Roger de Coverly wrote:That will do wonders for the successful organisation of European tournaments this summer and is as good an argument as any for not abandoning a national rating or grading system.
It will certainly impinge on elite tournaments but doesn't affect tournaments lower down. Such is the opacity of FIDE English that it's not clear to me whether norm events would be affected or not. Are they "events listed and described in detail in different parts of the FIDE Handbook"?
We have:
FIDE Regulations for Registration & Licensing of Players (effective from July 1, 2015) wrote:2.2. Οn the 31st December each year, the Treasurer lists on the FIDE website those countries that are deemed to be over six months in arrears. Until the arrears have been paid off, players from these Federations are not listed on the FIDE website and cannot participate in any FIDE events (as described in 1.13.2 of these regulations). Players representing such Federations are licensed to participate in any other FIDE rated tournament.
and
FIDE Regulations for Registration & Licensing of Players (effective from July 1, 2015) wrote:1.13.2 ...
FIDE events are all competitions under the aegis of a) the World Championship & Olympiad Commission or Events Commission, b) Continental competitions that provide qualifiers to any of the aforesaid competitions, and c) events listed and described in detail in different parts of the FIDE Handbook.
So, "Players representing such Federations are licensed to participate in any other FIDE rated tournament." means it doesn't affect Joe Bloggs.
Also. The "Οn the 31st December each year, the Treasurer lists on the FIDE website those countries that are deemed to be over six months in arrears." suggests that either it has taken 7 months for them to publish the list or alternatively that they think they know what the situation will be in 5 months time and are publishing the 31st December 2017 list 5 months early.
Ah, but I was so much older then. I'm younger than that now.