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A pasquinade of a situation - Canada supporting a dictator. Canada can now officially be deemed a third world country when it comes to the royal game. Unsettling times for the Canadian chess community.
As chess is concerned Canada's becoming a first ever Third World country with a snow!
If there was abuse, I daresay it was warranted. You're getting into bed with some pretty evil people who are not only bad for chess, but plain old bad.
If you want to have your posts deleted, keep it up. Abuse isn't welcome whatever the excuse is.
Dogs will bark, but the caravan of chess moves on.
After polling the governors and engaging in more than twenty pages worth of discussion with the voting members the decision was made to endorse Kirsan in the FIDE election.
I was hoping whatever decision was made, it would be for a simple vote and not an endorsement.
I was hoping whatever decision was made, it would be for a simple vote and not an endorsement.
This "endorsement" SMELLS after President's own poll here showed that Gary had almost 30 votes and Kirsan only 1, however don't forget that our President will do whatever is in the best interests of Canadian chess! Could anyone here explain it to me!
This "endorsement" SMELLS after President's own poll here showed that Gary had almost 30 votes and Kirsan only 1, however don't forget that our President will do whatever is in the best interests of Canadian chess! Could anyone here explain it to me!
Please any Governors and\or Executive Directors confirm that they've voted for the Iliumzhinov's endorsement by CFC.
Sasha Starr.
If you want to have your posts deleted, keep it up. Abuse isn't welcome whatever the excuse is.
For a moderator, you are not very even handed and are quick to threaten people you don't agree with. There is nothing that exceeds fair comment in the post you criticize. Maybe you should follow a policy of not being the moderator for threads that you care about.
Please any Governors and\or Executive Directors confirm that they've voted for the Iliumzhinov's endorsement by CFC.
Sasha Starr.
There was indeed a vote by the CFC governors. As pointed out earlier, there was a lot of discussion, with arguments and additionnal details for both sides. I don't know if the executive plan to make public the results. In any case, the vote was just to give an idea to the executive of what the governors were thinking. They then decided to make their own decision, but were not in any way binded to the results.
For a moderator, you are not very even handed and are quick to threaten people you don't agree with. There is nothing that exceeds fair comment in the post you criticize. Maybe you should follow a policy of not being the moderator for threads that you care about.
Abuse, or encouraging abuse, is out of bounds as far as I'm concerned. I'd rather nip it in the bud than have to disentangle an ugly mess.
Your suggestion, however, is a good one. I may just do that.
Dogs will bark, but the caravan of chess moves on.
This "endorsement" SMELLS after President's own poll here showed that Gary had almost 30 votes and Kirsan only 1, however don't forget that our President will do whatever is in the best interests of Canadian chess! Could anyone here explain it to me!
Chesstalk is equivalent to a gossip column in the tabloids, it holds no power in any serious discussion.
There was indeed a vote by the CFC governors. As pointed out earlier, there was a lot of discussion, with arguments and additionnal details for both sides. I don't know if the executive plan to make public the results. In any case, the vote was just to give an idea to the executive of what the governors were thinking. They then decided to make their own decision, but were not in any way binded to the results.
Since the Kasparov camp already knows the results perhaps we should.
Since the Kasparov camp already knows the results perhaps we should.
In the President's poll here there was only 1 vote for Ilumzhinov and almost 30 for Kasparov, yet the President insists that he had Governors' and Executives' vote to endorse Ilumzhinov.
I challenge Governors and Executives to come out of hiding and confirm when and how they voted. If indeed most of them voted for Ilumzhinov, they've neglected what majority of CFC's Membership wanted.
Last edited by Sasha Starr; Monday, 16th June, 2014, 10:32 PM.
After polling the governors and engaging in more than twenty pages worth of discussion with the voting members the decision was made to endorse Kirsan in the FIDE election. This is consistent with the governors vote
What do you think the math says? Which candidate received more votes out of the two?
24 governors voted
Endorse Garry 7 votes
Vote for but do not endorse Garry 1 vote
Abstain 4 votes
Vote for but do not endorse Kirsan 4 votes
Endorse Kirsan 8 votes
One member of the executive who voted to endorse Kirsan was not able to vote in the governors poll but did vote in the executive poll. The straw poll of the governors was not binding on the executive.
Last edited by Vlad Drkulec; Monday, 16th June, 2014, 08:50 PM.
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