FIDE, let Ulster Chess Union in!

Let me start with a brisk question. Imagine your are brilliant chess talent
originating from Northern Ireland. Which federation will FIDE allow you to
play for? The home one? Obviously not, that one isn't FIDE member. Great
Britain, UK? None of these actually exists. England? They won't accept your
application. The answer actually is Ireland. Yes, different federation,
different country. An obvious absurd, but not for FIDE bureaucracy who
consistently express their fear of avalanche of requests from partly
recognized quasi-states once Ulster's application would be accepted. Indeed,
contemporary FIDE rules do not allow non-IOC federations be admitted, but
there have been many in the past who had once been accepted and nobody ever
have thought of kicking them out. Guernsey, Jersey and Faroe Islands are
just a few examples standing in stark contrast with Northern Ireland's
impotence.

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