14-05-2014, 05:15 PM
ChessVibes is quite interesting on this.
The Norwegian government is presented as playing hardball as regards budgeting because the Norwegian Chess Federation had to stage the World Cup 2013 without sufficient or timely notice from FIDE. The World Championship match is also caught up apparently.
Hard to credit that this can't be sorted given Carlsen's status/crown. But, it will be interesting to see how the logjam is broken.
The Norwegian government is presented as playing hardball as regards budgeting because the Norwegian Chess Federation had to stage the World Cup 2013 without sufficient or timely notice from FIDE. The World Championship match is also caught up apparently.
Hard to credit that this can't be sorted given Carlsen's status/crown. But, it will be interesting to see how the logjam is broken.