Eligibility Votes - March 2022

[Matthew Turner]

Had my decision being based purely on cost, I would presumably have not coached various Scottish juniors teams for free, paid the significant transfer fees myself along with an admin donation to CS, or continue to pay the CS membership fees which are currently higher than the ECF's.

Matthew can you tell us anything about your dispute with ECF - I'd presumed it was over some point of principle.

Clearly, I could go on at some length about the shortcomings of English chess organisation in the early years of this century and I am happy to do so with you over a pint.  However, I think the more pertinent aspect of this is that I made the positive move to Chess Scotland because I felt that they represented a positive outlook for chess.

Generally limited resources were used in supporting juniors and other worthy causes.  Tournaments were well organised and players, organisers and officials worked well together to achieve positive outcomes.

I wished to support and be a part of that sort of organisation - I still do.