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As much as I love chess, I don't want the government to borrow more money to spend it on pastimes. If chess, why not bowling, darts, pool, bridge, poker, video games, scrabble, cribbage, crossword puzzles, jigsaw puzzles, quilting and doll collecting, all of which have more organized participants than chess?
Conservative have been there for the last years. Chess became a sport in 1999 when FIDE has been recognised the IOC. Or you may say that it became a sport in 2001 when FIDE complied with the IOC anti-doping code.
Trudeau could not have done it. Nobody expected that Canada would be among the first Countries to recognized Chess as a sport. A wait and see approach was correct at the beginning. Even the IOC was surprised by the number of national chess Federations who became member of their national Olympic Committee. When Harper arrived, chess was recognized as a sport in many places. Canada did not have to take the risk to lead, it only has to follow. This failure to follow the word is inexcusable.
The years 1993 to early 2006 were Jean Chretien and then Paul Martin. Both Liberals. They set the policy. Surely you are only complaining the current government hasn't changed Liberal policies on sport.
If the government supports chess they should also give money to correspondence chess.
As much as I love chess, I don't want the government to borrow more money to spend it on pastimes. If chess, why not bowling, darts, pool, bridge, poker, video games, scrabble, cribbage, crossword puzzles, jigsaw puzzles, quilting and doll collecting, all of which have more organized participants than chess?
Don't forget hockey.
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It's hard to have a league in a region where high schools are separated by 50+ km... The Montreal high school chess league also includes schools from suburbs (so basically it covers half of the population of Quebec).
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So have an innercity league and a suburban league, what's so difficult about that? Or just cover schools that are reasonably close and make a league of that. Our high school league in Hamilton didn't cover every single school.
Anyone could easily find out how schools are divided geographically into other sports leagues such as soccer, football, hockey, track etc and copy those divisions. Then once you have a division champion, have a champion of champions tournament. I find it hard to believe that Montreal high schools do not compete against each other in any way, shape or form.
Last edited by Zeljko Kitich; Tuesday, 16th April, 2013, 06:21 AM.
This thread appeared to be dead when I posted a comment>>>>>
"This is the sort of event that FIDE should be sponsoring - not milking for money!
This crap will only end when Federations begin withdrawing from FIDE."
For some reason the answer to my post was that some politicians in Canada were responsible for chess not being declared a sport.
The fact that FIDE is sucking money from something they should be sponsoring with a cash influx received no comment! Oh well, that's ChessTalk.
Your statement seemed pretty definitive Vlad. Milking, crap, withdraw are terms that breach no argument. They don't seem like an overture to discussion. Didn't seem like there was anything to comment on after that. Were you really expecting replies?
Last edited by Zeljko Kitich; Tuesday, 16th April, 2013, 06:24 AM.
There are 3 regional events: Northern, Central America and South America. The regulations state that the Northern event is for Canada, Mexico and the U.S. however it also states that no Federation can participate in two events.
When we organizd the event in 2010, we had youngsters from Haiti which is part of the Central region. The condition of their participation was that they would not also play in the Central America event that year.
Actually, other sports do not suffer from the distance problem. The school just rent a bus. Rawdon and Oka are in the same RSEQ. http://ll.rseq.ca/display/ARSELLWeb/Membres
It's hard to have a league in a region where high schools are separated by 50+ km... The Montreal high school chess league also includes schools from suburbs (so basically it covers half of the population of Quebec).
1993 is irrelevant because chess became a sport, on paper, in 2002. It took more time for the practical implementation. Paul Martin was a minority Government. When the Conservative arrive, it is absolutely clear that chess is a sport because all the pioneering work has been done in other countries. In Martin time, chess was not widely recognized as a sport but in Harper time, it is.
If the Government support Chess, it also has to support Drought, Go and bridge.
Maybe a courageous bankbencher will move a Private Member bill to create Mind Sports Canada to give Mind Sports a level of support equal to what Sports Canada gives to traditional sports. This may be a better solution then joining Sports Canada.
The years 1993 to early 2006 were Jean Chretien and then Paul Martin. Both Liberals. They set the policy. Surely you are only complaining the current government hasn't changed Liberal policies on sport.
If the government supports chess they should also give money to correspondence chess.
what happened to this, is this event still going on or is it still in limbo? also what kind of fees were being considered? i think someone suggested covering the higher cost with slightly higher entry fees, is that feasible?
Is there any minimum rating requirements, need to be approved by your national federation, etc. etc. limit on number of players from any one country?
I see comments about official national representatives, re. accommodations,meals etc., but I am instead talking about just your average kid who would like to play. Is it open to all kids? If so, thumbs up!
Is there any minimum rating requirements, need to be approved by your national federation, etc. etc. limit on number of players from any one country?
I see comments about official national representatives, re. accommodations,meals etc., but I am instead talking about just your average kid who would like to play. Is it open to all kids? If so, thumbs up!
There's a limited number of official representatives, but all kids can participate (and it's a great opportunity).
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