David Sedgwick wrote:I remembered yesterday that FIDE adopted a new policy on this subject a couple of years ago.
I feel that that is a matter of the interpretation of the first part of Regulation 6.1, which reads in full:NickFaulks wrote:Thanks, I don't remember ever seeing that, and it doesn't seem to have been reflected in the Financial Regulations.
"A federation that is six months in arrears shall not receive services from the Secretariat and cannot bid for or organize any FIDE event."
The Federations in question have been told that they won't be able to submit FIDE Rating Reports, although they are being allowed an additional three months grace in this regard.
This seems to me to be appropriate, as it withdraws a service from the Federation rather than from individual players.