(17-07-2019, 10:50 AM)Alan Tate Wrote: I couldn't agree more regarding the comments about CS officials and organisers working tirelessly to provide us with Chess Scotland. I thanked Alex and Andy in person and I'm doing it again now. I admire Alistair White's honesty.
Matthew is an interesting player with a clear positional and practical style who I enjoy playing against and learnt from. I'd like to see him play next year.
We all make mistakes. Clearly there are many issues with the motion in 2016 - these obviously need clarifying. Personally I don't care who is responsible. I just want to see the right thing done, and that is for Colin McNab to be given the title.
I don't know what should happen now - but I do think it should be acknowledged that an error was made.
Edit: I do have a view of course - but this extends beyond this one Championship. The eligibility criteria for Championships (and International Selection, note) should not be changed by accepting errors on entry forms as the new policy.