07-08-2015, 02:10 AM
Hi Walter,
Regarding point 1, it is possible to be a member of Chess Scotland, but not have an SCO FIDE registration. This means that someone could win the national title but not be SCO (unless I'm missing/misunderstanding something?)
Using Jacob Aagaard as an example (as we like to do) he is a life member of CS, and although DEN registered, he has lived in Scotland for more than 2 years.
So there ought to be a requirement for SCO registration in the proposal somewhere relating to national championship titles (eligibility for representing Scotland internationally obviously requires SCO affiliation through FIDE already).
Also, if Jacob decided he wanted to represent SCO again (and CS said 'yes' and Denmark decided they didn't want a 'transfer fee' - both perfectly feasible) then there doesn't seem to be anything preventing him from immediately being chosen for the Scottish team? This wouldn't sit well with a number of players, and might require some debate and decisions before any voting takes place on your proposal.
As for point 2, is there any particular reason for wanting 'grandparent' rather than 'parent' as the qualifying criteria? I imagine this is the norm for other countries/other sports -just wondering if there were other reasons?!
Regarding point 1, it is possible to be a member of Chess Scotland, but not have an SCO FIDE registration. This means that someone could win the national title but not be SCO (unless I'm missing/misunderstanding something?)
Using Jacob Aagaard as an example (as we like to do) he is a life member of CS, and although DEN registered, he has lived in Scotland for more than 2 years.
So there ought to be a requirement for SCO registration in the proposal somewhere relating to national championship titles (eligibility for representing Scotland internationally obviously requires SCO affiliation through FIDE already).
Also, if Jacob decided he wanted to represent SCO again (and CS said 'yes' and Denmark decided they didn't want a 'transfer fee' - both perfectly feasible) then there doesn't seem to be anything preventing him from immediately being chosen for the Scottish team? This wouldn't sit well with a number of players, and might require some debate and decisions before any voting takes place on your proposal.
As for point 2, is there any particular reason for wanting 'grandparent' rather than 'parent' as the qualifying criteria? I imagine this is the norm for other countries/other sports -just wondering if there were other reasons?!