21-08-2014, 03:03 PM
Andy Muir quote: “The other 4 players don't play European since have to pay costs, they might not have played Olympiad if had to pay flights.”
Andy, it would be great if you would stop inventing false facts on the internet. Someone reading Andy’s quotes might imagine it was based on conversations with the people whose motivations he is writing about. In reality, Andy is making it up as usual, and projecting his own money-focused worldview onto others.
I have not played in the European Team Championship recently due to work commitments, not because I would have to pay anything.
Would I have played in Tromsø if I had to pay my own flights? Yes. Allow me to demonstrate. My flights cost something like £250. I paid for them myself and will not reclaim the expense from Chess Scotland, especially as CS seems even more strapped for cash than usual. Consider it a donation. The fact that Andy will use the money to partly fund his own trip to the European Team Championship is just something I will have to live with.
Talking of money matters: I am the managing director of a publishing company; Jacob is an equal partner. Andrew Greet and Colin work for the company. For all four of us to go to Tromsø required shutting the company down for two weeks. Expenses continue (rent, wages) while income stops. That is not a complaint – I love playing for Scotland – but if I wanted a “subsidised holiday” (hello Kevin Mayo) I would leave the employees hard at work while I go to any of the many tournaments that will pay me, a GM, a fee just for showing up.
Andy, it would be great if you would stop inventing false facts on the internet. Someone reading Andy’s quotes might imagine it was based on conversations with the people whose motivations he is writing about. In reality, Andy is making it up as usual, and projecting his own money-focused worldview onto others.
I have not played in the European Team Championship recently due to work commitments, not because I would have to pay anything.
Would I have played in Tromsø if I had to pay my own flights? Yes. Allow me to demonstrate. My flights cost something like £250. I paid for them myself and will not reclaim the expense from Chess Scotland, especially as CS seems even more strapped for cash than usual. Consider it a donation. The fact that Andy will use the money to partly fund his own trip to the European Team Championship is just something I will have to live with.
Talking of money matters: I am the managing director of a publishing company; Jacob is an equal partner. Andrew Greet and Colin work for the company. For all four of us to go to Tromsø required shutting the company down for two weeks. Expenses continue (rent, wages) while income stops. That is not a complaint – I love playing for Scotland – but if I wanted a “subsidised holiday” (hello Kevin Mayo) I would leave the employees hard at work while I go to any of the many tournaments that will pay me, a GM, a fee just for showing up.