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FIDE to increase fees
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I agree...this price hike will just discourage people from participating in tournaments.
Javan64 wrote:
Makes the USCF look better & better!
Don't think this won't affect US in any way. USCF is under FIDE, actually. It won't affect USCF rated tournaments but it will affect FIDE rated tournaments (which do take place in the US), getting FIDE titles (GM, IM, FM, CM) for US players, participation at FIDE events (youth world chess championships, youth north american chess championships) and more.
The Dutch are probably correct in their prognosis, organisers might shift away from FIDE ratings and use the national one, whether's that's USCF, BCF, or the Czech chess union for me. One of the circumstances will be that ratings of different federations won't be comparable. And of course, some European federations (Slovakia to name one) have already abandoned their national rating system and might be in for an unpleasant surprise.
Is whychess officially related to fide?
Over the months it has produced a series of provocative articles, and recently it had a nice overview of all the games in the World Cup. I thought GM Tkachiev to be behind it all, although I'm not even sure about that. I couldn't find a link to whychess on www.fide.com... although people widely seem to think whychess = FIDE
Because the OTB expirience is something completely different.
OTB ok , but why FIDE ?
As I pointed out, many national federations have abolished their own rating systems and are now fully dependent upon FIDE for ratings. Ouch for them.
The FIDE rating list provided a unified rating across borders-a 1800 USCF isn't a 1800 German player and vice versa, BCF's ratings are completely different (150 BCF is about 2000 FIDE).
Anyways, FIDE might give us a reason why not, and organisers and players will return to their respective national rating, if they even have one.
Just got this off whychess:
The Dutch Chess Federation (DCF) has written an open letter to the FIDE Executive Board expressing concerns about proposals to increase rating fees.... The Dutch note there would be increases in many fees (e.g. for gaining titles and having an event rated), but that a new licensing system is also proposed. In order to have a rating a player would need to register for a license (10 euros) and then play either a yearly license fee (30) or a fee for life (500). The Dutch feel many players would choose not to be rated, and event organisers would prefer not to organise rated invents instead of risking a fine of 50 euros if they accidentally include a player without a valid license.
The Dutch Chess Federation (DCF) has written an open letter to the FIDE Executive Board expressing concerns about proposals to increase rating fees.
The DCF sum up their conclusions as follows:
- The proposals will raise the costs for players, organizers and federations excessively.
- The proposals lack any explanation regarding the necessity of these substantial raises in tariffs. Indeed, no coherent vision is presented.
- The proposals will not bring the ‘customers’ a higher standard of service. The product remains the same, but the prices are multiplied with a factor 2 or 3.
- The proposals will lead to more bureaucracy and administrative complications; money will have to be transferred back and forth between players, FIDE and national federations.
- The proposals will erode the FIDE rating system, since many tournaments that are now rated will drop out for financial reasons. Likewise, many chess players will not buy a license and will not be rated in the future.
The proposals will be discussed at the 82nd FIDE Council in Krakow, Poland, on 18 October 2011.
I have to admit, this would be an issue for me. Ive participated in FIDE rated events before (no published rating yet though), but if it meant shelling out 30 euros yearly, I'd stick to nationally rated events, which are abundant and high quality. Cheaper too.
I understand FIDE is probably facing a difficult time, but this is one of the worst places to cut corners.