As usual the Northern clique start there headkicking. The latest goon to wade into the debate is.................



Ridiculous! The menace begins by lambasting GH (presumably) on the site for posting under a pseudonym. I am sorry Menace , but having an "anonymous pseudonym" does not appear to be a a capital offense on the swamp. Maybe you should petition your overzealous officials (sic). And even if psudonyms were illegal (they are not) , HOW EXACTLY IS THE PSEUDONYM ANONYMOUS IF YOU KNOW THE POSTERS IDENTITY. (mental note for Denis-Please put brain in gear before driving)

Diddums by the way for the argument that the ACF is affected. The ACF's institutional ineptitude has affected Australian chess for the last twenty years!

Here is your track record......

The ACF continues to extort tax on every Victorian chessplayer without putting ANYTHING back into Victorian chess. It continues to assume virtually no economic responsibility for holding major events. It continues to make no attempt to organise a National tournament chess circuit. It continues to be ineffectual in courting Federal funding for National and State chess. It continues to privatise all responsilbility for any chess activity to independent chess companies and clubs. It continues to waste its limited manpower on micro managing selection committees in preference to an active tournament selection process, (which really just reinforces the extent of egotistical sublimation that these incompetent hacks want to have over any talented chess player)

Of course, time for ACF Officials and ex-party stooges is better utilised on the officially "unofficial" bulletin board attacking one of the more esteemed statesman of Victorian chess, who actually has a measurable and qualified track record for achieving results. That said, whilst I am only guessing that Gerrit would presumably not want CV disaffiliated from the ACF, my personal opinion is BRING IT ON. VICTORIAN CHESS would be better served removed from its disfunctional parent.

Here we have a new inexperienced Victorian CV executive, (who in my opinion have attempted to improve Victorian chess) being publically harangued by the ACF and threatened with the big stick because of a"mutual responsibility clause". The real tragedy,of course, is that the ACF is an irresponsible parent organisation, which is in itself a useful way of pointing out a simple analogy.

When parents don't foster a positive relationship with their children, often their own flesh and blood forget about them in their old age. Which is a useful analogy for my point. If "ACF officals and elder statesmen" were really concerned about Victorian chess (even for self interested legalistic motives) they would be on the phone talking too Katrina or Leonid about HOW THEY COULD HELP CHESSVICTORIA. Have you ever heard of the word MENTOR you sad old belligerent goons?

cheers Fg7

$3000 for insurance seems a bit on the expensive side, especially if no one has ever been injured or killed at a chess tournament in Australia before. But then again, if Kylie Minogue can insure her bottom for millions of dollars ...

You are a blockhead Bill! My exact words were:

Obviously I was expressing doubt that AC's estimate was accurate.

Keep this up and I will place you in the same category of dishonesty that Kevin is in for misquoting me on several occasions.