Georgiev on my mind; where are Teer and Otten?

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On 3 april 2015 (21:33) mister Teer reacted for the first time this year on this forum. About some dull record (topic on 35e Paas/Studententoernooi).
Shortly before that mister Georgiev wrote on this forum about the thought of ending his career (2 april, 21:15, in topic Komt de WK-match etc).
Mister Georgiev was active at the latest Tata Chess Tournament, but probably it’s too late for a chess career.
Dutch FMJD-President mister Otten and dutch FMJD-General Secretary mister Teer seem lazy and/or uninterested about the match between mister Georgiev and mister Ndjofang.

[Michel Stempher]

On 3 april 2015 (21:33) mister Teer reacted for the first time this year on this forum. About some dull record (topic on 35e Paas/Studententoernooi).
Shortly before that mister Georgiev wrote on this forum about the thought of ending his career (2 april, 21:15, in topic Komt de WK-match etc).
Mister Georgiev was active at the latest Tata Chess Tournament, but probably it’s too late for a chess career.
Dutch FMJD-President mister Otten and dutch FMJD-General Secretary mister Teer seem lazy and/or uninterested about the match between mister Georgiev and mister Ndjofang.

Dat is dus precies de reden waarom er niks van de grond komt: het bestuur van de FMJD stelt geen of verkeerde prioriteiten. Van een positieve uitstraling hebben ze nog nooit gehoord. Het zijn alleen wedstrijdvoorwaarden etc. die geregeld worden, maar iets toevoegen aan een mooi damklimaat doet deze werelddambond niet. Sterker nog, door World Cups te laten plaatsvinden die op een wijze als Cannes worden georganiseerd, maken ze het dammen zelfs kapot. Die World Cup werd met nogal veel bombarie aangekondigd. Dat ze nu geen trek hebben in een match ligt geheel in de lijn van het beleid van het bestuur van de FMJD. Ze zouden gewoon excuses moeten aanbieden of in elk geval uitleg moeten geven, waarom er niks van de grond komt.

Ik val overigens geen enkel FMJD-bestuurslid individueel aan. Er zijn genoeg voorbeelden te noemen van FMJD-bestuursleden die namens zichzelf goede activiteiten voor het dammen ontplooien.

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The FMJD is responsible for the organisation of (and also for the information about) the World Title Match.
So the President of the FMJD and also the General Secretary of the FMJD have something to explain.
Harry Otten, President since December 2009, seems more interested in the Sun, in Soccer and in the Elfstedentocht:
https://twitter.com/harryotten48
Don’t forget draughts, Harry. Can we wait for your “It giet oan”?

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Short report of the meeting of the Executive Board FMJD
October 7,8 2014, Tallinn, Estonia

Present: President Harry Otten, , tournament director Jacek Pawlicki, tournament Director youth
Johan Demasure, General Secretary Frank Teer, President EDC Janek Mäggi, representing African
Confederation CAJD Ndongo Fall, players representative Harmen Wiersma, President section 64
Russian Draughts Vladimir Langin, assistant of president Otten Marcel Kosters

6. World Title matches International Draughts
The match Georgiev-Ndjofang is scheduled for February 2015, to be played in several countries. The
match will be announced when talks have finalized.

13. FMJD championships 64 Russian draughts
The section 64 Russian draughts will organize the European Championship with 30.000 euro prize
money in October. In the past year 6 World Cup tournaments were organized.

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Mister Otten, Take a look at 64 Russian draughts!
Actions speak louder than words.

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Dutch treat and going Dutch

So, the World Title Match will be held in Lent:
http://www.nijmegenopen.nl/open2015/
The two players, from Cameroon and Russia, will be glad to have the opportunity to play in our Free, Developed and Democratic World.
And they don’t have to pay for accommodation and breakfast, only for other consumptions.

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Maybe Georgiev should forget this land of Lent and Volendam and Emmeloord.
And think about St. Petersburg.
A real city with real prize money.

World Draughts-64 Championships 2015 among men and women (Russian and Brazilian version) will be held in St. Petersburg (Russia) from 02 of October (day of arrival) to 11 of October, 2015 (departure day). Prize fund will be 3.6 million rubles (about 60 000 euros). More information will be published soon.
http://fmjd64.org/2015/world-draughts-6 ... rg-russia/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Petersburg

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Meanwhile, Thijs van den Broek calls St Petersburg: "een of ander Oostblok gat"

About the Leningrad Blockade:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Leningrad

A brother of Putin died:
http://rt.com/news/254445-putin-family-details-wwii/

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Right now the Dutch Chess Championship takes place in Amsterdam (near a train station).
http://www.nkschaken.nl/Bereikbaar/

Ever heard of Amsterdam?

Of course not.

A well-known and central place like Emmen would be much better!

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Nog steeds heerst er doodse stilte rondom deze match . Is er dan niemand bij de werelddambond die begrijpt dat zo'n match cruciaal is voor het aanzien van de damsport? Er wordt niet eens een verklaring gegeven, de match wordt simpelweg doodgezwegen.

Give chapter and verse (dutch: noem man en paard).
Otten and Teer are responsible.

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http://fmjd.org/downloads/news/941/Shor ... 0-2015.pdf

The match will be played at the end of October in Turkey

Good for Boomstra, because Georgiev and Ndjofang cannot prepare well for the World Championship in Emmen (that will take place from the 8th of November till the 25th of November).

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So Ndofang had to pray and plead in the General Assembly (11 october 2015).
To get his rights. By the way, a share of the prize money is also a right.
And he had to accept this “solution”.
It must be bad for his concentration.
Yesterday (Bacoli) Jean Marc Ndjofang (2370) lost the game against Natalia Sadowska (2190).

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Less than a week ago the General Assembly acted.
Thanks to Turkey and Mongolia…….
And surprisingly Mister Otten and Mister Van Leenen personally throw some money to the match (€ 2500 each).
Because they are responsible for this mess?

The opinion of Pim Meurs (june 2):

One of the biggest defeats of draughts in history is that the World Draughts Federation failed to organize the World Title match between Jean-Marc Ndjofang and Alexander Georgiev. How can you ever take yourself seriously as a sport if you do not manage to organize the highest, most prestigious event of all?

http://www.alldraughts.com/index.php/en ... ghts-again

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Ok, better than nothing!

http://wtm2015.fmjd.org/

[Michel Stempher]

Welcome on the web page dedicated to the most exciting sport event 2015.

Hahahahaha, Ik vermoed dat dit vanaf de dag na het tweekampje al ontkracht gaat worden. >250 spelers doen mee aan het WK Jeugd en meteen aansluitend ook nog eens twintig dammers aan het WK algemeen.

[Eric van Dusseldorp]

Welcome on the web page dedicated to the most exciting sport event 2015.

Hahahahaha, Ik vermoed dat dit vanaf de dag na het tweekampje al ontkracht gaat worden. >250 spelers doen mee aan het WK Jeugd en meteen aansluitend ook nog eens twintig dammers aan het WK algemeen.

Laat het gewoon gebeuren. Ook hier geldt: doe niet zo negatief over goedbedoelde initiatieven van anderen.