Wednesday, May 23, 2012

The Olympiad glass ceiling.

It's now getting clearer how the glass ceiling is being set. We all saw how strong our IM's really are haven't we over the last year. And we know that unless you were supported years before you cannot have the fat numbers they have today. But you cannot get to play with them and compete for a place to represent the Country.

So how will Malaysia progress? Even if you become strong and can beat the IMs, you will not have the number since theirs is gotten from history during the ice age, before the internet. And they have learnt how to protect their number.

And so the fat numbers will go to represent Malaysia once again. And we will all sit here and watch the cartoon show yet again. And then some will criticize and we will hear the defence and excuses yet again. And all will be wasted energy.

The issue should have been looked into and a plan and decision made before we go. That's chess. We do the planning and make the necessary decisions before we play.

As the saying goes, nasi dah jadi bubur. But we will get to enjoy the Malaysian past time at least. We can do all that mud slinging, tell more lies and have a really good time doing it.

But Malaysian chess will slip further and further behind. One year plus of intense activity is not enough. Tournaments alone is not enough.

Go below again to see the further expanded list. The highest rated player is Li Tian. So are we able to deduce what the criteria already is?

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