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Roger L's comment is very much an invigorating call to re-position principles of governance at the heart of ECF..

ECF still want to decide the result of the tournament: their bull ate a document last night!

http://arbiters.fide.com/minutes/fide-congresses/675-annex-41-fide-arbiters-commission-meeting-abu-dhabi-2-september-2015.html states: "In the view of the Commission the main problem is that for the game where the incident happen, half a point was given to one player and a full point to the other pl...

Are Trading standards applicable in the case? ... can still be raised ... Can the Council be moved to get the ECF Board admit the mistake, correct it, and publish a ruling that unproven claims shall not be admitted ever? The RTRC decision prevails over the AC as it is about the organisation (the la...

Are Trading standards applicable in the case?

.. essentially reads "we will not get involved with events that are not FIDE-rated". While I don't want to second guess a commission report, that is not my reading at all. My reading is ECF "....could .. follow internal regulations....that cannot be commented.." upon. We just established that there...

We just concluded [Brian Valentine » Fri Sep 04, 2015 8:27 pm] that only FIDE laws are applicable in England regardless of the grading/rating. Did we not? No other rules are known publicly. It follows there are no ECF "rules of the specific event" that gave the Congress Manager the right to overrule...

There were no "rules of the specific event" that gave the Congress Manager the right to overrule an arbiter decision. Yes/No?

At the BCC14 U8 tournament (Aberyswyth) hall it was displayed on a notice board that FIDE tournament rules as modified on 1st July 2014 would apply. Alex Holowczak announced at the start of the U8 tournament it will be played under the updated FIDE rules that is available at FIDE website and copy av...

Thank you for posting this, Adam. Michael, Dhruv etc progressed together. We will be going there tomorrow to pay our respects. Such a shock.

If I see Lawrence at Aberystwyth I will try speak to him about this Spoke to Lawrence about this proposal. He had read this thread but is prohibited by the ECF Board to post here!! As I understand, he is not against trying it out the policy. His concern was how the 'quality control' will be done fo...

...case is unproven. There's a wealth of unused opportunities if you look outside the formal international box The case is proven by your own words : "formal international box" .. that is what people WANT ... People want it as much as the home federation wants to deny it .. Open it up and you will ...

a fact that you cannot ignore ECF is a limited company, owning the admission rights for FIDE by popular consent of English players. The key is such an organisation cannot be allowed to exercise powers that hampers a majority of junior players by starving them of opportunities when there is enough f...

There are other opportunities.. may be, may be not.... but lots of children want to play in the World Youth/Rapid/Blitz and European Youth/Rapid/Blitz. What is your problem? Does it make you happy to disappoint them when plenty of food is available, by wasting it? learn how to cope with disappointm...

..ECF to charge an admin fee to .... employing a part time person to arrange the bookings.. ..independently from the sponsoring and selection process, not necessarily from the ECF acting in its capacity as assistant administrator.. ..essential point is about allowing the quota to be filled up.. Why...