We need to set a goal for the Olympiad.

I don't know if you guys still remember what happened at the last Olympiad. A game thrown from handphone ringing, accusations of players going there to sell books and making business deals and refusing to play etc etc.

The big question of course is how did it get that way? Are they not playing for their Country on the sponsors dime? Why such disrespect to the sponsor? Did they not value this opportunity to shine and bring honour to the Nation?

Doesn't it seem like they treated the Olympiad like their entitlement for a free holiday? How does this selfish attitude affect Malaysian Chess as a whole? Is the message we are sending to all our other players here that the Olympiad is the right of certain weak players for their annual holiday and the rest of you can forget about improving for you will just never get the chance to go no matter how good your chess is? It's all signed sealed and delivered by the deal makers.

I think we got like this because we have no goals. The solution is just to set a goal. Set them all a high but realistic and achievable goal to get them to appreciate this opportunity given to them. When they come back there must be a proper postmortem. Those that displayed a bad attitude and bad performance without justifiable reasons is black marked against going again in the future.

Aren't we doing things upside down now? The worse their conduct, the more they are rewarded. You work hard and they bypass you or they ban you. Surely we can all see that this is not the way for Malaysian chess to progress. Isn't that not so so so obvious? So why are we still wasting more time debating this and sending players who cannot even beat our better junior level girls and boys? Lets all wake up and build a better future for Malaysian chess. Tell it to their face, we expect more. Especially when you use the back door.

Set them a goal and make them accountable. They are playing for Malaysia and not their uncle or grand uncle.