04-07-2015, 11:28 AM
George Neave Wrote:If anyone who plays a FIDE rated event in Scotland and who has no existing FIDE affiliation gets an SCO code and if having and SCO FIDE code makes you eligible to play for Scotland or become Scottish champion then clearly there is a serious problem that should not enshrined in out constitution!
You either have to fulfil the bloodline or residency criteria. These are listed at 16.1.1 and 16.1.2. Then you get a SCO code.
The recent posts don't seem to have taken that on board and are suggesting an absurd situation of someone getting the SCO badge instantly in their first participation in a Scottish event. Without any bloodline you need to have been living here for two years minimum according to the constitution. Or do you not think residency is valid?