Chess Scotland Adult Selection Criteria

[Andrew Greet]

Nobody should just walk into any current Scottish team on the basis of historic results, rating or commitment to chess in Scotland.

If Keti is available to play in the Scottish women's team, she should just walk in; there's simply no intelligent argument to the contrary. 

The fact that this new ruling even allows for the possibility of Keti not being selected for the women's team should be all that's needed to determine that it's a terrible idea.

Hi Andrew, I'd like to keep this debate as civil as possible! Just because you disagree with something does not mean there are no 'intelligent' arguments to the contrary.

Okay, so I stated my opinion quite strongly but you've taken an incredibly drastic step Andy. Your rule could potentially lead to the exclusion of some of our strongest players, so you should expect to be challenged on this matter. 

So, with all due respect and civility, I'd like to know why you think it's justifiable to allow any scenario in which Keti could be excluded from the women's team. I leave you with the current top 10 list of Scottish female players, taken from the FIDE website. 

# Name Title Fed Rating G B-Year
 1 Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan g SCO 2369 9 1968
 2 Bamber, Elaine wf SCO 2102 0 1983
 3 Groves, Carey wf SCO 1934 0 1962
 4 Roy, Ali SCO 1914 0 1995
 5 Giulian, Rosemary A SCO 1892 0 1964
 6 Durno, Joy wf SCO 1873 0 1965
 7 Espinosa Cancino, Monica SCO 1708 0 2000
 8 Rutherford, Kathleen SCO 1707 0 1989
 9 Macgilchrist, Siegrun SCO 1677 0 1945
 10 Lampard, Alice SCO 1639 0 1996