11.1 Presidential Campaign Thread

[Nikolay Noritsyn]

Maritime lichess tournaments are run by Fred Mckim. There have been two matches with Romania, yesterday there was a match with the USA, there have been matches with clubs including the CFC executive and officers getting trounced by the Juniors to Masters kids. Not to mention that I had to enter the information for the Olympiad because the president of each federation is the one given the password and logon. Much of the impetus for the online CFC events has been the Covid rating incentive which lets people play games that are meaningful if you achieve some improvement in your active rating through CFC online play.

Paul Leblanc, CFC rating auditor, Victoria Doknjas, Christina Tao and the rest of the CFC board were involved in that initiative. We aren't sitting on our laurels and we aren't sitting around doing nothing but I have lots of things in my life including a nephew who was very sick and only today seems to have started to recover.

I love you because you do things like volunteer to coach teams for which we have paid you at times but I don't have time to hold people's hands. Bring us a proposal if and when we recover from this pandemic and it will be looked at closely. You are a good coach and we would love to have a network of good coaches training our kids. If you aren't asking us for money right now we would even help you as much as we could.

Anyone who loves chess and is trying to make chess better is a friend of the CFC and of me.

Fred Mckim has organized these events (in person) before covid times as well. Juniors to masters organizes some events for select kids, and that's great (but not CFC accomplishment). All CFC events were cancelled. FIDE events have been cancelled too, but it seems they are trying to hold online rapid control versions of many of their cancelled events.

I am sorry its one sided, I prefer to look for love on dating sites, not on chesscanada.info. I am not asking for money, and I am sure you understand the times the the CFC paid me to coach and world youth events, I would have earned more money in less working time if I stayed home.

You don't understand my criticism - I don't like how the process of how decisions are made. I am not looking for goodies for myself. If we have a new president, perhaps things could change.

[Vladimir Drkulec]

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I am sorry its one sided, I prefer to look for love on dating sites, not on chesscanada.info.

That explains the frustration. Online dating is not real for the most part.

[Nikolay Noritsyn]

That explains the frustration. Online dating is not real for the most part.

You see, when I use humour you respond with light insults. I am not frustrated at all.

[Aris Marghetis]

You see, when I use humour you respond with light insults. I am not frustrated at all.

I agree. Vlad, I appreciate these are challenging discussions, but Nikolay is one of our top chess people in Canada, period, and he is voicing concerns in as healthy a way as a differing opinion could be expressed. At least that's how I'm reading his posts. Let's refrain from insult-jokes (I guess except maybe self-deprecating ones)

[Fred McKim]

Fred Mckim has organized these events (in person) before covid times as well.

I'm not even sure what your point is here, Nikolay. Having organized hundreds of CFC tournaments over the past 40+ years, it only made sense to organize a Club and continue holding CFC events once we were forced online. I'm glad that others have followed suit. Actually, I think one held recently in Calgary was by first time organizers.

[Nikolay Noritsyn]

I'm not even sure what your point is here, Nikolay. Having organized hundreds of CFC tournaments over the past 40+ years, it only made sense to organize a Club and continue holding CFC events once we were forced online. I'm glad that others have followed suit. Actually, I think one held recently in Calgary was by first time organizers.

Hi Fred,

Its great you are organizing events. My point was that Vlad claimed that the CFC is responsible for doing and organizing a great many things during the pandemic. They haven't.

[Vladimir Drkulec]

We are starting to descend into farce.

[Fred McKim]

Hi Fred,

Its great you are organizing events. My point was that Vlad claimed that the CFC is responsible for doing and organizing a great many things during the pandemic. They haven't.

The vast majority of online events have been held by myself (CFC Treasurer), Bob G (CFC ExD), Paul L (CFC Rating Auditor) and Victoria D (Chair of the new CFC Online Committee). Many, many discussions have taken place between us, Vlad, and a couple of others in order for this to all come about.

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

My point was that Vlad claimed that the CFC is responsible for doing and organizing a great many things during the pandemic. They haven't.

Recently the CFC approved the bid for the National Online junior championship. I hope the details will be released soon.

[Fred McKim]

Recently the CFC approved the bid for the National Online junior championship. I hope the details will be released soon.

Youth not Junior.

What should be noted is that this event is not being called the Canadian Online Youth Chess Championship, as we felt acquiring that title would require a notification for other potential bidders.