24-07-2015, 07:11 PM
After 3 weeks with no access to the board, I am back. Is someone trying to silence me I wonder? Who knows? Anyway I do have a point I have been wanting to raise.
The Scottish Championships were very entertaining this year and let me congratulate Neil Berry for a great performance.
Shortly before the end of the final round I asked Andy Howie if Jacob Aagaard was eligible to be Scottish Champion. I had determined if Neil's game with Keti finished a draw then Jacob would finish ahead of all the Scots, Andy informed me he was eligible.
Now I admire Jacob's play and would be first to congratulate him had he won the Scottish Open but Scottish Champion? I think not. You see I recall how a few years back when Jacob was affiliated to Scotland in FIDE, he decided to change affiliation so that it was no longer to Scotland but back to that of his native country - Denmark. He even posted on this board the reason why: he wanted to be eligible to play in the ...errm...Danish Championships! Surely you cannot have it both ways and be eligible to be champion of both countries simultaneously?
To avoid such an unfortunate situation coming about in future can I proposed that as well as satisfy residency criteria or parentage rules to be eligible to become Scottish Champion that in addition the Scottish Champion MUST be FIDE affiliated to Scotland.
Am I alone to think this? If I am in the majority can we capture this in the rules going forward?
The Scottish Championships were very entertaining this year and let me congratulate Neil Berry for a great performance.
Shortly before the end of the final round I asked Andy Howie if Jacob Aagaard was eligible to be Scottish Champion. I had determined if Neil's game with Keti finished a draw then Jacob would finish ahead of all the Scots, Andy informed me he was eligible.
Now I admire Jacob's play and would be first to congratulate him had he won the Scottish Open but Scottish Champion? I think not. You see I recall how a few years back when Jacob was affiliated to Scotland in FIDE, he decided to change affiliation so that it was no longer to Scotland but back to that of his native country - Denmark. He even posted on this board the reason why: he wanted to be eligible to play in the ...errm...Danish Championships! Surely you cannot have it both ways and be eligible to be champion of both countries simultaneously?
To avoid such an unfortunate situation coming about in future can I proposed that as well as satisfy residency criteria or parentage rules to be eligible to become Scottish Champion that in addition the Scottish Champion MUST be FIDE affiliated to Scotland.
Am I alone to think this? If I am in the majority can we capture this in the rules going forward?