Columns | January 07, 2009 22:22  The new founding fathers in
chess?  Henrik Carlsen and Vladimir KramnikIn the first week of
2009, both Henrik Carlsen (representing his son Magnus) and
Vladimir Kramnik (since December 28 the proud father of a baby
girl) have expressed their thoughts on the current world
championship cycle as well as their ideas for a future set-up.
It's interesting to see that Kramnik's opinion is diametrically
opposed to Carlsen's.  There's much uncertainty about the world
championship cycle, that we know. And it won't be solved in the
near future - that we also know. In a recent column, co-editor
Arne speculated which top player could be the one to stand up
and fight for the players' rights. Magnus Carlsen's potential
role was diminished for being "too young", but perhaps Arne
forgot about the fact that the 18-year-old Norwegian in fact has
arguably the best manager of all players: his father Henrik.
FIDE's changes of the current world championship cycle led to
protests by several players