17-07-2019, 06:29 PM
(This post was last modified: 17-07-2019, 06:33 PM by George Neave.)
So far no CS elected official has commented. I hope we can expect some comment soon?
My observations to contribute to the discussion:
1) Whatever criteria apply, they should be same for eligibility to represent Scotland and compete for the Scottish Championship title.
2) Any change to these criteria must surely be put to the general membership and not for any individual to decide.
3) The amendment that I seconded a few years ago added that to be Scottish Champion you must be SCO affiliated. It is quite apparent the wording did not mean this removing existing criteria - only adding this as an additional criterion.
4) It seems quite well documented that the current criteria require one of birth/residency or parental inheritance apply. Unless somewhere it is documented that the organiser of the CS event is empowered to override this, then it seems to me that Matthew Turner is ineligible to be CS champion without a change of the rules.
5) Changing rules to allow grand-parental inheritance seems a perfectly reasonable proposal to put to the membership. I am sure there will be healthy debate should that topic be put forward.
6) As others have said, this mess-up really is unfortunate because it seems in every other respect this years event was very well run and in a great location.
7) Personally, I would like to congratulate GM Turner for being clearly deserved winner of the Scottish Open
8) Why is it that chess players, who must clearly possess fairly advanced powers of logical reasoning fail to get something this simple right? One of life's mysteries it seems!
I look forward to hearing from Alex and Jim for their views of all of this.
My observations to contribute to the discussion:
1) Whatever criteria apply, they should be same for eligibility to represent Scotland and compete for the Scottish Championship title.
2) Any change to these criteria must surely be put to the general membership and not for any individual to decide.
3) The amendment that I seconded a few years ago added that to be Scottish Champion you must be SCO affiliated. It is quite apparent the wording did not mean this removing existing criteria - only adding this as an additional criterion.
4) It seems quite well documented that the current criteria require one of birth/residency or parental inheritance apply. Unless somewhere it is documented that the organiser of the CS event is empowered to override this, then it seems to me that Matthew Turner is ineligible to be CS champion without a change of the rules.
5) Changing rules to allow grand-parental inheritance seems a perfectly reasonable proposal to put to the membership. I am sure there will be healthy debate should that topic be put forward.
6) As others have said, this mess-up really is unfortunate because it seems in every other respect this years event was very well run and in a great location.
7) Personally, I would like to congratulate GM Turner for being clearly deserved winner of the Scottish Open
8) Why is it that chess players, who must clearly possess fairly advanced powers of logical reasoning fail to get something this simple right? One of life's mysteries it seems!
I look forward to hearing from Alex and Jim for their views of all of this.