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Maybe the current U180 (second team) competition should be replaced by a Minor Counties like average under x (say 170) ?

(Players could play for only one team in a season)

Of course, Yorkshire might then play and lose to a SCCU county??

After the Middlesex Open victory against Kent on 10 October, Captain A Fulton has encouraged the county to field an Open team with Board 16 being no lower than 180. Senior managers and Captains being what they are this may well be 185 or 190 by this year's Final. Thus Middlesex players over 180 who ...

Can anyone Fill Phil Ehr shoes? Surely the decisions just taken by Council, for better or worse, make it clear that they consider those size 15s should be hung up. Is John Philpott , de facto acting CEO, now? I guess he would have to write the minutes of Board meetings before the event which would ...

Rdc: The Andrew Farthing amendment to set up the structure of Bronze, Silver etc. defines members who aren't members of the company. Precisely. But it is members of the company who have the right to vote - on the basic legal principle that those who offer the guarantee (or own the shares) must have...

People might feel it was a bit late to give such dramatic and consequential advice though And others might feel, rather strongly, that it is no place for the chair of governance to seek to influence a vote over the election of a board. Given events at and following the British, including the the CE...

Mick Norris wrote:OK, forget FIDE then, Blatter to join the ECF?

I guess he will sign for Slade prison on a free transfer.

Roger As someone who used to watch snooker in Black and White without knowing much about the game, I feel such details are hugely important. I agree very much about computer evaluation as a simple scoring mechanism for viewers. My only other observation is that we seem to have lost celebrity comment...

The other place has three topics under a "What's right" banner, started in 2015, under this heading and a Welsh ? Of the three, two relate to grading, the database is working and results go back to 2003. Accepting the ethos of this place, I guess we could do better than three with OK replacing "Righ...

At the same time the truth of the matter has been an open secret for some time. It could be close. In the hope of good governance, I hope the truth is whole and unembellished and open to all with voting power on Saturday but do not believe it! I feel some form of OMOV combined with an ECF strategy ...

If "None of the above" is an arbiter, I guess the majority view is that the ECF is OK?

However, if not, I do think the ECF needs a Commercial Director ... the funding for Hastings is a good thing.

Martin Regan wrote:Sometimes one despairs.

Is there an another Western European nation such as the Netherlands or Germany whose national chess governance we could just copy?

Do you think Bob Kane could work adequately with the other forecast Board members?

Section 5.3 of the Pierce Commision ,seems to say that they did not recommend changes to voting rights of Member Organisations, because there were so many other pressing problems and that it would be a "distraction". With the introduction of the Direct Membership Scheme why should any organisation, ...

Alex McFarlane wrote: The unsuccessful NED is Jack Rudd, the arbiter cartel having decided that it would not be democratic for every post to be held by an arbiter and besides Jack can almost be considered as a player!

Whatever happened to arbiter meritocracy?... the Terror has begun.

I guess it was an old mistake?

What was your best, chess mistake so far?

John McKenna wrote:

IanCalvert wrote: Putin today is an ally against ISIL.

On what do you base that statement?

Today, Ash Carter, the US Sec. of Defence said that coalition forces fighting IS in Syria would not co-operate with Russia.

A couple of days ago there were reports of Russian air attacks on ISIL Palmyra positions.