Talk:Candidates Tournament

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[edit] Women's Candidates

We need at least a brief discussion of Women's Candidates here. I don't have the necessary information at hand, but Mark Weeks offers quite a bit of help at http://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/wcc-womn.htm. Quale 05:25, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

I think it should be a separate article, just like Women's World Chess Championship is a separate article. Of course this article can include a link to it. Peter Ballard 05:49, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

That makes sense, and is probably preferable for reasons of article length, utility in wikilinking, and because the women's WC has been organized very differently than the men's WC. Quale 07:09, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Changes in format of tournament

Shouldn't this article discuss the reasons for the changes in format? E.g. Curacao 1962 was the last multi-round round-robin Candidates' tournament because afterwards Fischer claimed there was a Soviet conspiracy (AFAIK statistical analysis supported this; Soviet players agreed noticeably shorter draws with each other than with non-Soviet players). Philcha (talk) 02:41, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

• It would be reasonable to explain the history of the Candidates tournaments in this article. There is some discussion of Curaçao and its aftermath at World Chess Championship 1963 which is in pretty good shape, but could still be improved. We have a lot of work to do to get more complete coverage in Category:Chess world championships. Some industrious editors have started work on the early championship matches. Quale (talk) 07:25, 28 December 2007 (UTC)