27-03-2014, 02:14 PM
David Deary Wrote:Can anyone confirm or deny the preference from the players was to appoint a 'foreign' GM as Captain? someone who has made no contribution to scottish chess. I have to say, when finances are as tight as they are, our scarce resources should be focussed on those who actually make a contribution to scottish chess and not on paying for friends of players on our Olympiad team to go on a jolly paid for by CS! [-x
I appreciate the above may be controversial and will retract it if it is incorrect as I said there is so much incorrect information flying around this thread already and I don't wish to add to it.
I should make a correction to the above, it seems the preference of the players was a 1900 rated Greek player who has experience of working with 2600+ GMs regarded as an expert on openings.
Would this have represented best value for CS? I have serious doubts. What is clear to me is that matters of who is the Captain/Manager in the future cannot be left to the International Director and/or the players.
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