International grandmaster questions that the leader participates in a tournament, wins it and goes through Ecuador to a contest, subtracting a quota from an athlete.
The suspension of the elections in the Ecuadorian Chess Federation (FEDA), the doubts that exist in the management of this sports organization by the same members of the board, the announced candidacy of the brother of the current president of this organization There are several questions that are made to Emilio Bastidas, holder of the national chess, and one more is added.
Now Martha Iron, Vice President of the International Chess Federation and selected Ecuadorian, criticized that Emilio Bastidas has registered directly in the next Ibero-American Championship of this sport that will be held in Mexico between February 12 and 19, without the criteria of the technical force of this organization. “President Emilio Bastidas nominated himself and signed up for the Ibero-American Chess using the only official quota without consulting the technical force commission nor with the FEDA board. It will surely authorize itself to use public funds to pay for the ticket to Mexico,” the Ecuadorian representative wrote on Twitter.
“Ecuador and all the countries have a quota and it is the criteria of the national federations and the technical force Evaluate the level of your athletes to register them, this did not happen in Ecuador ”, the International Chess Grand Master explained to EL UNIVERSO.
“The athlete who is going to represent his country officially come with all expenses paid, such as lodging, food, transfers, passage and what your participation generates; but if another chess player wishes to participate, he must finance all those expenses”, Fierro clarified.
“I don’t see any women registered, Anahí Ortiz (International Master) is our national champion, I have the best ELO (rating) from Ecuador and I don’t know under what concept he nominated himself for that tournament in Mexico. It is not possible for a leader to take away opportunities from an athlete so that he will participate in an international tournament”, insisted the multiple champion.
Technical force does not know procedure
John Muñoz, representative of the technical force (trainers) of the FEDA, confirmed that President Bastidas did not submit his designation for the international tournament. “I was not aware of that designation and that President Bastidas has registered without a technical criterion.”
“Normally the national champions are the representatives to the international events, he is the current national champion, the registration procedure is carried out by the FEDA. Generally, a consensus is sought with the technical force and on this occasion that did not happen,” Muñoz added.
The representative of the technical force said that although the FEDA gives the endorsement for athletes to participate in international tournaments, they must be taken into account training parameters, doctors and many factors that guarantee the athlete to participate, an analysis is done and the athlete goes; the technical force is aware of the designations and on the registration of President Bastidas as an official we had no knowledge”.
Diario EL UNIVERSO tried to contact President Emilio Bastidas by phone calls and messages, but did not respond. (D)
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