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In terms of criteria this may be selfish of my but as a fan and a spectator I think it could be made much more exciting for the average ecf member. Personally if I could see tournaments happening where I knew the winner would qualify for the team, and team members would gradually qualify throughout ...

Let's cut to the chase. Rather than discuss principle and process: for Samarkand, who is in the England team who shouldn't be, and who isn't in the England team who should be? The point about Shreyas was explained by the deadline for registration being before the British Championships. So those who...

With England's second-greatest generation becoming slowly but remorselessly older, less active and weaker, consideration should be given to priority for players who have ambition to make their living through playing chess. If that reduces our expected outcome from 15th to 22nd, then so be it. When ...

in the modern day team decisions like this should be made based on fair and transparent criteria such as rating and recent national tournament performances such as the British Championship. Why? Surely the selection should be of the team most likely to score the most points and have the best chance...

How do you think England's cricket team is selected? Or our football team? Or our rugby team? I am not saying that selection-by-committee is the only way of doing it, but whenever I read something like "fair and transparent criteria", all that tends to happen when you establish them is that the arg...

Hi all, Thank you everyone who voted for me in the recent gold members representative elections, unfortunately I was not successful but I have faith in our elective representatives to do a good job. With the soon upcoming Olympiad, for which I wish the England team all the best in, it has brought th...

For myself I would say I’m regularly in contact with players in the aforementioned range and thus could accurately represent them.

I got this message today on one of the WhatsApp group I’m on and never know location was a issue Having representatives from different parts of the country helps ensure that the views and interests of Gold Members are reflected across a wider area. With much of Council containing representatives fr...

I'm amused that the election for Gold Members Representatives, which has hitherto been met with a wide-ranging apathy for the last 15 years I've been aware of them, is now suddenly beset with problems such as voter fraud, a lack of transparency in the voting, and a lack of trust in the person or pe...

(This post is not about the MCF issues being discussed above although my club is an MCF member and so I am conversant with them). Whilst having election addresses is obviously a good thing they only convey what the candidates wish to tell us and therefore there is possibility of some being economic...

(This post is not about the MCF issues being discussed above although my club is an MCF member and so I am conversant with them). Whilst having election addresses is obviously a good thing they only convey what the candidates wish to tell us and therefore there is possibility of some being economic...

Hi all,
It is a pleasure to be running for this position, I would like to wish all other candidates the best of luck, and I am happy to answer any potential questions.
I also hugely appreciate anyone who has read my address and would consider voting for me.
George