When the system loses it's confidence.

So what happens to a system after it has not produced results for around 30 years. Remember I wrote that Dato Tan helped start chess in China after MCF.

Lets look at how a healthy system would respond to challenges. But first understand that progress can only happen within a tension. Yes, that means there must be at least 2 opposing forces/ideas. One to move forward and one that resists.

You will find this also in the game of chess. You must bring the fight to your higher level opponent. For without the tension, there will be no opportunity to win. If you play safe, you lose.

A healthy system is one that learns. It embraces new ideas. It experiments and allow others to experiment to improve. It acknowledges mistakes and shortcomings in the realisation that it is unavoidable in order to break new ground.

So how do we recognise a system that has lost it's confidence? There will be a lot of finger pointing, a lot of huddling by stakeholders who whisper in corners but feel totally ineffectual. In fact over time they will even reject any solution for they are now used to what I have called the emotional trap. Read this for a better understanding. Here.

But make no mistake, there is still the pressure to produce results and so you will find an elaborate way to deflect the real issues. They will create illusions to give the perception of movement when there is none. They will come up with ways to reject new ideas and people who question. The system does not want the truth to be out. They need to perpetuate the lies. But how do you lie to so many? Collusion. They do not want change, they want victims so they can remain as they are.

Change can be frightening if you are not used to it. It means you have to move out of your comfort zone. It means you can make mistakes. It means you need to develop your judgement. It means you must confront strong emotions to think.

That is what chess can teach you. But it has been hijacked. This is what you should be learning. Here.

So today you have a choice. Do you want to continue to huddle in corners and blame this person or that for another 30 years. Or do you want to take some action to get real results. I have offered you a way. A legal slush fund to defend the rights of all stakeholders in chess.