16-04-2014, 07:22 AM
For those who have been following the parallel discussion on the ECForum on FIDE grading. I contacted the chairman of the QC on the queries that had been raised. It would appear that what is being stated on their forum is incorrect and I have had it confirmed that a licensed arbiter must be present at the event and not for example overseeing at the end of a phone
"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"