FIDE is always in controversy. Are FIDE world champions credible?. The
actual World Champion, Russian Ponomariov, is ranked in 10th. place in the
list of higher ELO´s and have had not-impressive results after his tittle,
and the ex-champion Khalifman is in position 32 in relation to his ELO
rating. It is considered by specialists that only Kasparov, Anand and
Kramnik have the power for being the real champion of Chess, and perhaps
Leko, Michael Adams and two or three more can be in the real list of
contendors for a credible tittle. In July it is going to begin the new
World Championship Tournament, in Tripoli, Lybia, with an extense list of
around a hundred of pre-candidates, that are going to plat knock-out
mini-matchs until the list is reduced to a few for quarter of finals
matchs. Boris Gelfand (ELO 2714) and other strong israeli players have
declined soon to participate, and after that the same did Anand (Oscar
2003 to the best player of the year); In the same way, Kramnik, Leko,
Kasparov and some other strong players are not going to be present, so
this World Championship Tournament mennaces to be the less representative
in the history of Chess!.