Alcohol in Chess Clubs

[Trevor Davies]

This would appear to be an issue our Standards Committee could give an official standard on. I'm slightly surprised they haven't done so already given Scotland's much-vaunted relationship with drink.

The Standards Code contains general common-sense guidance on what most people would consider to be reasonable standards of conduct. Under "(g) Players", there is a list of examples of conduct which falls short of the standards expected, some of which could be relevant to this subject in some circumstances.

I don't think the Standards Committee would wish to go further than this: if a problem (complaint) was to arise, then this would be a matter for the League to deal with. Where clubs have junior players, or host them in matches, then clubs themselves should have common-sense policies in place, which should err on the side of caution.