FIDE Proposals for Krakow 2011

[adamraoof]

You might want to read this thread on the EC Forum.

http://www.ecforum.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=3456

These FIDE proposals need to be opposed at the highest level - lobby your FIDE representative now!

33O - "Proposal to charge rating fees directly to the Organisers."

http://www.fide.com/component/content/ar...nexes.html

The cost becomes €7 per player for a swiss or team event, and €300 per all play all PLUS a €100 per section registration fee

[Donald Wilson]

Quite simply, if this goes ahead there will be no FIDE-rated events in Scotland with the possible exception of the Scottish Championship.

I imagine most other countries will also cut back drastically on rated tournaments, so FIDE could find that its revenue is actually reduced. In the longer term, with virtually no new players being added to the rating list, there will be almost no new titled players.

FIDE will then become a complete irrelevance and will collapse and disappear.

Actually, that may be a good reason to vote for these insane proposals.

[Andrew McHarg]

Well said Donald.

[Andy Howie]

Noted and will be lobbying other nations as well

[Andy Howie]

Just read the proposal. Are they haveing a laugh???

[adamraoof]

Just read the proposal. Are they haveing a laugh???

No.

I hesitate to give a fuller answer on the grounds that it may incriminate me.

[Craig Pritchett]

Am I correct in assuming that the first proposal is more important (for player licensing). The second is more straightforward, if not any more welcome (to do with increasing fees to hold fide-rated events).

The Licensing arrangement is a huge change, I think!? Say a FIDE fed has 1000 members. The one-off registration fee alone is 10,000 euros (10 euros / person). On top of that it's 30 euros a year / licence (to be met by any player who wishes to play FIDE events anywhere in the world or met by that player's fed). Registration alone would break CS's annual budget - unless passed on to all members. Since such a licensing procedure is both a new policy and very expensive, I'd have thought feds should insist that it should be sent back to the drawing board and, at the very least re-presented with a proper statement of whatever happens to be its underlying policy intent and an assessment of its impact (including numbers) on feds and how they might handle this. Unless I'm missing something very obvious, it looks like a very odd move indeed and one that might lead to more default on fees by feds. Happy to stand corrected.

The other proposal doesn't appear to contain any novel policy but does appear to be a fairly large price increase for fide-rated tournament organisers (and potential players, who might have to pay through increased entry fees). Since this might also have a deleterious effect on fide-rated events everywhere, feds appear to have a strong case for similar return to the drawing board action on cost alone.

But have I really got this right ... the previous posts are no doubt correct to be scathing but lack sufficient detail for at least me to understand the issues completely here.

[StevieHilton]

Andy,
I have alerted my colleagues on the IBCA board to this. I have also spoken to my 1st Vice President from India and he will bring it to the attention of the All India Chess Federation
Best Wishes
Stephen Hilton
Secrretary General
IBCA