06-05-2014, 01:11 PM
seanmilton Wrote:Hugh Brechin has eloquently expressed the issue with age based awards. The selection committee are committed to selecting our strongest players and rewarding players for chess ability and endeavor.
To further emphasis the point about age based awards:
If we were conducting selections and had Bobby Fischer and Magnus Carlson as our two contenders for an U12 place and an U18 with a grading of 100, who seldom plays matches and does not see the point in coaching as he is the only U18 contender and therefore an automatic pick. Using the old selection method we would have taken Magnus Calson and the U18 player and left Bobby Fischer at home. The new method invites more players of the correct standard and rewards players who have worked harder, and demonstrated their playing strength over a sustained period.
The method used has been well thought through having been deliberated by the selection committee for over a year. The impact of the change on FIDE, the tournament organiser, the players and the parents have all been considered.
The key questions here are
(a) Has the impact of this change been considered by FIDE ?
(b) Has the impact of this change been considered by any tournament organiser ?
© Has the impact of this change been considered by the players affected ?
(d) Has the impact of this change been considered by the disadvantaged parents ?
(e) Why has there been no policy statement made by the elected IJD ?
The legality of this approach has been questioned by multiple posters.
As in so many cases it is necessary for one to follow the law rather than debate what one would like the law to be.