By Mehul Gohil
CK have again for the millionth time not kept their word...they have postponed the national champs to December, and who knows if it will happen even then. Last year we had no national championships.
Plus, having rescheduled the first phase olympiad qualifier to the june Kenya Open event they have left those in the working class in an imbroglio...it's good to inform your HR department as to what your leave dates are. But CK's indecisiveness and disorganised timetable is of no help here. I will go for the June 1 event as I have applied for leave then but will most likely have no way to attend the 2nd part of the qualifiers. Plus, this much touted African Team Championships is in September...shouldn't the national team have been in place by now so that training can begin in earnest?? This dilly dalying will only make us weaker when the African champs arrives. Or maybe KCB team has already been designated as the national team..who knows?
I remember last week at checkmates I had a discussion with Peter Munyasi on the pros and cons of organising a parallel event over the may 1 holidays. I told him we should let CK have the benefit of the doubt and not 'sabotage' their May 1 event with a more lucrative parallel one. He expressed the opinion that CK may not even have an event. His hunch has turned out to be correct. Now all we get is a one day rapid thing. To me it's becoming apparent that when these public holidays come around we should not waste our time waiting for CK to organise something, they come up with BS time and again...we should take the matter into our own hands and organise our own stuff.
Like this December dates, I am prepared to get a tournament organised right on the same dates as this alleged Kenya champs. We can get the sponsors ourselves and have a lucrative enough prize fund. We should not waste time with CK. Next time I will listen to Peter Munyasi.
From chess Kenya to all players
> Rapid Individual/Team Chess Championship 2009
>
> Dates: 1st May
>
> Venue: West Breeze Hotel,Upperhill,Nairobi
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> Registration fees: Kshs 500( free lunch for all players)
>
> Prize giving ceremony for the 2008/9 National Chess League will be
> held the same day at the same venue at 6pm.
>
> Entry form to follow shortly
>
> World Youth Under 16 Chess Olympiad Qualifiers/Junior
> Open
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> Dates: April 25 & 26
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> Venue: Oshwal Academy Nairobi Primary
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> World Youth Chess Championship 2009 Final Qualifiers
>
> Dates: May 16 & 17
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> CK Youth Committee to release info soon
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> Kenya Open Chess Championship 2009
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> Event will be used as the 1st phase Olympiad qualifier
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> Dates: May 30,31 & June 1
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> More information to follow soon
>
>
> Due to unavoidable circumstances,the National Chess Championships
> which were scheduled for the long Labour Day holiday have been moved
> to December.The revised calendar of events will be out before Monday
>
> Regards,
>
> CHESS KENYA SECRETARIAT
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