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One of the few times that I agree with you, Neil. There should be two organizations: one for anyone (including elite players) who wants to join for love of the game, Canadian-rated tournaments, etc., and another for anyone (presumably mostly elite players) who wants/needs an organization which attends to Canada's international entanglements including the relationship with FIDE. The internationally oriented version of the CFC can be funded by the people who join it. Enough of this FIDE b.s.!!
Agree ... yikes!
lt would be enlightening to know just how many CFC memberships have a FIDE title. And, what is that percentage of membership represent of the overall CFC membership? Probably a very very small percentage.
“According to FIDE, you wrote to them stating that you would be attending as Delegate. Now they require you to correct this mistake so please do so. The deadline is October 31. You can almost surely attend as Counsellor and I would totally welcome that.”
My purpose in doing that was to get to the bottom of what happened with the intercepted email.
LOOL!! I call BULLSHIT!!
It would have been great to see a strong Canadian team confront ... Vadim or Berik or Dvorkovich et al. ... Hal as Canada's FIDE Delegate & Vlad as Counsellor!!!
But, nope!
Seems that Vlad had his own undisclosed plans. €20,000 worth of plans? Maybe and maybe not ... time will tell!
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Last edited by Neil Frarey; Saturday, 20th March, 2021, 11:14 PM.
All new is well overlooked old. I accidentally stumbled into the 2020 CFC AGM election thread and realized that I had not read it then. After reading it today, I found a lot of interesting things. If anyone really wants to get to the bottom of the Hal Bond’s story, they will find important information in this thread. For those who don’t want to read all 13 pages, I will list the numbers of relevant posts in this thread which are most curious: ## 36, 39, 43, 48, 51, 67, 76, 82, 84, 85, 86, 88, 93, and 109.
And here are some of the most exciting quotes from this thread:
Hal Bond (from post #36) “Suppose one of our Officers offered money to our Federation in exchange for the removal of an elected member of the Executive. Do you think we could quietly ask this person to resign without being sued?”
Fred McKim (from post #67) “In this case no action was taken. While the majority of the Executive voted for an action, President Vlad Drkulec declined to move forward after seeking legal advice from Les Bunning, our long time lawyer.”
Hal Bond (from post #76) “If we can’t even object to a bribe without being sued by the person who offered it, we should close our doors. We are not an organization, we are a hostage.” …………………………………… “Make no mistake about it, this is not only about what has (not) happened, this is also about our future. Vlad is not corrupt at all, but to me he appears to behave like he has been compromised by the offender. This is not good for the CFC. We need to ensure the independence of the CFC Executive.”
Hal Bond (from post #84) “FIDE told me that if I spoke up I would create a scandal which would be my fault. Vlad even warned me that my life could be in danger from the KGB.”
Vladimir Drkulec (from post #88) “This type of a targeted attack is probably way above the pay grade of the person Hal blames for everything. I would have said FSB and not KGB as the latter died with the Soviet Union. And yes, I was concerned for Hal's life if he travelled to some of these foreign countries where life is often cheap and guilty parties can disappear into a crowd.”
Hal Bond (from post #84) “The bribe came right after the Batumi election in 2018. I had just received word that I was kicked out of the WCC match in London. A letter was sent to our Exec from the offender, trashing my performance in Batumi and praising himself. The bribe to replace me was alluded to in the letter and followed up more explicitly in a phone conversation with our President Vlad. Of course the offer was not even considered but the attempt was clear.”
Hal Bond (from post #93) “Your view of FIDE's 5 year rule is irrelevant. What about the apparent willful deceit? What was done about that?”
Hal Bond (from post #109) “I managed to speak with a top FIDE Official on the first night of the Abu Dhabi Congress in February. My first priority was to assure him that Canada does NOT oppose his administration. He replied that everyone is on the same team after an election. I also told him that I have come under attack - before I could finish he started apologizing for our offender, indicating that he did not support this kind of behaviour but they like his work so they keep him on. (Gasp!) I mentioned the forged email and again he mentioned our offender, and disavowed the act.”
So long as the Chess Federation of Canada continues to suckle FIDE's teat ... in one form or another (re: missing 60k, re: Anton etc.) these sorts of conflicts will continue to occur.
Chess in Canada at grass root & street level does not require FIDE.
Don't need FIDE to survive! Don't need FIDE to thrive!
Period.
One of the few times that I agree with you, Neil. There should be two organizations: one for anyone (including elite players) who wants to join for love of the game, Canadian-rated tournaments, etc., and another for anyone (presumably mostly elite players) who wants/needs an organization which attends to Canada's international entanglements including the relationship with FIDE. The internationally oriented version of the CFC can be funded by the people who join it. Enough of this FIDE b.s.!!
Last edited by Peter McKillop; Saturday, 20th March, 2021, 12:51 PM.
Might you have at least informed Hal that you were exercising your prerogative to usurp his role? Why did you eventually un-usurp? Your purpose was surely valid, but why not work with Hal on the question of the leak-er rather than against him? Agreed, the identity of the leak-er is the key. I shall offer no opinion on thermal exhaust ports, but am encouraged by the fact that you know more today than yesterday. At my age I seem to be forgetting more than I am learning.
Perhaps Vlad's reference to thermal exhaust ports is his way of admitting that he is doing a lot more farting and belching these days....
The forgery was only to benefit Mr.Tsypin who has ambitions for himself and his wife. They have worked hard for Canadian chess and deserve more work in the international arena. (The forger may have been acting under direction of some FIDE official who found Hal annoying.) This fact should have disqualified Vadim from running for the position. but Vlad posted that we have a candidate in mind. He was happy in advancing somebody who was tainted with corruption. So, regardless of who leaked it, the acceptance of the candidacy shows a lack of integrity. Just as bad if he did so under legal threats.
i think it was a coordinated effort between the CFC & FIDE.
(The forger may have been acting under direction of some FIDE official who found Hal annoying.)
Interesting speculation! Maybe Hal's original email got to FIDE after it was leaked, and as Vlad has told us, FIDE did not like it. And then it was doctored to look worse. Perhaps Mr. Tsypin only passed along the original, and then someone higher up did the doctoring?
Under FIDE and CFC guidelines and rules I was entitle to usurp Hal Bond's role. My purpose in doing that was to get to the bottom of what happened with the intercepted email. For me this has always been the key. If we know this, we know everything that we need to know. Everything I said about thermal exhaust ports is doubly true today. I know so much more today than I knew yesterday.
Might you have at least informed Hal that you were exercising your prerogative to usurp his role? Why did you eventually un-usurp? Your purpose was surely valid, but why not work with Hal on the question of the leak-er rather than against him? Agreed, the identity of the leak-er is the key. I shall offer no opinion on thermal exhaust ports, but am encouraged by the fact that you know more today than yesterday. At my age I seem to be forgetting more than I am learning.
We are not so much concerned with the person who forged the email, we are more concerned with the person who leaked it. The forgery likely took place by the person who received the leaked original rather than the person who leaked it. Someone on the executive must have leaked the letter to Mr. Tsypin. Who forged it is a lesser matter- it may have been the leak-er, it may have been the receiver. Either way, someone on the executive knows who leaked the letter because he is the person who did it. Unless of course the hacked at the airport theory is the truth of the matter.
Now, anyone who seems to obfuscate and confuse the matter is likely to be guilty. Anyone who honestly seeks to get to the bottom of the matter is likely not the guilty party. We know too that Mr. Tsypin was making all sorts of offers/bribes in order to attempt to replace Hal as our FIDE representative. Given his former position on the FIDE committee he may have been a person who could deliver perks to anyone who scratched his back. Perks such as attendance at important FIDE meetings in the future when the world gets back to normal. Vlad, we know, sought to usurp Hal in his role as FIDE representative and resisted correcting the matter until forced to.
Of course, appearances can be deceiving.
The forgery was only to benefit Mr.Tsypin who has ambitions for himself and his wife. They have worked hard for Canadian chess and deserve more work in the international arena. (The forger may have been acting under direction of some FIDE official who found Hal annoying.) This fact should have disqualified Vadim from running for the position. but Vlad posted that we have a candidate in mind. He was happy in advancing somebody who was tainted with corruption. So, regardless of who leaked it, the acceptance of the candidacy shows a lack of integrity. Just as bad if he did so under legal threats.
Under FIDE and CFC guidelines and rules I was entitle to usurp Hal Bond's role. My purpose in doing that was to get to the bottom of what happened with the intercepted email. For me this has always been the key. If we know this, we know everything that we need to know. Everything I said about thermal exhaust ports is doubly true today. I know so much more today than I knew yesterday.
We are not so much concerned with the person who forged the email, we are more concerned with the person who leaked it. The forgery likely took place by the person who received the leaked original rather than the person who leaked it. Someone on the executive must have leaked the letter to Mr. Tsypin. Who forged it is a lesser matter- it may have been the leak-er, it may have been the receiver. Either way, someone on the executive knows who leaked the letter because he is the person who did it. Unless of course the hacked at the airport theory is the truth of the matter.
Now, anyone who seems to obfuscate and confuse the matter is likely to be guilty. Anyone who honestly seeks to get to the bottom of the matter is likely not the guilty party. We know too that Mr. Tsypin was making all sorts of offers/bribes in order to attempt to replace Hal as our FIDE representative. Given his former position on the FIDE committee he may have been a person who could deliver perks to anyone who scratched his back. Perks such as attendance at important FIDE meetings in the future when the world gets back to normal. Vlad, we know, sought to usurp Hal in his role as FIDE representative and resisted correcting the matter until forced to.
Notice to Posters: I would be careful of accusing any one individual of altering (forging) Hal's letter to the CFC Board of Directors. To this day, none of the Board know who did this. At the time it happened, all of the Board denied sharing Hal's original e-mail with anyone. Hal may have recently implied he KNOWS who did it, but if so he hasn't shared it publicly.
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