16-08-2012, 08:45 AM
Craig Pritchett Wrote:I still don't like the idea of making a switch to SCO FIDE rating the main determinant of entitlement to win the Scot Ch title rather than residency (or birth/parentage).
Birth/parentage and residency is the main determinant of eligibility to win the title. The fact that FIDE is being mentioned at all here is simply as a repository of the information on which chess nationality you hold. The point of the motion is to ensure you are badged as SCO if you want to be eligible.
There are other issues which would have to be addressed before any such requirement is brought in. Who pays any switching fees - the player or the federation?
With regard to Kopec's participation in the Championship. The rules which are currently in place specifically stop foreign students winning the title.
The term “permanently resident” does not include university students or other such residence of a transitory nature. <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.chessscotland.com/membership/EntryForms/120707Scottish.pdf">http://www.chessscotland.com/membership ... ottish.pdf</a><!-- m -->
Was that only brought in after Danny won in 1980? I seem to recall at the time he wanted to play in the Scotland Olympiad team but his application was declined.