All events which offer Norm possibilities have an automatic dress code under FIDE rules unless a local code applies. The statement is :-
- All the participants should be dressed in a suitable manner
Does suitable have a different meaning for different participants ?
The Chief arbiters duties are stated to include:-
- During the event he also has to keep the record of each round, to ....., to ensure order in the playing venue ...
The chief arbiter was stated in the programme as being Alex MacFarlane and the event is run as an ECF event influenced by the BICC.
Does this mean that other ECF board officials who may have been present are powerless to act as the responsibility is down to the CA ?
Should the ECF look at the relationship between the Chess Arbiters Association and the ECF in the way that the ECF delegate arbiting matters to the CAA ?