FIDE - New Player Licences

[Andy Howie]

I've been abroad with work so have just seem this and a mail from Alex about it.

With a lot of talk on the site about Fide ratings, I was wondering when some comment on FIDE's latest scheme would be forthcoming from CS. I notice that Alex McFarlane has posted about this on the ECF, but nothing here.

Quoted from the English Chess Forum.

"REGULATIONS ON REGISTRATION & LICENSING OF PLAYERS
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Approved by 2013 Presidential Board

1. All Players shall be required to register with their National Chess Federations (NCF). The
FIDE Regulations on Registration, Transfers and Eligibility shall apply.

All players in Scoland already are!

2. The NCF (or FIDE) shall issue the FIDE ID Number if the Player does not have one at
the time of registration. NCF will register the Player with FIDE by providing
information containing the Player’s Name, Gender, Place & Year of Birth, Photo,
Passport Number; FIDE ID Number (if any).

If you are going to play in a FIDE event Dougie encourages you to contact him so that he can register you. I think we will have to make that manditory.

I am not too happy with the Passport number to be honest, I'll seek clarification on that. It may cause problems in countires like Germany where Data protection laws would prevent that from being transmitted

3. FIDE/NCF shall issue the Player with a Player ID Card bearing the information from
Rule 2 above.All information shall be maintained in the List of FIDE Licensed Players.

Could be a simple addition to the existing membership cards

4. A Player who registers to compete in any FIDE rated competition shall be required to
provide his FIDE ID Number.

5. An Organizer receiving any registration must refer to the List of FIDE Licensed Players
before accepting the registration.

6. If an Organizer inadvertently accepted a Player without a valid License, the Organizer
shall be penalized 50 Euro for every infringement. Such Players shall not have a FIDE ID
Number and shall have no Federation Flag.

7. Games played by Players without a valid License shall not count for rating for
themselves. Games played against them by Licensed Players shall be counted.

8. A NCF may subsequently (during or after the competition) register the Player mentioned
in Rules 8 & 9 above provided a Late Payment Fee of 50 Euro is paid.

Quite self explanitory

9. Players without a License cannot play in any official FIDE or Continental competition.

We do this up here for the Scottish Championships.

10. For each time a player who has been delisted by his NCF and subsequently re-listed, the
payment is 20 Euro."

Hmm, ECF will have fun with that one!

Is this an attempt at a money maker, or are we going to see the removal of the licence of players who play in 'unauthorised ' events?

I don't see any money making to be honest. More making sure people are registered before they play.

One area I will be seeking clarification is things like SNCL and Richardson. What do we do with a player that comes in later in the competition.