07-10-2014, 07:24 PM
Robin,
‘From the invitation …’ Which seems to be full of gaps.
Andy M states at P4 that an International Festival of Chess will run from 27-30 November with Scotland scheduled to play on 29 November. On P6, you requested that a link to the event be provided so that details and costs be made available. On P6, Andy M stated that the Basque Federation did not have a website, but on the same page Andy B published the full text of the invitation (‘communique’), which simply refers to (the commemoration of?) the 30th Anniversary of the Basque Chess Selection, the main event of which will be ‘an international match of Main National Selections of Chess; in commemoration of the match disputed … on 09/12/1984 in which the Basque Chess Selection of Chess was faced with Italy’… This suggests a one on one match between two teams - not four. (I see Derek has already picked up on that.)
Whether or not the Catalonia model cited by Dougie at P8 is relevant is a moot point. But, I see that first Argentina and then Portugal made the ‘fourth team’. So, maybe Italy would not feature in the ‘Basque Chess Selection’? This is something that ought perhaps to have been clarified before accepting the invitation?
Current UK Government advice (dated 7 October) is that ‘Over 12 million British nationals visit Spain every year. Most visits are trouble-free. There is a general threat from terrorism.’ Read that as: It’s OK to go.
All in all, I think the political overtones adduced in this thread are over-stated. I’m sure Andy M took all that into account before accepting the invitation but is too self-effacing to let on.
George
‘From the invitation …’ Which seems to be full of gaps.
Andy M states at P4 that an International Festival of Chess will run from 27-30 November with Scotland scheduled to play on 29 November. On P6, you requested that a link to the event be provided so that details and costs be made available. On P6, Andy M stated that the Basque Federation did not have a website, but on the same page Andy B published the full text of the invitation (‘communique’), which simply refers to (the commemoration of?) the 30th Anniversary of the Basque Chess Selection, the main event of which will be ‘an international match of Main National Selections of Chess; in commemoration of the match disputed … on 09/12/1984 in which the Basque Chess Selection of Chess was faced with Italy’… This suggests a one on one match between two teams - not four. (I see Derek has already picked up on that.)
Whether or not the Catalonia model cited by Dougie at P8 is relevant is a moot point. But, I see that first Argentina and then Portugal made the ‘fourth team’. So, maybe Italy would not feature in the ‘Basque Chess Selection’? This is something that ought perhaps to have been clarified before accepting the invitation?
Current UK Government advice (dated 7 October) is that ‘Over 12 million British nationals visit Spain every year. Most visits are trouble-free. There is a general threat from terrorism.’ Read that as: It’s OK to go.
All in all, I think the political overtones adduced in this thread are over-stated. I’m sure Andy M took all that into account before accepting the invitation but is too self-effacing to let on.
George