28-07-2015, 08:46 PM
For clarification on the confusion I caused at the meeting.
The FIDE Arena (on-line playing via the FIDE site) allows players to join directly. If you already have a FIDE code number (FIN) then that is used for both on-line and over the board play. It was not clear to me what would happen to players applying directly to FIDE for an on-line code but then using that for over the board play.
Subsequently, what now seems to happen is that if someone joins the Arena and claims to be Scottish they are indeed assigned an SCO designation. However, is Chess Scotland objects to this then that designation is not given to the player and they are reassigned as FIDE.
What is still not clear is what the legal position is if a player denied by CS takes the matter further. If such a player then wanted to play over the board with a FIDE FIN as opposed to a CS FIN he would have to pay a significant annual fee to FIDE. (It may be that he can claim another Federation as his own!!)
The FIDE Arena (on-line playing via the FIDE site) allows players to join directly. If you already have a FIDE code number (FIN) then that is used for both on-line and over the board play. It was not clear to me what would happen to players applying directly to FIDE for an on-line code but then using that for over the board play.
Subsequently, what now seems to happen is that if someone joins the Arena and claims to be Scottish they are indeed assigned an SCO designation. However, is Chess Scotland objects to this then that designation is not given to the player and they are reassigned as FIDE.
What is still not clear is what the legal position is if a player denied by CS takes the matter further. If such a player then wanted to play over the board with a FIDE FIN as opposed to a CS FIN he would have to pay a significant annual fee to FIDE. (It may be that he can claim another Federation as his own!!)