Disclaimers: First of all let me state my position up front. I do not represent MCF. I do not speak for or defend MCF, these are my opinions only. I do not have any position in MCF nor did I contribute or influence in any way the selection or selection criteria.
Myth No. 1
MCF announced that 2012 National Championship will be the only selection criteria for the 2012 Istanbul Olympiad.I have never seen any such announcements. The only reference is that the NC will be "main criteria for selection for international representation". Now that can mean many things. The phrase "main criteria" already indicates that it is not the only criteria. There is no mention that the top five or four or whatever number will be selected.
Myth No. 2
Since the champion declined, the next best will take his place.Again there is no such statement. This was merely an assumption. There might be instances when this happened in the past, but probably even more instances where it did not happen.
Myth No. 3
There was no real selection.MCF published the selection process on its web-site so how can anyone say there is no selection? What you can say is you think the criteria is not to your liking. Or you can say there is no selection trial or selection tournament. But the selection process is very clear.
Myth No.4
The selected team members are not deserving.Three of the team members are in the top five of the current FIDE rating list. Another is the 2011 National Champion. The President's choice (Yeoh Li Tian) has the best tournament record in the last 12 months.
By the way, if anyone thinks someone else has a better record, post the data here and let us compare. But do not just make un-supported claims and quote "circumstantial evidence"
Would you go to your butcher for legal advice? Or consult a feng shui expert for medical problems? Any real chess player will tell you that this team is a good team. (I am are not saying best because "best" is very hard to define and opinions will definitely differ.).
And by the way, what results this team brings back is irrelevant. If the team comes back with bad result, someone will say I told you so, this team is undeserving therefore they did badly. If the team comes back with the best result ever, someone will just keep quiet.
Already someone has already set us up for failure by putting it on record that we will fail. No need to say more on this.
Myth No.5
Jimmy has manipulated/fixed the selection.Read my disclaimers above.
According to someone, everything can be attributed to Jimmy. If possible, he would like everyone to think that the 2011 Fukushima earthquake and the 2004 tsunami are my doing as well. The extent of his madness is apparent by the fact that he is using a picture of me to "prove" his lies. This picture was published on Yat's blog and he calls this a "gangster pose". This is good news for everyone including me, because now we know he is grasping at straws to attack me.
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| Look at this "gangster pose". Surely he is responsible for Fukushima? |
Myth No.6
Jimmy has many anonymous blogs and make anonymous comments to support himself.Someone's ego could not handle the fact that there are many who despise and hate him intensely for his actions. He wants to be loved and told he is right all along. He could not handle that everyone who puts a comment on his blog has nothing good to say about him, so he has to keep deleting until everyone realises there is no point to comment there. As a result his blog now resembles a ghost town.
So he looked for a way to soothe his bruised ego. He finally found the solution. He started out by saying he "thinks" Jimmy is behind everything. Nowadays he has already left out the "think". Classic denial syndrome.
Actually I do not need to de-bunk this. Impossible to prove or disprove. Everyone can believe what they want. Whatever floats your boat.
