Cornwall Chess

Proposed rule changes 2021/22

The present proposals make a barrier, if not down the Irish Sea, at least between Cornwall’s league and cup provision (0TB) and its current successful online provision. We presumably do not want the one to squeeze out the other, so there may be a case for (say) the A W Busby and Roger Grime cups being online tournaments. I have not attempted here to second guess what online provision should remain, but I do suggest that the county specifies an ongoing commitment to the online 4NCL league and factors this into any consideration of chess workload for our members.

Agreed. They should be  kept completely separate and run in parallel. That is one reason why I do not support playing the Busby and Grime Cups online.

My intention is that the online operation should continue in its present form when OTB chess returns. That means organising the following events:
Cornwall Online League
Cornwall Online Congress
Cornwall Knock-out tournament
Western Counties Championship
International online matches (meaning against teams outside the county boundaries!)
Thematic tournaments
Zoom analysis sessions
Involvement of Cornish teams/players in 4NCL competitions.

I'm confident that there will be sufficient support from the players to make this a viable project.