24-07-2015, 07:22 PM
I asked a similar question re: Jacob's eligibility during the tournament.
I forget who I was talking with at the time (1 or 2 of our strongest players I think) and the response was a unanimous 'of course, he's been living here for 10 years' or something similar, coupled with a few strange looks aimed at me for posing such a ridiculous question.
I'm a bit unsure whether Jacob, or someone in a similar situation, should be eligible or not. Would it be possible for someone to be eligible for even more than 2 national championships? Through residency, birth, FIDE affiliation, parentage, grand-parentage..? Hmmm...
I similarly admire Jacob's contributions to chess here in Scotland and elsewhere, but the question George has posed is definitely worthy of a discussion. Perhaps we could have it without being specific to Jacob, although he is an obvious 'for example' to use.
I forget who I was talking with at the time (1 or 2 of our strongest players I think) and the response was a unanimous 'of course, he's been living here for 10 years' or something similar, coupled with a few strange looks aimed at me for posing such a ridiculous question.
I'm a bit unsure whether Jacob, or someone in a similar situation, should be eligible or not. Would it be possible for someone to be eligible for even more than 2 national championships? Through residency, birth, FIDE affiliation, parentage, grand-parentage..? Hmmm...
I similarly admire Jacob's contributions to chess here in Scotland and elsewhere, but the question George has posed is definitely worthy of a discussion. Perhaps we could have it without being specific to Jacob, although he is an obvious 'for example' to use.