Dutch and German Chess Federation fight new time control in Court of Arbitration
The Board of the Chess Federation of the Netherlands on 6.2.2001 and the Board of the German Chess Federation on 10.2.2001 both decided not to accept the decision of the FIDE Board on a new time control.
A letter from FIDE Executive Director Omuku on request of the President of FIDE tried to explain the decision but in no way could convince that the FIDE Board has been authorized to make a general decision on this important issue.
In a joint letter to FIDE President the Dutch and the German Chess Federation again state the reasons against this decision:
The new time control the Board decided would radically change the quality of our game. In principle we are willing to discuss a different time control, but we do not want to change serious chess to rapid chess.
An issue so important has to be discussed thoroughly with the players, the federations and the committees, and it would be wise to have an experimental phase before decision. The way it was handled is not the way an international organization of sports should act.
The Board has not been authorized to decide this issue in general, neither by the Statutes nor by General Assembly. The authorization given is limited to the World Championship Cycle (where we do not support the decision, but have to accept it at the moment and will discuss it in next General Assembly).
Both federations decided to join and ask the Court of Arbitration for Sports according to Chapter 17 of the FIDE Statutes to settle the conflict, if the FIDE Board does not limit it’s decision to the World Championship Cycle in the next meeting.
Haarlem / Berlin, 20.2.2001
(signed) Herman Hamers, President of the Chess Federation of the Netherlands
(signed) Egon Ditt, President of the German Chess Federation
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