The GURU sends out some pretty impressive promotional newsletters on occasions, and his
knight_times_2009_02.pdf is good example of the glossy.
He is usually to be congratulated for presenting the high end of publicity in my view.
However this para. from the most recent newsletter is certainly foreign to the health of the state and national chess associations.
Chess Kids will be introducing a rating system for junior
players in 2009. Every player who plays in a tournament
will have their own chess rating. After playing your first
tournament you will be given a rating based on your
performance.
Close readers of Ozchess will know that I have campaigned long against the fragmentary practice in NSW where a junior rating system is maintained outside the the official national system managed so accurately by Bill Gletsos.
In my view we can't afford the splitting of volunteer efforts that comes from running multiple rating systems.
Further, multiple systems in the one state causes confusion in the parent community and this does not help our image.
Well, as the coloured quote above shows, the fragmentation is about to occur in Victoria too.
And I guess this will be a third variant to the ACF system.
What a waste of energy in chess administration. It is not as though we are over-endowed with volunteers.
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