03-12-2013, 08:10 PM
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The FIDE position is a player can be registered as SCO if they have "citizenship, naturalization or residency in the country of that Federation."
FIDE do not indicate what constitutes citizenship of SCO or any other country. Once a player is registered as SCO they can play in FIDE events representing Scotland.
At the moment there is no such thing as Scottish or English citizenship. There is British citizenship. FIDE do not elaborate on how to determine eligibility for states with multi-country representation. So looking for further guidance from FIDE wont be of any help.
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Usually national sporting representation is only allowed by independent countries. In the current UK political situation sporting bodies in the UK have devised their own rules on what constitutes player eligibility.
So for example the football rules for the UK teams: "...the eligibility criteria governing a player who could play for more than one of the home associations are his place of birth, or the place of birth of either of his biological parents or any of his four biological grandparents – with one exception. That is the case of a player educated for a minimum of five years under the age of 18 “in the territory of the relevant association”."
However the Commonwealth Games only allow parent: "...where a competitor was born in a Commonwealth Country that has common citizenship/passport with other Commonwealth Countries, the competitor may initially represent either the competitor's Commonwealth Country of birth; or the Commonwealth Country of birth of his or her father or mother that shares the same citizenship/passport." See Article 24. <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.thecgf.com/about/constitution.pdf">http://www.thecgf.com/about/constitution.pdf</a><!-- m -->
In the two and a half years since this issue came up at the 2011 CS AGM the various UK chess countries were meant to take part in a British Isles Coordinating Committee meeting to discuss these issues - it has never taken place. Maybe it is now time for CS members to work it out for themselves.
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current rules
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The FIDE position is a player can be registered as SCO if they have "citizenship, naturalization or residency in the country of that Federation."
FIDE do not indicate what constitutes citizenship of SCO or any other country. Once a player is registered as SCO they can play in FIDE events representing Scotland.
At the moment there is no such thing as Scottish or English citizenship. There is British citizenship. FIDE do not elaborate on how to determine eligibility for states with multi-country representation. So looking for further guidance from FIDE wont be of any help.
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Usually national sporting representation is only allowed by independent countries. In the current UK political situation sporting bodies in the UK have devised their own rules on what constitutes player eligibility.
So for example the football rules for the UK teams: "...the eligibility criteria governing a player who could play for more than one of the home associations are his place of birth, or the place of birth of either of his biological parents or any of his four biological grandparents – with one exception. That is the case of a player educated for a minimum of five years under the age of 18 “in the territory of the relevant association”."
However the Commonwealth Games only allow parent: "...where a competitor was born in a Commonwealth Country that has common citizenship/passport with other Commonwealth Countries, the competitor may initially represent either the competitor's Commonwealth Country of birth; or the Commonwealth Country of birth of his or her father or mother that shares the same citizenship/passport." See Article 24. <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.thecgf.com/about/constitution.pdf">http://www.thecgf.com/about/constitution.pdf</a><!-- m -->
In the two and a half years since this issue came up at the 2011 CS AGM the various UK chess countries were meant to take part in a British Isles Coordinating Committee meeting to discuss these issues - it has never taken place. Maybe it is now time for CS members to work it out for themselves.
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current rules
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