Anybody have any idea what this means?Following the certain issues that arose during the Candidates Tournament in Moscow, the FIDE Presidential Board has placed AGON under probation until the Congress in Baku.
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Anybody have any idea what this means?Following the certain issues that arose during the Candidates Tournament in Moscow, the FIDE Presidential Board has placed AGON under probation until the Congress in Baku.
Perhaps FIDE Delegates under pressure from their national players are complaining bitterly about Agon's attempts to suppress discussion of games whilst in progress.JustinHorton wrote: Anybody have any idea what this means?
How do you think they would do that?Roger de Coverly wrote: Perhaps FIDE Delegates under pressure from their national players are complaining bitterly
For the first time FIDE officially claims the right to restrict games transmission, presumably under pressure from AGON: “For the avoidance of doubt, FIDE or its appointed commercial agency shall have the exclusive rights for live games on the Internet.”
The ECF have introduced a "ask the director" feature to replace their forum. I might be inclined to rattle Malcolm's cage on this. To the extent that players in other federations have the slightest influence on the policies of their federations, they could follow whatever was the equivalent national mechanism.NickFaulks wrote: How do you think they would do that?
Don't let me stop you, but such comments are taken more seriously when they come from a federation rather than an individual.Roger de Coverly wrote:I might be inclined to rattle Malcolm's cage on this.
That's the point. It becomes official ECF policy to oppose attempts to rewrite the legal history that a record of moves played is a history of facts and not the property of the organiser.NickFaulks wrote: Don't let me stop you, but such comments are taken more seriously when they come from a federation rather than an individual.
That's my point. As we've seen lately, having the FIDE Delegate express an opinion does not make it official ECF policy.Roger de Coverly wrote: That's the point. It becomes official ECF policy to oppose attempts to rewrite the legal history that a record of moves played is a history of facts and not the property of the organiser.
I'm waiting to see if "Ask the Director" is anything other than window dressing. If it has a value, it perhaps will be necessary to ask whether a course of action can become official ECF policy.NickFaulks wrote: That's my point. As we've seen lately, having the FIDE Delegate express an opinion does not make it official ECF policy.
If you ask a question on "Ask the Director" it will be answered within the self-imposed time-scales already publicised. If it is of general interest, and a suggestion as to a change of policy is obviously that, it'll be published on the website together with the answer and may appear again on an FAQ page once we have enough material.Roger de Coverly wrote:I'm waiting to see if "Ask the Director" is anything other than window dressing. If it has a value, it perhaps will be necessary to ask whether a course of action can become official ECF policy.NickFaulks wrote: That's my point. As we've seen lately, having the FIDE Delegate express an opinion does not make it official ECF policy.
How many questions have been asked?Mark Jordan wrote:If you ask a question on "Ask the Director" it will be answered within the self-imposed time-scales already publicised. If it is of general interest, and a suggestion as to a change of policy is obviously that, it'll be published on the website together with the answer and may appear again on an FAQ page once we have enough material.
We have been monitoring how it's been working and, thus far, all questions have been answered easily within 5 days. We have not been inundated, which was certainly one concern and, if anything, the volume of usage has been less than we had hoped.
When I last checked I think there were 12, but that was more than 10 days ago. It's monitored at the office, which is closed today of course, and I was intending to to ask for an up-date tomorrow in any case. I'll let you know what the new figure is when I have it.Mick Norris wrote:How many questions have been asked?Mark Jordan wrote:If you ask a question on "Ask the Director" it will be answered within the self-imposed time-scales already publicised. If it is of general interest, and a suggestion as to a change of policy is obviously that, it'll be published on the website together with the answer and may appear again on an FAQ page once we have enough material.
We have been monitoring how it's been working and, thus far, all questions have been answered easily within 5 days. We have not been inundated, which was certainly one concern and, if anything, the volume of usage has been less than we had hoped.