31-03-2014, 08:53 AM
To quote from Dougie, We elect Directors to Direct and make decisions. In the past we have used the Womans team captain for the FIDE delegate to save costs. FIDE got wind of this and started paying for the accommodation for the delegates so we no longer have to do that!
Surely it is down to the ID to make the decision on who should be captain? Similarly it is down to the IJD as to who to send as the Head of Delegation to an event. If it is them that wants to go, it is their prerogative. That is what we elect them to do. Ultimately they are judged by the teams performance.
Mig Greengard (Kasparovs Aide-de-camp) tweeted something interesting last night "I've long said there should be more shaming of top players not representing their countries at the chess Olympiad. It's every two years. I know they aren't all millionaires like top footballers (who'd never skip World Cup). But a few weeks at premier event won't break them. It's lame for top players to pull the prima donna crap over the Olympiad, a fantastic chess tradition. Kvetching about money, rating points.
Playing for your country every two years is an honor and if there's no money in it for you, work to change that."
I have to say, I find myself agreeing with that. Surely the Olympiad should be all about the best players from each federation playing.
Surely it is down to the ID to make the decision on who should be captain? Similarly it is down to the IJD as to who to send as the Head of Delegation to an event. If it is them that wants to go, it is their prerogative. That is what we elect them to do. Ultimately they are judged by the teams performance.
Mig Greengard (Kasparovs Aide-de-camp) tweeted something interesting last night "I've long said there should be more shaming of top players not representing their countries at the chess Olympiad. It's every two years. I know they aren't all millionaires like top footballers (who'd never skip World Cup). But a few weeks at premier event won't break them. It's lame for top players to pull the prima donna crap over the Olympiad, a fantastic chess tradition. Kvetching about money, rating points.
Playing for your country every two years is an honor and if there's no money in it for you, work to change that."
I have to say, I find myself agreeing with that. Surely the Olympiad should be all about the best players from each federation playing.
"How sad to see, what used to be, a model of decorum and tranquility become like any other sport, a battleground for rival ideologies to slug it out with glee"