tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14539885.post4273072977542135957..comments2023-09-30T18:56:06.919+09:00Comments on The Closet Grandmaster: Cordover's CrusadeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14539885.post-9996316174619373042011-03-28T12:46:26.987+09:002011-03-28T12:46:26.987+09:00"if we cannot reach an amicable resolution th..."if we cannot reach an amicable resolution then I will consider my other options to include actively encouraging clubs and organisers to withdraw from the ACF ratings system to use Tornelo (free) and simultaneously petition FIDE to allow an organisation OTHER than the ACF to deal with them for ratings."<br /><br />Brilliant- and you would not find support wanting David. It is time for clubs to realise they are not the hostage of the ACF. If tournaments use tornelo and are not rated it deligitimises ACF ratings. Take someone like Karl Zelesco- he's beaten West, Pyke and others in the MCC club champs. If he plays a tournament like this and it isn't rated, everything starts to become ridiculous.<br /><br />It seems to me that the clubs are in control, and this is a very easy avenue to prove that.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02882069853165985799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14539885.post-61845923418554862892011-03-28T09:36:27.290+09:002011-03-28T09:36:27.290+09:00David has made a few posts on OzChess regarding th...David has made a few posts on OzChess regarding this issue. In fact it was first raised there.<br /><br />He has so far responded to his critics with dignity and class.<br /><br />The ACF has no right to tell him what he can and cannot do on his own private website.<br /><br />I also point out that TCG is in no way impartial in this dispute, and he in fact fanned the flames by stating that he found David's Tornelo site to be confusing and/or misleading due to the ACF reference on it.<br /><br />Shortly thereafter the ACF wrote its letter. Strange how your blog neglected to mention that Amiel.<br /><br />Strange also that your story linked to David's post on Chess Chat when he first made that identical post on OzChess.<br /><br />Its one thing for you to be cozy with the powers that be in the ACF, but journalistic integrity suffers when you don't put all your cards on the table from the outset.OzChess.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10361186495327083764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14539885.post-3777214707928664942011-03-28T01:52:38.165+09:002011-03-28T01:52:38.165+09:00Yes, I do indeed run tournaments for David for pay...Yes, I do indeed run tournaments for David for pay and in this context I have found him very good to work with. Enthusiastic, innovative, provides useful feedback, cares about players and lightning fast at paying pay invoices. <br /><br />But that doesn't mean I assume that I can translate that relationship to ACF level given David's cultural differences with many official voluntary bodies (and them with him). Indeed it's generally most appropriate for me to just declare conflict of interest and abstain when stuff concerning him is voted on by the ACF.<br /><br />In my view Tornelo has tremendous potential but a number of things need to be addressed to realise that in the context of the ACF using it or major events using it. <br /><br />The first one is that the ACF is simply not inclined to outsource its ratings to a private site, let alone one run by someone who quite a few ACF councillors don't trust. So if the ACF is to use Tornelo for ratings and projected ratings, or even supply ratings-related data like SP files to it, it should be via a copy licenced to the ACF and under its effective control on its own webspace. <br /><br />Secondly the program needs to be able to do Dutch pairings - not necessarily perfectly (what program can?) but at very least no worse than SP. <br /><br />Thirdly, misleading links and labels, even if unintentionally misleading, need to be removed.<br /><br />I believe all these issues and other potential problems are solvable if both parties have the will to do so. <br /><br />NB Based on his quoting of the same comment elsewhere, "mattyqwerty" is Matthew Sweeney, whose bilious hatred of both the ACF and Chess Chat (based largely on them not putting up with his poor behaviour) is well known.Kevin Bonhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06845545257440242894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14539885.post-76993524615014540822011-03-27T20:54:32.834+09:002011-03-27T20:54:32.834+09:00This is not a push for a new religion, it is a pus...This is not a push for a new religion, it is a push for democratic secular state. Abandon the ACF and its propaganda mouth piece Chess Chat.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com