16-09-2016, 04:15 PM
Robin, my motivation is to motivate our best players as I find the slow decline painful to watch. Players need targets to find the motivation to train and study. It's understandable once you get to GM, you have a good job.. chess doesn't pay at all, that motivation to improve or even maintain your level will suffer.
Increasing membership is not the only option. I don't know much about Kickstarter and similar but there are alternatives.
Edited: Andrew B is right that playing for Scotland should be enough. Is it my imagination that there is a lack of motivation? John Shaw said that 99% of his motivation disappeared when he got GM. It would be nice to hear the views of our Olympians but unfortunately they tend not to post on here (respect to Iain for that).
Increasing membership is not the only option. I don't know much about Kickstarter and similar but there are alternatives.
Edited: Andrew B is right that playing for Scotland should be enough. Is it my imagination that there is a lack of motivation? John Shaw said that 99% of his motivation disappeared when he got GM. It would be nice to hear the views of our Olympians but unfortunately they tend not to post on here (respect to Iain for that).