18-04-2014, 04:47 PM
amuir Wrote:Andy B
I think we should both give the NB a break. I agree to that.
I know who your mystery backers are as excerpts from a private email to one person were put in one of your posts.
I accept a challenge to raise money for CS. However I am not prepared to put my FIDE rating on the line. As you know I love representing Scotland and I dont want to risk my selection for Reykjavik 2015.
I don't want it Scottish rated either as being the higher rated player I have more to lose.
Why not play for money eg 20% of funds to winner, 80% of funds to CS, 0% of funds to loser ?
That's not what was on offer, but I will be having a break from the noticeboard soon enough anyway. I have spent far too much energy here when it is obvious many people can't be bothered to read properly, assimilate information in a manner even close to logical, or post replies remotely connected to the issue at hand. Being slagged off by management board members in their discussions has also played a part in my decision, as has the apparent 'AGM censure' from my own former club.
This curious phrase 'mystery backers' is totally wrong. I have sources, who are highly unlikely to be the person(s) you are thinking of. To give a fictional example, if Hamish Olson told someone he planned to pay Jonathan Rowson to play for Bon Accord, and that person mentioned it to someone else in an e-mail, and that e-mail was forwarded to me, the person forwarding it would be my source of information. Obviously, the closer to the original person, the 'better' the source tends to be - too far removed and it becomes mere gossip or hearsay.
I have privately and publicly apologised to my sources for making certain information public which I shouldn't have. If you are telling me that what I posted was also untrue, I will apologise to you publicly, and privately.
I have no interest in such a match Andy - I don't care about money myself, and there are better ways to raise money for CS. Preserving your rating or grading by not playing anyone lower-rated is not something I agree with either. Both of my offers still stand if you change your mind.