18-08-2012, 08:04 PM
I thought that Andy M might have realised earlier in this thread that choice of words is important. I dont think many will be that interested in supporting something which the lead protagonist indicates is motivated by "racist" intent.
The issue is of interest on logic grounds.
Craig has been asking regularly about what is the policy of other countries on this issue. Well back to that Quality Chess blog and we find out from Jacob himself that the Danish Chess Union required him to change back from SCO to DEN before he was allowed to play.
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"Various things made it so that I ended up playing for Denmark again. The main reason was that the 2010 Danish Championship was played where I come from and I wanted to play and be around a lot of my old friends, not that my ambitions were dying out. I am not especially eager to play for Denmark, would just as well play for Scotland, but I had to change federation to play the Danish Championship."
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Not sure if everyone recalls that the regulations on eligibility were changed after Andrew Greet won in 2010. It is now a requirement that any player eligible on residency grounds only ie a non Scot, must also be a CS member. Bizarrely this was not a previous requirement - it is now.
This actually meant that during the recent championship non-member but former winner Greet would not have been eligible to win but CS life member and Danish internationalist Aagaard would and did.
Maybe a whole raft of anomolies need some logic applied.
The issue is of interest on logic grounds.
Craig has been asking regularly about what is the policy of other countries on this issue. Well back to that Quality Chess blog and we find out from Jacob himself that the Danish Chess Union required him to change back from SCO to DEN before he was allowed to play.
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"Various things made it so that I ended up playing for Denmark again. The main reason was that the 2010 Danish Championship was played where I come from and I wanted to play and be around a lot of my old friends, not that my ambitions were dying out. I am not especially eager to play for Denmark, would just as well play for Scotland, but I had to change federation to play the Danish Championship."
*****
Not sure if everyone recalls that the regulations on eligibility were changed after Andrew Greet won in 2010. It is now a requirement that any player eligible on residency grounds only ie a non Scot, must also be a CS member. Bizarrely this was not a previous requirement - it is now.
This actually meant that during the recent championship non-member but former winner Greet would not have been eligible to win but CS life member and Danish internationalist Aagaard would and did.
Maybe a whole raft of anomolies need some logic applied.