12-08-2016, 10:43 AM
WBuchanan Wrote:Ian. it sounds like there is more to this FIDE question, and there are clearly implications of FIDE rated - why not do a specific poll to address this question?
One word - apathy. formal Polls involving woodpushers tend to have a very poor response
There is no point in any further fact finding. We will run this tournament for this year and tweak it for the future if need be.
There is general acceptance that we move move more and more towards FIDE tournaments. The Spens and Richardson are already there.
People will vote with their feet (or their entries) . This is a new tournament. There is no loss for those who do not want to play