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Argentina on the FIDE website
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 9:08 pm
by Alex Holowczak
It seems that none of the Argentines have a rating according to the ratings site. The top country list does not have an entry for Argentina. Has anything happened between FIDE and Argentina?
Re: Argentina on the FIDE website
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 9:21 pm
by LozCooper
Alex Holowczak wrote:It seems that none of the Argentines have a rating according to the ratings site. The top country list does not have an entry for Argentina. Has anything happened between FIDE and Argentina?
It's not the first time a country's ratings have been withheld, it seems to happen with a few countries every rating list but not sure if this case is any different.
Re: Argentina on the FIDE website
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 11:09 pm
by Sean Hewitt
Usually means that they haven't paid their fees to FIDE.
Re: Argentina on the FIDE website
Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2010 7:25 am
by Ola Winfridsson
Probably for non-payment of the fees as Sean suggests. In the case of Argentina this is not the first time. I remember at the Bled Olympiad in 2002, IM Ruben Felgaer of Argentina apparently was considering changing allegiance to Israel (I believe he's of Jewish extraction) because he'd scored his GM norms and was rated above 2500, but the Argentinian federation hadn't paid their fees to Fide, so he was at risk of not being awarded the title.