18-12-2012, 04:15 PM
amuir Wrote:Jacob Aagaard lost to Neil Berry in SNCL
Vlad Barnaure lost in Richardson
it put them off
Well, if that's the only reason they have then that's frankly pathetic! Barnaure lost to Alan Tate (I know cos I was there) but neither Alan nor Neil are the '2000 opponents' alluded to previously.
There have been players representing Scotland (chosen primarily based on FIDE ratings) having had no FIDE-rated activity in the previous 4 years (at least). Preserving a FIDE-rating by not playing any rated events just so you can represent your country seems wrong to me.