English Chess Forum

1) The petition is largely pointless. As has been pointed out elsewhere it has not even been put in the right place. 2) If you are going to support a campaign of this type it is better to do from a petition of strength and moral high ground. A petition that can be portrayed as being concerned with ...

Because we fundamentally disagree with tax evasion? :roll: I hope that everyone disagrees with tax evasion. Sorry I think I failed in getting my point across. The petition is about why chess is treated differently from sports. Let's say UKCC wasn't about chess but darts or any other activity HMRC c...

Why don't we all just sign the petition. I think that the Basman case should be seen as a wake up call. Chess receives almost no Government funding and is not VAT exempt. Very different from any other sport. Yes Mr Basman might have been careless but the fact still remains UKCC is under threat. With...