10-08-2012, 07:20 PM
A quick scan through the Scottish Champions list <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://chessscotland.com/archiveresults/scocham.htm">http://chessscotland.com/archiveresults/scocham.htm</a><!-- m --> suggest the following would not have had a SCO affiliation at the time of their win: (Historian Alan McGowan may be able to mention others)
2012: Jacob Aagaard
2010: Andrew Greet
2003: Keti Grant
1980: Danny Kopec
1968: *David Levy? - not sure if London born Levy was just a student at this time or "ordinarily resident"
1939: *Max Pavey - an American student
1932: **W A Fairhurst
*These players may have been ineligible on the current residency rule pertaining to students regardless of the SCO issue.
"The term "permanently resident" does not include university students or other such residence of a transitory nature."
** Cheshire born Fairhurst only came to Glasgow in 1931 so wouldn't have fulfilled the minimum residency period which was to be changed to one year prior to Andrew Greet's 2010 win. Presumably back then such conditions didn't apply.
Since the first official FIDE list was only in July 1971 then I guess there could not have been country codes officially associated with players by the world federation. Was it just a free for all and anyone could play for any country?
2012: Jacob Aagaard
2010: Andrew Greet
2003: Keti Grant
1980: Danny Kopec
1968: *David Levy? - not sure if London born Levy was just a student at this time or "ordinarily resident"
1939: *Max Pavey - an American student
1932: **W A Fairhurst
*These players may have been ineligible on the current residency rule pertaining to students regardless of the SCO issue.
"The term "permanently resident" does not include university students or other such residence of a transitory nature."
** Cheshire born Fairhurst only came to Glasgow in 1931 so wouldn't have fulfilled the minimum residency period which was to be changed to one year prior to Andrew Greet's 2010 win. Presumably back then such conditions didn't apply.
Since the first official FIDE list was only in July 1971 then I guess there could not have been country codes officially associated with players by the world federation. Was it just a free for all and anyone could play for any country?