Rich Hutnik wrote on Thu, Apr 17, 2008 10:13 PM UTC:
Anyone have any idea what is going on with Chess in Canada?
I happened to find these articles on the Chess Federation of Canada:
http://members5.boardhost.com/ChessTalk/msg/1208372663.html
http://www.chess.ca/Gls/07-08GL7.pdf
Talk of restructuring, and potentially going under, borrowing money from
FIDE in order to stay afloat and make their payments to be a member?
People are speculating the Chess Federation of Canada may be going under.
I am seeing other stories regarding FIDE and the U.S Chess Federation also
(although it isn't as bad).
If anyone wonders why I am concerned about chess, and believe that even
small issues (aka, excessive drawishness on the highest level) are
important, it is because of things like this. If a game can't support an
organized association for it, it isn't going to be taken seriously.
