Given the damage that ill-considered rule changes by FIDE could do to British or English chess, I for one would hope that the ECF board paid FIDE matters rather more attention.Martin Regan wrote: the board discussed FIDE matters perhaps once or twice, for no more than a few minutes – the post is a long, long way from being vital to ECF performance.
I've never really understood why the ECF didn't put out a statement following Dresden expressing an opinion regarding zero default times or on the restrictions to move rates for title purposes.