Often after a little bit of time doing that, the baby is able to latch onto the flat nipple on its own. It can be very frustrating if you are having latch difficulties - I understand!
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Magnus Carlsen steps out of World Championship cycle
By declining to play in the 2011 Candidates matches, Magnus Carlsen has decided to step out of the current World Championship cycle. In a letter to FIDE Carlsen expresses his dissatisfaction with the current cycle, like "reigning champion privileges, the long (five year) span of the cycle and changes made during the cycle resulting in a new format (Candidates) that no World Champion has had to go through since Kasparov." Poll added.
The following letter, signed by Magnus Carlsen, dated November 4th, was sent to FIDE. We received a copy from Carlsen's manager Espen Agdestein.
To: FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov & FIDE World Championship Committee. Reference is made to the ongoing World Championship cycle. The purpose of this letter is to inform you of my decision not to take part in the planned Candidate Matches between March and May 2011. After careful consideration I've reached the conclusion that the ongoing 2008 – 2012 cycle does not represent a system, sufficiently modern and fair, to provide the motivation I need to go through a lengthy process of preparations and matches and, to perform at my best. Reigning champion privileges, the long (5 yr) span of the cycle, changes made during the cycle resulting in a new format (Candidates) that no World Champion has had to go through since Kasparov, puzzling ranking criteria as well as the shallow ceaseless match-after-match concept are all less than satisfactory in my opinion. By providing you with 4 months notice before the earliest start of the Candidates as well as in time before you have presented player contracts or detailed regulations, I rest assured that you will be able to find an appropriate replacement. Although the purpose of this letter is not to influence you to make further changes to the ongoing cycle, I would like to take the opportunity to present a few ideas about future cycles in line with our input to FIDE during the December 27th 2008 phone-conference between FIDE leaders and a group of top-level players. In my opinion privileges should in general be abolished and a future World Championship model should be based on a fair fight between the best players in the World, on equal terms. This should apply also to the winner of the previous World Championship, and especially so when there are several players at approximately the same level in the world elite. (Why should one player have one out of two tickets to the final to the detriment of all remaining players in the world? Imagine that the winner of the 2010 Football World Cup would be directly qualified to the 2014 World Cup final while all the rest of the teams would have to fight for the other spot.) One possibility for future cycles would be to stage an 8-10 player World Championship tournament similar to the 2005 and 2007 events. The proposal to abolish the privileges of the World Champion in the future is not in any way meant as criticism of, or an attack on, the reigning World Champion Viswanathan Anand, who is a worthy World Champion, a role model chess colleague and a highly esteemed opponent. Rest assured that I am still motivated to play competitive chess. My current plan is to continue to participate in well-organised top-level tournaments and to try to maintain the no 1 spot on the rating list that I have successfully defended for most of 2010. Best regards, IGM Magnus Carlsen
The next step of the current World Championship cycle is formed by the Candidates matches, which are scheduled in Kazan in the Russian republic of Tatarstan in the spring of 2011. The winner of these matches will meet Viswanathan Anand in a World Championship match, which will probably be held in London in 2012. FIDE has confirmed to have received Carlsen's letter. "Currently we have no comments on this matter. We must treat it in the World Championship committee first," said FIDE Executive Director David Jarrett of FIDE to VG Nett.Now with such breaking news and a discussion that's going at top speed, we added something we wanted to do for a while already: threaded comments. You can now reply directly to certain comments instead of using the '@' symbol. Let's see how this works.
3 years 5 months ago
it's a shame for chess -- only chucky can save the cycle now.
Moro! The appearence of a killer, swindler, unbeatable Morozevich! :-)
Jokes aside, how could Ivanchuck save a (presumely despaired) chess world? Winning always from now on? Quiting, as he threatened before? Will he be replacing Carlsen in the present cycle, to begin with??
3 years 5 months ago
People who really want change negotiate. They raise an objection that could be answered, and they make deals. They don't raise global, system-wide objections. There's no starting point for those, which assures nothing is done. It's passive aggression. I like my aggressors active. Nobody since Kasparov won a WC through Candidates matches? Heaven forbid we have another champ capable of running that gauntlet. Man or mouse? Put a piece of cheese on the floor and you'll find out.
have you read Carlsen's communication with FIDE prior to this open letter? No?
I'm puzzled that so many are unable to imagine something existing only because they haven't seen it with their own eyes. It's like playing with a small baby: if you hide something from them, the thing ceases to exist...
3 years 5 months ago
I fear he may have the same problem as Fischer: He can't cope with all the expectations, can't stand losing and is afraid of playing imperfect chess. So like Fischer he tries to find excuses.
Another possibility is that he wants to stay in control of his own life, not beiing forced into very stressful WC situations... Why does he need to break Kasparovs record as youngest WC? In this way it is a wise decision. He doesn't want to be in this WC 'vortex' , not even 20! His time will come.............I hope this second possibility is the case!
Go Magnus!
3 years 5 months ago
If Magnus had been a truly remarkable player, he would have played and won the World Championship title and then made the claims of taking privileges away from a World Champion! In that case, we would have all called him a great champion. Now, there are doubts about his motivation behind this decision. We'll probably never know the true reason for this decision but he is definitely not a great player and is making moves outside the board (not unlike Kasparov and Kramnik).
while carlsen's respect for vishy is genuine, it is known to everyone (including to carlsen!) that magnus' has more chances in tournaments rather than in one-to one matches (which is more a psychological warfare!)
hence is his opting out of the WCC!
3 years 5 months ago
And you want this???
Thats how it was between 1998 and 2004 and EVERYBODY hated it! Hell, most people don't even recognize those winners as World Champions.
THAT is your proposal???
Seems to me that there is a big difference in match play and tournament play. If the world championship is decided in tournament play that is a very different thing. I prefer match play myself. The tradition seems important to me.
Unlike earlier in chess history there are not lots of super tourneys every year. So the idea is to label one of these a world championship? IMHO part of the deal (matchplay championship) is that it isn't so easy to get to be the challenger. That's part of what makes to whole thing so special. Can you imagine having a new champ every year who won one of the years many super tourneys?
whoops... typo... "not lots of super tourneys" was suppose to be "NOW lots of super tourneys"
leo. xiu
3 years 5 months ago
My worst fears came true. Carlsen is being chicken at the thought of fighting with kramnik and Aronian .
3 years 5 months ago
Unreal. I have to wonder if Kasparov has had an effect on him, or if this is entirely his own idea. It would be nice if he were able to pull off some of what his goals are as listed in the letter, but realistically I think the bureaucratic beast might be impervious to these kinds of antics. I mean, Kaspy left with the title and fide still didn't care...
3 years 5 months ago
The Russians have had my title for 10 years - Bobby Fischer
Magnus is already World Champion in everyone's eyes.
The second highest rating ever speaks for itself.
I've always admired Anand, nothing against him at all.
Let's face it, Kirsan tries a new World Championship system every year.
I think one tournament of the best players to decide a challenger is fair.
Play each other twice and whoever wins plays Anand.
The Interzonals with all players from the same country playing each other in the first few rounds seems fair to me. The problem is the world is faster paced now. They don't seem to want to go through that these days. How the old players did this with very little prize money is a miracle.
I think Anand gave up his rights in the Topalov match, he didn't win the match if it was drawn, he had to play Rapid then blitz games next.
Bobby Fischer also wanted the World Champion not to have draw odds ... until he became World Champion.
"Magnus is already World Champion in everyone's eyes"
Things people say!!!
"The second highest rating ever speaks for itself"
Yes, it tells volumes about Elo inflaction, and how Fischer's Elo is the real record, specialy regarding his superiority over contemporanes.
"Bobby Fischer also wanted the World Champion not to have draw odds"
I'd like to see where exactely this is documented.
These points made, sure I admit Fischer was no angel... :-)
3 years 5 months ago
The fact that the World Champion has privilege is absolutely right. Every World Champion was once a challenger himself, and the World Champion before him had the same advantage. Didn't Kramnik had the same advantage against Anand? Didn't Kasparov against Kramnik? Karpov against Kasparov? That's why the World Title is so prestigeus and that's why - among other reasons - that we admire the World Champion. Because he had to surpass all these difficulties and prove to the World that he is really the best. Magnus must understand that chess is cannot be compared to football. If he doesn't understand that chess is a unique game with it's own rules, i am really disappointed. In any case, even if he retains the no. 1 spot in the ratings for 50 years, he won't be admired as true World Champions are. He must understand this. A real fighter, fights.
"Didn't Kramnik had the same advantage against Anand?"
If you considered Anand the challenger and Kramnik the defender, then it also follows that Anand qualified to play Kramnik by winning a tournament, Mexico 2007.
"Didn't Kasparov against Kramnik?"
Eh... Kramnik won which qualification cycle again to play Kasparov? Which candidate matches did Kramnik successfully go through?
Anand won a tournament, Kramnik was handpicked, Kasparov and Karpov played a zillion world championship games against each other and none ever demonstrated any superiority over the other in match play (+2 for Kasparov in 144 games or a 51% score doesn't make a very good statistical claim for Kasparov being better than Karpov HEAD to HEAD, in comparison Kramnik's +2 over Kasparov in 15 games is HUGE ...), Kasparov went through a full qualification cycle (with decent match lengths), while Karpov became champion without dethroning a World Champ. [Fischer "chickened out" to use the logic and teminology applied here by several regarding Carlsen's choice.]
3 years 5 months ago
Excellent comment, giorgioarvas. There are millions of chess fans who just don't want to recognize a world champion who has just won a tourney. To be the real champion and join the chess hall of fame, you have to overcome all the difficulties and beat the excisting champion. Everyone of the 15 to date has done that. And Carlsen has got nothing worse than the others, here.
I've had further time to reflect since my comment above (Nov. 5, 23:20), so I'll add to what I said. I believe that Carlsen is being selfish and inconsiderate of his fans, and of the game of chess. I can not be a fan of a player who so arbitrarily withdraws from competing for the championship, because "it takes too much effort" and "I think [withdrawing] is best for me". Now, we will have to watch him compete with the true contenders in tournaments and in ratings, not knowing whether he will ever have the fortitude to challenge for (or potentially to defend) the championship. I think that he should be pulled from the FIDE rankings, if not barred from professional competition altogether.
Frank, I completely agree. Such arrogance from a teenager is unbearable.
3 years 5 months ago
I agree that Carlsen wants it easy. He doesnt want to work hard for months to prepare for matches like the previous champions did. And he is blaming it on the championship cycle. He will find it difficult to defeat experienced players like Anand, Kramnik, maybe even Topalov, in matches. But that is no reason to leave the cycle. I am sure if he works hard enough, nothing is beyond him. It would have been great to see him fight for the World champions title. Sad for us fans and sad for chess.
Just barred from all competitions? What about having him whipped im in public? :)
"I think that he should be pulled from the FIDE rankings, if not barred from professional competition altogether."
Exactly like Kramnik and Topalov and Moro and Shirov were, when they refused to participate in the WC qualifying events called FIDE Grand Prix, which at the time was the path to an eventual WC match.
Fact is, FIDE didn't only refrain from any kind of "punishment" towards these players, they instead obliged and changed the ongoing cycle and reinserted Kramnik (effectively) and Topalov. The "punishment" that would've been appropriate, would've been that FIDE went through with the planned cycle 2008-2011, according to regulations, contracts and so on.
But then (as now) the unknowledgable fans of some players went moaning about "Kramnik and Topalov being left out of the cycle"... Yes, as per their own request, by not wanting to participate.
Carlsen has "punished" himself by not participating and not being able to become Champ in 2012. Asking for "punishment" other than that is just silly.
It is not a question of "punishment". It is a question of Carlsen undermining the integrity of the world championship by being unwilling to compete for the title, despite potentially outranking FIDE's top contendors and/or the champion himself.
I do not agree with the analogy you have made, because the FIDE Grand Pix as originally constituted was clearly a very irregular and burdensome process for the top contenders. It was clearly not right to demand that Kramnik and Topalov, especially, go through such a procedure. Morozevich explained the irregularities in this interview:
Also, as Moro pointed out, there was an alternative means of quailifying (the World Cup).
These players were clearly willing to compete for the title, under reasonable conditions.
Carlsen, on the other hand, was (at the time of withdrawal) placed in reasonably normal candidates matches, with the matches approaching soon. The one aspect of these matches that could be considered highly irregular, the brevity of the early rounds, was not emphasized by Carlsen in his statement. On the contrary, he advocated scrapping even the championship match tradition in favor of a single tournament format. These are arbitrary objections and indicate a basic unwillingness to compete for the title, at this time.
3 years 5 months ago
I agree with other posters that this poll is not good.
Please remove it because the questions are really silly.
3 years 5 months ago
What do you mean? The whole idea is to rig the poll in Carlsen's favour. That is why the questions have been decided this way. Otherwise there would have been simple meaningful options like "Carlsen's decision is complletely wrong" etc.
3 years 5 months ago
Let's add a poll as to whether it is a good or bad poll:
* Good because all polls are good.
* Good because Kramnik would easily beat Carlsen in a match.
* Who knows? I'm just here for the videos.
* Bad; it doesn't even mention Kramnik.
* Bad; a poll with limited answers may have skewed results.
3 years 5 months ago
this is going all wrong...just c how successful was match between topalov and anand...a worthy w.chmpnshp match...chess cant be compared with soccer man..carlsen got it all wrong from his ADVISOR....
Democratically established rules and regulations that have the support of the top IGMs who could obtain the WC title, that is what needs to be investigated.
If those top IGMs feel uncomfortable the way the WC cycle is organised nowadays, the FIDE should seriously look into it together with those top-players to seek solutions that have the support of the broad majority of those players.
I agree that chess officials from the FIDE members are of less importance (at this point).
I am stil in favour of a FIDE organised seminar, together with let's say the top 50 IGMs, and the present WC as well as the former WCs and vice WCs.
Openness, transparency and democracy from all (top IGMs, FIDE, etc) will help to further improve the WC cycle, I am convinced of that.
FIDE, a great window of opportunity to seek further improvement of the WC cycle.
3 years 5 months ago
Sad as it is. This proves that only Anand has been and will be a role model champion for the near future.don't know y carlsen going this route. Fans will definitely desert him. And he will be really sorted out if course in near future. To ask to take the privileges of a legitimate champion us in bad taste. He won't be forgiven unless he come back to the cycle.
It will not take long before some sponsor seizes the opportunity and oganises after "Carlsen against the world" in New York a new match on a fancy spot. One exiting possibility; Carlsen-Anand announced as "the Nr 1 rated against FIDE title holder". Or Ivanchuk-Carlsen, Nakamura-Carlsen etc. etc plenty of lucrative opportunities that wil interest general public a lot more than paddling throug the outdated, boring and mucky five year cycle. Fresh. New, entertaining, lucrative, good for everyone and good for chess. Probably all this will happen even before Fide has created his next champion. Magnus Carlsen has contributied a lot to promote chess and just made himslf available for even more.
carlsen against the world but excluding aronian , kramnik and vishy : against tier 2 players is what suits carlsen.
Thanks for your reply,
Somehow I miss your point, my statement was that when there is sufficient public interest any match could be organised, no one has any obligations towards FIDE. So yes Aronian or Kramnik are not excluded. As long as Carlsen accepts to play the word elite tournaments I see no reasen to think he is shy of playing Aronian or Kramnik and hence would decline a match offer.
3 years 5 months ago
I think a 6th option should be added to the poll: "Bad (horrendous!) idea because Magnus might actually get what he wants: an annual world championship tournament -- bringing to an end the more than a century long linage of world champions who have earned that title by defeating the previous world champion in an official match." This is exactly how I feel and how I thought most other fans felt as well, but maybe I in fact hold a minority opinion.
3 years 5 months ago
This is **exactly** my opinion as well. I really hoped that we had left the dark times of "WCC tournaments" behind us. We already have Linares, Corus, Tal, and Nanjing. Why do we need a WCC decided by a tournament??? To even suggest this is disrespectful for the history of our game and chess fans around the world!
Seeking win-wins, that is what I think needs to be explored further.
A win for Chess worldwide, a further improvement of the WC cycle, commercial benefits not only for Magnus, but also for present WC, future WCs and FIDE.
So in my view previous threads can be combined into a strong, versatile and beneficial approach for chess and for the well-being of the top-players.
3 years 5 months ago
This pole must be rigged. No way there are so many votes that its a good idea...
i mean read the comments here.
A round robin tournament to decide the world champion would be dumb as hell because there are chances of manipulation. Lets say one game left, player 1 and player 2 are on place one and two and have the same points. Player 2 plays against player X which doesn´t have a chance to win the tournament anymore and which don´t want player 1 to win, because he hates him or was bribed or whatever. So player X loses intentionally to player 2 and player 2 becomes WC. Such or similiar incidents seems quite possible in tournaments. In match play its always one on one so such things are impossible.
And again as many already mentioned chess is also called the king´s game so its understandable that the king(WC) must be dethroned. ;)
@Stanley Peters
"Which 5 years is he referring to?"
It's probably only a small matter of getting the maths wrong: Slightly depending on when in 2012 the match will be held, the cycle will have lasted for somewhere between a little less than 4 and a little less than 5 years:
2008 First games played April 21st in Baku
2009 WCC won by Gelfand
2011 Candidates (?)
2012 WC Match when?
Note that the 2007 WCC was one of the qualification events for the FIDE GP – in fact Carlsen qualified for the 2008-2009 GP via the 2007 WCC, as did Karjakin, Kamsky and Shirov, but Shirov refused to participate in the Grand Prix, as did Kramnik, Anand, Topalov and Morozevich.
What was FIDE's reaction when Kramnik and Topalov didn't want to play the Grand Prix? (Note that if Kramnik would've beaten Anand in 2008, we would've been talking about Anand and Topalov instead)
FIDE gave in for the "pressure" implied by the non-participation of Kramnik and Topalov and arranged a way for them to participate anyway – the new "Candidates" event, originally suggested as EITHER a tournament or as a cup.
3 years 5 months ago
GUYS, Magnus just wants to show he's coming up in a Big Way. Trying to be arrogant is a pretty good way of being noticed. He's gone too far by Insulting the reigning World Champion by saying he doesn't feel right to earn a position to play him now or maybe he thinks he's not there yet.
Whatever his reasons about privileges to Anand are in very bad taste. Hey Magnus, qualify and beat Anand if you think you are better than all of them, or in the league of your guru kasparov !
Carlsen and Anand are friends and have big mutual respect for each other. It's strange if someone following top chess hasn't noticed by now. To show your argument's further absurdity, consider what Carlsen explicitly wrote:
"The proposal to abolish the privileges of the World Champion in the future is not in any way meant as criticism of, or an attack on, the reigning World Champion Viswanathan Anand, who is a worthy World Champion, a role model chess colleague and a highly esteemed opponent."
If it's anything that's insulting, then it is to say that Carlsen is lying. He can't possibly be more explicit than this, so suggesting that Carlsen doesn't respect Anand is equivalent to calling Carlsen a big, fat liar.
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