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[David G Congalton]

Please explain to the chess world why you and your team mates at Greenwood ...

Whilst I accept Phil's statement may be factually correct, in that both David Deary and Pat McGovern are Greenwood players, I would like to refer the honourable gentleman to a response I gave some postings ago.

Hi Andy McCulloch, when you say "Greenwood all..", I play for Greenwood and was not aware that we were targeting anyone, other than possibly Kilmarnock for next seasons Ayrshire League title.

I did miss much of what the fuss was about as I was playing chess at the weekend. From what I can gather though, it's about whether non-members should be allowed to post on the CS forum. Apologies, if this is not the case.

This is an issue which has been discussed with me in the past (when posters could remain hidden behind a pseudonym) by people from outside Ayrshire who found the comments of some aggravating. The opinion was that the offending non-members were happy to put their tuppence worth in to a debate but not into supporting Chess Scotland.

My personal opinion was and is, that I think all should be allowed to post on the forum. If you don't like what is said or don't agree, ignore it or debate the point. Your choice.

By targeting the Greenwood Club you are targeting all it's players, regardless of which side of the debate they may or may not support. This only serves to unnecessarily antagonise.