27-01-2017, 11:49 PM
John Watkins Wrote:Who decided the change of date for the semi finals without any consultation with the teams? It is hard enough to get a team together at the best of times when dates have been in the Chess Scotland calendar for many months ahead, which allows people to plan holidays, etc (see previous posts with the surprise that the finals being on Easter weekend and lots of people potentially being on holiday with no prospect of that date being moved). I had put my team on notice for a 18/3/2017 semi final match date, whoever that may be against.
I did since another congress is also scheduled on that weekend. I am trying my best here. If the team you play against also agrees to that weekend (March 19th) then I have no problem with you playing on that date. The easter date is immovable as the venue had to be booked and yet again I moved that date to avoid a clash with a new congress being launched. Remember that the date is a play by date. I'm sure once the draw is made you will ample time to agree a date with your opponent