Here is a news article about a youth player who was not allowed to participate in hte Asian School Chess Festival:

 

http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=42154&n_tit=Mangalore%3A+Chess+Prodigy+Denied+Entry+into+National+Chess+Festival

 

It is said that this player was training for 15 hours everyday in preparation of this event. According to the organizers the youth player was not allowed to participate because he did not play at the national level chess festival in 2006.

 

It is a shame that the tournament organizers make strict policies which do not allow someone entry into the event when they were expecting to play and were preparing months in advance. 

 

That is really quite sad.  He trained in such a great quantity for the event and then was not allowed to play.

Why make rules if you are not going to follow them?

dfitzpatrick wrote: Why make rules if you are not going to follow them?

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Are you trying to say that these people were just following rules? If not, What are you trying to say? If so, then that's a very good question. I have no idea why they made that very stupid rule.

There are no absolutes! On one side “rules” are usually in place to equalize the playing field.   On the other side; exceptions should and can be made based on merit.  

 
The criteria are: does is it make a better game and does it hurt the other players? If it hurts, or puts the other players at a disadvantage then I agree with the judges.  Knowing the rules and playing by them makes the game better for all of us ….

let him play!