I do - and I feel exactly the same as Simon does. Can anybody suggest a good country to approach?Brian Towers wrote:Because your rating is over 2300 and you are not resident in Germany the German federation would have to pay the ECF €2,000 plus €250 administration fee to FIDE. Hang on a moment. You're also an IM. That ups the transfer fee to €4,000 .You don't come cheap!Simon Ansell wrote:I was born in Germany, how much would a transfer cost?!
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Seems to be some issue about it directly resulting in the loss of a "potential sponsor". And an implied suggestion that the Home director should have resigned. One gets the sense that the detail is being held back pending the appeal against the suspension, at which point the opposing faction is going to 'reveal all' in the expectation that electoral support will melt away from the incumbent. It's the only obvious explanation for John Foley standing IMO.Roger de Coverly wrote:Phil Ehr's ban on Directors and Strategic Advisers posting here leaves this forum a relative ocean of peace and serenity.
Apparently the commentary set up was the same as at Aberystwyth. Perhaps the commentators had updated their machines to a lower video and audio specification, or was it that a deal with chess24 meant a higher standard was demanded? That does seem to be the sticking point in the dispute between Commercial and Home Directors.
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To understand all the issues you would probably either have to listen to all the commentary or get feedback from somebody who had.Roger de Coverly wrote:Apparently the commentary set up was the same as at Aberystwyth. Perhaps the commentators had updated their machines to a lower video and audio specification, or was it that a deal with chess24 meant a higher standard was demanded? That does seem to be the sticking point in the dispute between Commercial and Home Directors.
In the meantime a good place to start would be that for the last day. During the first portion it sounds like somebody next to the broadcaster is listening to the live feed which is coming through with several seconds delay and appearing on the main broadcast. The result is what sounds like a 5 second echo. This makes it unwatchable. Unless there is another explanation I would have thought this was a problem generated by the presenters.
Ah, but I was so much older then. I'm younger than that now.
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It's complete rubbish and an indictment of the management of the Congress that it was allowed to happen. Perhaps not this year, but the management of the Congress has not usually been a day by day responsibility of the Home Director. Rather the ECF Board on the advice of the Home Director appointed manager(s) to run the Congress.Brian Towers wrote: During the first portion it sounds like somebody next to the broadcaster is listening to the live feed which is coming through with several seconds delay and appearing on the main broadcast.
There are hints that there were tensions in the team running the Congress between those who were happy with pairing cards and manual pairings and those who would delegate the legwork to software.
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Candidate statements are now published at
http://www.englishchess.org.uk/about/ec ... and-board/
I don't see the John Foley statement as any more than confrontational waffle.
For example
http://www.englishchess.org.uk/about/ec ... and-board/
I don't see the John Foley statement as any more than confrontational waffle.
For example
It's an excellent idea, but you would have to fire the existing senior arbiters to get it implemented.I would like to introduce electronic pairing systems according to international practice
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It also happens to be an aim shared by the incumbent.
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A couple of statements are missing.Roger de Coverly wrote:Candidate statements are now published at
http://www.englishchess.org.uk/about/ec ... and-board/
I see there are references in several statements to conflict within the outgoing Board. Malcolm Pein's statement has this:
Malcolm Pein's election statement wrote:I have also been concerned at the actions of the incumbent at Board level. Most recently he tabled what was effectively a vote of no confidence in the Chief Executive and after lengthy debate withdrew it. The meeting achieved little as a consequence and I feel that in that circumstance he should have resigned. This was the culmination of many months of conflict which he has instigated and which has limited the effectiveness of the board.
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Mine is missing because I never wrote it. I don't know whether Dominic Lawson or Dave Thomas wrote ones.
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It does rather read as just a list of things that people have complained about in recent months re-packaged as "priorities", without any particular indication of solutions and/or how he would go about delivering them differently to the incumbent, or even whether they share different priorities. Perhaps the incumbent thought the Judicial Review was a waste of time...Roger de Coverly wrote:Candidate statements are now published at
http://www.englishchess.org.uk/about/ec ... and-board/
I don't see the John Foley statement as any more than confrontational waffle.
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I've perhaps unsurprisingly pondered the option myself now and then. It is however something I would really rather not do.Jonathan Bryant wrote:I do - and I feel exactly the same as Simon does. Can anybody suggest a good country to approach?Brian Towers wrote:Because your rating is over 2300 and you are not resident in Germany the German federation would have to pay the ECF €2,000 plus €250 administration fee to FIDE. Hang on a moment. You're also an IM. That ups the transfer fee to €4,000 .You don't come cheap!Simon Ansell wrote:I was born in Germany, how much would a transfer cost?!
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Well, like Simon said, Yorkshire is almost independent You can, with the 4NCL as a rather major exception!, definitely play lots of chess without ECF membership. Evening leagues not even ECF graded by and large. Yorkshire league is so you'd need to cover the 'fines' somehow.
In general I'd think its surely sanest to try and ignore whatever nonsense the time localised incarnation of the ECF is getting up to and view membership as supporting the overall idea of a country wide chess entity? It seems to change so fast anyway.
Although my brother has been refusing to join the ECF on the grounds they even talk to FIDE
In general I'd think its surely sanest to try and ignore whatever nonsense the time localised incarnation of the ECF is getting up to and view membership as supporting the overall idea of a country wide chess entity? It seems to change so fast anyway.
Although my brother has been refusing to join the ECF on the grounds they even talk to FIDE
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That’s not an entirely unsound position, although it wouldn’t be on my list of reasons.MartinCarpenter wrote: ... my brother has been refusing to join the ECF on the grounds they even talk to FIDE
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David Openshaw's statement includesAngus French wrote:A couple of statements are missing.Roger de Coverly wrote:Candidate statements are now published at
http://www.englishchess.org.uk/about/ec ... and-board/
I see there are references in several statements to conflict within the outgoing Board. Malcolm Pein's statement has this:
Malcolm Pein's election statement wrote:I have also been concerned at the actions of the incumbent at Board level. Most recently he tabled what was effectively a vote of no confidence in the Chief Executive and after lengthy debate withdrew it. The meeting achieved little as a consequence and I feel that in that circumstance he should have resigned. This was the culmination of many months of conflict which he has instigated and which has limited the effectiveness of the board.
Am I missing something here? Wasn't the ECF support in both cases nil, Keith raised funds from this very Forum, and Terry Chapman paid the Team money?Seniors Chess: Further outside help (of approximately £12000) have allowed us to field strong teams and support individuals in World and European Individual and Team Championships with good results (World Seniors Team Championship 2015 bronze medal, Keith Arkell European Seniors Champion 2014).
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Unless I've misread Johns election address he already has. Alex wants to propose looking into the system, John wants to implement something like Alex's idea by 2017.Angus French wrote:And it might be interesting to see what John says about the policies he'd like to pursue. Maybe he can trump Alex's radical idea to turn the grading system upside down.
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A bit off topic, but anyone thinking debates here or at the ECF official forum can get a bit heated and some of the ECF's actions or those of its directors leave something to be desired, should take a look at http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=417
It's a general Irish discussion site which has a dedicated chess area. Naturally enough the insiders in the ICU don't like it very much.
It's a general Irish discussion site which has a dedicated chess area. Naturally enough the insiders in the ICU don't like it very much.