Summary and the next step forward to the better solution.

Somebody said on facebook that he reads my blog but does not want to comment. I replied, that is OK, it is enough to just read. I know that it is dangerous to ask legitimate questions openly in Malaysian chess. We seem to be totally ruled by gangsters who can even do a bogus selection and then laugh in your face. "What are you going to do about it? We are all powerful in our little kingdom". Chess seems to exist outside Malaysian law.

I know this starting out from a State Association. If you bring up issues like match fixing in the committee, they will fix you and not the problem. If you then write and lodge a complaint with MCF, you can be writing for years; asked to attend meeting after meeting all over the Country and then 2 years later they make fun of you by saying your problem is easy to solve but still do nothing.

If you then try to do something with your own effort and with your own sponsors, they attack you in all sorts of manner. They even start new blogs to post lies and more lies.

If you now try to train and win selection, they will also attack you and then change the rules. If you improve your chess they will try to ban you.

So the only way out it seems is to quietly wait till the IM's retire or to cut your own deal. And then you face this situation. Ref: Here. But still a few think they they can butter up the "lords" and get their own deals or just to be seen with the "in" crowd. And so they support that gangster type mentality. It still seems to them that this is the only viable solution. If you can't beat them then join them and slowly wait for your turn as you gradually morph into another budding gangster. After all chess makes you "smart".

Or so it seems.

The vast majority is reduced to whispering in corners and feeling totally helpless. Some braver souls are taking the fight to the AGM and some are talking about MACC. I say good for them. As far as I am concerned challenging for the top post is healthy. Chess is about competition after all. If the current committee is not performing then why can't a team who think they can do better compete in a legal AGM? After all I really don't think things can get any worse. Worst case scenario is that we see new names going for senior tournaments without selection. I think there is hope for something better but I cannot vouch for it.

So if you think Greg and maybe even Jimmy etc. belong in prison then by all means lodge your report to MACC. Let them get the evidence. That is not your job as I have said to you.

Just don't keep talking about it and do nothing. Have the will and courage to back your own convictions.

However I am personally not totally comfortable with all the above proposed solutions although it was me who originally suggested the contest. Better than doing nothing I suppose. But I kept looking for a better solution. One where we can all take part.

I dropped by a recent tournament to get a feel of what is happening on the ground and a few came up to say that they are seeing the issues now. Actually all of us know what is going on even if we only examine a fraction more deeply. The evidence is all around. It is very blatant. They feel no need to hide their acts. They have totally no respect for you or your contributions at all.

So I would like to propose my own solution tomorrow to try and change things. Let the big guns fight out their game of thrones if they so desire. My solution is for those of us who are not looking for official positions and just want to play chess in a healthy environment. For those of us who feel that the right to represent the Country should be about chess and not manipulation and fraud.