The conspiracy theorists.

There are many of them who cannot see what MCF is doing for the good of the Country and Malaysian chess. They cannot see the sacrifice of our officials. The cynics among them are now saying that our move to the Asean level is only because the Asean event is a cash cow.

They say the players have to stay at official residences where the rates are much higher than comparable places etc. (An official once estimated the income from one Asean event. The income could even be higher than the Asian Amateur and Melaka combined if he is correct. And better still since the money is earned overseas. Here people are asking about bank accounts, thinking of lodging MACC reports etc.)

The conspiracy theorists are also saying that we are wiping out our experienced Juniors who can take us to the next level. We only promote age group events and do only token participation in Junior events. See here for example. This is what they say we do not do.They keep saying that the promotion of age group events is only to fill beginner training classes where money is made. They say that the fact our IM's do not need to fight for their own space to represent the Country is a conspiracy to keep Malaysia backward. Knock out the older juniors who can challenge for a place, promote a new young boy and our IM's will still look good against the new youngster. Paint a rosy picture. (Win/win. For the trainers and for the colluding IM's).

Then when the boy gets older, just knock that boy out also and promote a new boy. What a crazy conspiracy theory?

They say the simple process to ensure this is to give the entire chess community one place; don't promote the selection by giving proper criteria; change the dates unexpectedly so more won't turn up and then reserve 4 places for MCF to manipulate just in case. Then we can keep things the way they are.

Why can't you people see that our older juniors are all washed out by 15? Sending them out time and time again in the age group events without proper training will have already set up the conditions for them to implode eventually. Ticking time bombs. Besides they need to wait their turn until our current IM's retire. Isn't that the respectful Malaysian way? 

Now why can't you see that our public attacks on them, attacks on their parents, ban them, are for all their own good? Why are you so blind?

So let us show you what we can do on the International circuit. Give us a chance to show that our Malaysian representative in Asean will make a difference for Malaysian chess. This is prudent use of your resources. This is the democratic process for finding good decisions by your elected representatives.

Let us prove that our Olympiad performance will improve in stages. All we ask from you is another 30 years or till we retire. Is that too much to ask after all our sacrifice for you? Remember, we are the technical experts. They haven't got a clue about what they are talking about. Leave it to us.

Your future and your childrens future are all in good hands. We have had many years of experience to set up the perfect system. So don't rock the boat.