"If every player behaves like Gukesh or Ding, it would be fantastic." Susan Polgar

[https://x.com/SusanPolgar/status/1874889597135753280](https://x.com/SusanPolgar/status/1874889597135753280) "Let me start by stating my position. I am not attacking or defending[u/FIDE\_chess](https://x.com/FIDE_chess)or[@EmilSutovsky](https://x.com/EmilSutovsky). I am just offering my opinion from personal experience. I have been in chess for 50+ years, and personally organized over 900 rated tournaments (FIDE and USCF rated). I was also a part of teams bidding/sponsoring/organizing Chess Olympiads, World Cups, World Championships and National Championships, etc. One thing I can say is that unless you have done it yourself, you have no idea how hard, stressful, and difficult it is. No matter how much you planned, prepared, and double checked, something can still go wrong. Players may try to find loopholes and angles to benefit themselves. There are also a lot of moving parts, from dealing with the sponsors, local organizations, city/state/national agencies, hotels, security, commentators, VIPs, technical teams, and worst of all, players themselves, etc. Some players literally waited until the last minute to get visas, book hotel rooms, transportation, etc. The organizers/sponsors can bend over backwards to help, and usually without a thank you, and often with criticism and insults. Some are just very difficult, if not nearly impossible, to deal with. If every player behaves like Gukesh or Ding, it would be fantastic. I am in no way suggest that all organizers and FIDE are doing a flawless job. There are for sure mistakes and improvements are needed. It hard to prepare for every scenario. It is much easier to criticize. Trust me, no one wants to fail on purpose. But before you want chop off everyone's heads, it is important to try to understand how difficult it is to run world-class events."