The International Correspondence Chess Federation 2014 Congress Sydney, Australia Table of Contents
Appeals Committee – Playing Rules
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Appeals Committee – Playing RulesLast year I started my report with these four paragraphs; "Because of the very nature of server play it is obvious that most of the appeals related to server games are based upon trivial misunderstandings of the rules, and such appeals are customarily dealt with directly by the Chairman, according to §3 of our working procedure. (This was quoted in its entirety in our report for the 2004 Congress). Only a few server appeals had to be dealt with using the reviewing procedure, and not even one needed the attendance of a full plenary session. [This year - 2013-14 - we have had a few.]
Even that "top ten" list has not made much of a dent in the steady flow of mis-addressed emails, so I now repeat my plea to all national federations to explain the difference between a TD and Appeals! This year I have also noticed an increase in another type of mis-addressed appeals - quite a few appeals came from players in purely *national* events! Our Committee deals only with appeals in international events - dealing with dissatisfied players in national events and in friendly team matches is on the national federations' responsibility! Even two of the zones (2 and 3) have arranged to handle appeals in purely zonal events themselves, and for this reduction in our workload, I am quite grateful. Dear tournament organisers, when you enter a new national event on the webserver, do not automatically hit "default" on Appeals - make sure you enter your national appeal handler! Moreover, if you have not appointed one, make sure you do so ASAP! Despite this, our Committee has had some "real" work to do as well. The nastiest appeal involved several accounts which had been "hacked" and in whose names a sequence of losing moves was entered. The TDs decided to "undo" these hacked moves, upon which the players who benefitted from the losing moves promptly appealed! In these cases, our Committee unanimously rejected the appeals. Still, also, most of the "real" appeals are handled by me, without my having to bother the entire Committee - a clear majority of them is still based on misunderstandings of the Rules. Unfortunately a few of these "misunderstanders" seem to work from the assumption that either they are right or I am wrong – as a consequence one player received a 6-month ban due to foul language. Apart from these kinds of incidents, our (and my) work proceeds quite smoothly. The current member list is given in the Appendix. No changes have occurred during the year. Finally, I wish to express my sincere thanks to all members of the Committee for your valuable input during the past year, especially to "my right hand" Leo Lahdenmäki, who has to bear the main burden in the - fortunately rather few cases needing review! Amici sumus, Ragnar Wikman Chairman of the ICCF Appeals Committee (Playing Rules) Appeals Committee – OtherThe Committee ruled on two cases since the last Congress. The first was a player appealing a ruling that an announced tiebreak procedure does not apply to prize money and only to position for advancement in rounds before the Final. The appeal was denied, based on precedent that all past events with prize money shared equally among tied places. Future announcements should be written to make this clear. The other appeal was that a player whose WCCC Prelim qualification had expired was not notified by ICCF, so he should be allowed entry to the current cycle. The appeal was denied, based on the list of all open qualifications with expiration dates sent to each National Delegate. A few notes sent to this office directly from players were referred to either the proper committee or their National Delegates. Sincere thanks go to Committee members Artis Gaujens (LAT), Ing. Pablo Salcedo Mederos (CUB), and Alok Saxena (IND). Corky Schakel (USA) Committee Chair Arbitration CommitteeI am pleased to report that that the services of the Committee have rarely been needed since the last Congress. Some referrals have been made in relation to disputes within member Federations. I wish to emphasise that ICCF cannot get involved with internal disputes. I continue to give informal advice and assistance from time to time. Georg Walker (SUI) decided to leave the Committee during the year. He had been a member since the Committee's inception and is thanked for his hard work and contribution during those nine years. I am pleased to report that Brian Jones (AUS) agreed to take Georg's place so we now have a non-European member. The Committee members, Brian, Alan Borwell (SCO), Ragnar Wikman (FIN) and Fritz Baumbach (GER) and I remain ready, willing, and able to deal with all referrals during the coming year. RICHARD HALL Appeals Committee – Other – Special PresentationDr. Fritz Baumbach (GER) then provided a special presentation to Congress. 
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