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CJ de mooi and Nigel Short of England refused to sit with Scotland, Wales and Ireland at the general assembly - having Stewart Reuben change their seats.
Contrary to popular belief we are voting for the ECF...
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Mmmmm? I wonder if there is a change of heart from Engerlund ;| Mibbe they want to keep in with the hierarchy. ;P
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I'd just like to make a correction to the above. I had incomplete information, it was CJ and not Nigel. Apologies to GM Short who has been working with the home nation delegates.
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Quote: In short, Short is a thoroughly *********. Apology? Nah, not even if it was deserved!
I don't think this can really be acceptable. And suggest that it be removed ASAP.
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Lara is deputising for me. So far I have heard that the Arbiter Tax is going ahead which is going to cost CS anything up to £1000 this year. Marvellous...
Secondly CJ has resigned as ECF President!
There is some major news from us but I will wait for Alex and Lara to return before doing the announcement.
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I took this from a post on the ECF, by a past president of the English Chess Federeation, who states that he had Short standing as his FIDE rep.
"There is an election between the greatest ever English GM, with a track record of fighting corruption in FIDE, at his own risk, (Ok, he's a bit of a gob sh**e) "
and that is from one of his defenders.
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Andy,
I do not see how it can be acceptable to insult someone simply because
Quote:The man has no standing on this forum or in CS business
In what way does his standing make it acceptable? I mean are you saying that it would be unacceptable for some one to say the same about one of the CS directors because they have "standing"?