Martin Crichton wrote:
Cheers Roger
I have googled Paulson and found this reasonable synopsis on the current situation here:
http://www.chessvibes.com/andrew-paulso ... federation
My view....
As I suspected it seems he has/had a lot of business clout and contacts and probably promised the ECF a lot of money!....I guess the then current ECF board members were falling over themselves to elect him..
He who haveth the money maketh the rules!
Oh dear...now some of his promises are not coming to fruition.....who are to blame...only look to those that elected him IMO! Possibly only Short has saved face as he had made known his reservations at the time of his election....all the others .... lol ...you reap what you sow!
Martin, a number of points on your post:
1. I don't believe Andrew Paulson ever promised money to the ECF.
2. The Board did not elect Andrew Paulson, ECF Council did.
3. Nigel Short made allegations about Andrew Paulson and FIDE in advance of the last ECF elections which he didn't substantiate. He did so in his annual report to Council - and this was quite the wrong place to do it (and as a consequence Nigel was rebuked at the ECF AGM).
4. Nigel Short has persistently made unsubstantiated allegations about the ownership of Agon when evidence has been available to suggest different - e.g. denials from Andrew Paulson and from FIDE and an annual return which showed that all issued shares in Agon were held by Andrew Paulson.
5. Nigel Short has a very poor record in representing the ECF as its FIDE Delegate. For example, he failed to report the existence of the Kasparov-inspired legal cases against FIDE, brought in the ECF's name, to ECF Council. At the FIDE Congress in Estonia last year, Nigel appointed Garry Kasparov to act as the ECF's proxy - this was done without consulting the ECF Board and without the Board's knowledge (these facts were revealed at the ECF AGM last October).
Statistics: Posted by Angus French — Tue Feb 18, 2014 1:05 pm