23-12-2011, 10:07 AM
Angus,
May I suggest that there is no way Clement, Calum or any other chess player would belittle other players. Period.
Personally I would take the views of experienced young players who have seen it , done it and have no political axe to grind, no ulterior motives or previous policies to defend, seriously. As they are no longer up for selection it is much easier them to make an objective arguement. As most (if not all) are involved in helping coach and develop juniors I don't think their commitment can be questioned.
I can not comment on the strength of local players at the this year's worlds but was a fact that at events in the past you did get large numbers of local players playing, some of whose strength varied considerably. At italy this included players from the area around the playing area who were not strong at all.
Can someone from the other side :U please construct an arguement about why it is a bad idea to train players, build up their experience by playing in other events, before attending the top events and then to provide more training afterwards to make sure that the lessons are built upon?
I would anticipate that in the longer term this would lead to more players traveling to play outwith Scotland and being involved in representing Scotland and doing so more successfully. The big BUT in my mind is that this would in fact require more resources - in particular support for the CS directors involved in actioning any program. As always this requires commitment from everyone - without which there is very little any IJD can achieve, no matter how hard they work themselves.
Does anyone really believe that the Turkish, Armenian or Russian players at these events are strong simply because they have played lots of Euros or Worlds?
Quote:I think juniors who have graduated these tournaments and can't go to them anymore themselves shouldn't make negative comments about the performance of those who can still play the events.
May I suggest that there is no way Clement, Calum or any other chess player would belittle other players. Period.
Personally I would take the views of experienced young players who have seen it , done it and have no political axe to grind, no ulterior motives or previous policies to defend, seriously. As they are no longer up for selection it is much easier them to make an objective arguement. As most (if not all) are involved in helping coach and develop juniors I don't think their commitment can be questioned.
I can not comment on the strength of local players at the this year's worlds but was a fact that at events in the past you did get large numbers of local players playing, some of whose strength varied considerably. At italy this included players from the area around the playing area who were not strong at all.
Can someone from the other side :U please construct an arguement about why it is a bad idea to train players, build up their experience by playing in other events, before attending the top events and then to provide more training afterwards to make sure that the lessons are built upon?
I would anticipate that in the longer term this would lead to more players traveling to play outwith Scotland and being involved in representing Scotland and doing so more successfully. The big BUT in my mind is that this would in fact require more resources - in particular support for the CS directors involved in actioning any program. As always this requires commitment from everyone - without which there is very little any IJD can achieve, no matter how hard they work themselves.
Does anyone really believe that the Turkish, Armenian or Russian players at these events are strong simply because they have played lots of Euros or Worlds?