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Some might argue that if the proposer of a motion can’t be bothered to consult on it seriously or to draft it seriously they can hardly expect it to be discussed seriously

I am not sure divulging the contents of such a chat in public is the best way forward here.

Well, at least Alex took the trouble to consult with his peer group, which is more than can be said of some people.

I don’t speak for the ECF any more, but on my watch at least the belief was that the FIDE rating system was inferior to the ECF rating system; and the position was that the ECF rating system would never be discontinued. If either of those things have changed since I stood down, I for one haven’t hea...

She played in the Bundesliga at the weekend

Actually for Hamburger Schachklub 2 in 2. Bundesliga Nord (effectively the German regionalised equivalent of 4NCL Division 2, but no doubt rather stronger - so still a very noteworthy achievement on Bodhana’s behalf).

De mortuis nil nisi bonum.

‘The point being made on this forum is that the selectors choose the team based on their prescribed policy, but isn't it the Board who set that policy?’

I don’t recall the Board ever setting, or even being consulted, on the policy, at least during my time. But maybe my memory isn’t what it was.

‘Even now they are pretty clearly still our best team, if the gap was closer I'm sure the selectors would go with youth.’ Indeed - it depends on priorities. If you want to finish as high up the table as possible, albeit with no real hopes of a team medal, the current policy is clearly the best one. ...

I don’t understand our Open team policy (and haven’t for a number of years now). What’s the point of not blooding our brightest and best young players in Olympiads when our older players lose to the stronger teams, struggle to beat the weaker teams, and aren’t in contention for medals? One definitio...

I should have added as context that the bedroom commission income was worth around £150 per team, so in that respect entry fees had to take account of its loss.

That was back in the heady pre-Covid days when we used to receive very significant bedroom commission income from the hotels we used

That’s it now - we’ve reached maximum capacity.

It’s not the final team list for Division 4. That will follow soon once a couple of admin points have been sorted out.

That’s a fair summary. We’ve had this in some previous seasons, but not to this extent. It’s not easy on the playing space planning side. When we negotiate with hotels about how much free playing space they’ll give us in return for good bedroom take-up we have to assume (so as not to overpromise on ...

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