Italian schism
Keywords: Culture & History
This page gathers some links (mostly to several rgg threads) about the schism in the Italian go federation/scene some years ago which is the reason for the current situation in Italy with two federations - the EGF affiliated FIGG and the AGI. Work in progress.
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Problem in Italy (November 1998)
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Statement of the FIGG board answering IGF letter + comments by expulsed player and others (November/December 1998)
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A new Italian federation (January 1999)
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FIGG/AGI/Italian problems thread on rgg (February 1999)
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Request by the AGI for recognition by the European Go Federation (August 1999)
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The Go Year in Italy - A summary of the events in 1999 by Rob Kok (January 2000)
- Several postings in
this thread - look at earlier postings too. (2003)
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Italian Go - a letter from the AGI President to the IGF (long) (2005)
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Italian Go - the latest twists (January 2006)
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Review of the Italian problem - 6 page summary by Henric Bergsåker in Nordisk Go Blad 2007
Chronology
- 1998-03-31
- Original deadline for nominating the Italian representative to the WAGC
- 1998-04-01
- Letter from Japan (which arrived on 8 April) to FIGG reminding that the place will be lost, if the name is not in Japan on 14 April
- 1998-04-XX
- Invoking an emergency situation (falsely claiming only 48 hours left to decide) the FIGG Executive 1) decided on the representative 2) misrepresented his rating and tournament results in a letter to the IGF.
- 1998-XX-XX
- Protest letter to the IGF by Marco Vajani and Raffaella Giardino
- 1998-12-05
- Annual General Meeting of the FIGG (in highly contested votes agreed upon expulsion of one player by one vote / disagreed upon another expulsion request by two votes, resulting in the Executives resignation)
- 1999-01-17
- Extraordinary General Meeting of the FIGG (not considering applications for renewal of membership, but allowing a high number of new members from Milan whose Go affiliation is considered dubious, thereby cementing majorities, withdrawal of alternative list, approval of new-old Executive for three years)
- Since 1999-01-17
- Formation of AGI
- 1999-05-XX
- AGI requests recognition by EGF
- 1999-XX-XX
- EGF Annual General Meeting