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- Mon Mar 11, 2024 9:16 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Counties and clubs
- Replies: 55
- Views: 3560
Re: Counties and clubs
Trowbridge (Wiltshire) play in the Somerset League I think this is so their players get more games (they play in the Wiltshire league too) Ah okay thanks, well at least its very close to Somerset, so not much travelling involved I assume? Trowbridge play in the Somerset West League, so that's fine,...
- Mon Mar 11, 2024 1:52 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Counties and clubs
- Replies: 55
- Views: 3560
Re: Counties and clubs
Trowbridge (Wiltshire) play in the Somerset League
I think this is so their players get more games (they play in the Wiltshire league too)
I think this is so their players get more games (they play in the Wiltshire league too)
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 7:51 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Cheating in chess
- Replies: 3034
- Views: 344348
Re: Cheating in chess
The game is here https://www.chess.com/game/live/103416156517Christopher Kreuzer wrote: ↑Fri Mar 08, 2024 1:45 pmAny link to the game itself? (So I can use it against the next GM I play!)
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 10:56 am
- Forum: Rating Debate
- Topic: FIDE ratings revaluation
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2325
Re: FIDE ratings revaluation
Chris, I think you are perhaps not the best example because your ratings are so close to 2000 but if take your 1878 rating then the uplift should be the difference between the rating and 2000 * 0.4
So that would be 122*0.4 = 49 so it looks like it has operated correctly in your case.
So that would be 122*0.4 = 49 so it looks like it has operated correctly in your case.
- Sat Dec 23, 2023 12:07 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Media comments on chess
- Replies: 5968
- Views: 737705
Re: Media comments on chess
Just caught the end of a 30 minute chess section on Bloomberg. Simon Williams commentating on the Armageddon Championships. Seems it is repeated tomorrow at 11.30am
- Wed Dec 20, 2023 12:38 pm
- Forum: International News
- Topic: European Blitz English success
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2213
Re: European Blitz English success
Picked up by the BBC https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-67770604
- Mon Dec 18, 2023 9:41 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Jumping titles
- Replies: 48
- Views: 2241
Re: Jumping titles
It is impossible to become a GM through the normal criteria without be eligible to be an IM or FM. But you don't have to apply for the lower titles. Most GMs didn't bother with FM, Kramnik went straight to GM. Kramnik went straight to GM did he? I didn't know that. The first time I met Kramnik (In ...
- Fri Dec 01, 2023 3:20 pm
- Forum: International News
- Topic: Carlsen resigns on move 2
- Replies: 1113
- Views: 82113
Re: Carlsen resigns on move 2
''Niemann's performance is out of this world, but we have no definite proof that he is cheating. We have some indications, but we don't know if anyone wants to report him.'' I'm no legal expert but I suspect that's defamatory enough for HN to take legal action. What are the indications? "Niemann’s ...
- Thu Oct 19, 2023 9:27 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Cheating in chess
- Replies: 3034
- Views: 344348
Re: Cheating in chess
I thought these were rather well considered comments
https://twitter.com/durarbayli/status/1 ... 5164799387
https://twitter.com/durarbayli/status/1 ... 5164799387
- Thu Sep 14, 2023 7:12 pm
- Forum: Not Chess!
- Topic: Ukraine
- Replies: 225
- Views: 35689
Re: Ukraine
A prominent chess player receives the Order of Courage from President Zelensky in Ukraine
https://twitter.com/gmkovalenkoigor/sta ... g285Qx8etg
https://twitter.com/gmkovalenkoigor/sta ... g285Qx8etg
- Sat Aug 12, 2023 8:51 am
- Forum: International News
- Topic: 2023 FIDE World Cup Sun 30th Jul 2023 - Thu 24th Aug 2023
- Replies: 177
- Views: 8338
Re: 2023 FIDE World Cup Sun 30th Jul 2023 - Thu 24th Aug 2023
I'll go for
Carlsen
Wang hao
Salem
Nepo
Carauana
Sarana
Erigaisi
Praggnanandhaa
Carlsen
Wang hao
Salem
Nepo
Carauana
Sarana
Erigaisi
Praggnanandhaa
- Tue Aug 08, 2023 6:53 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Government funding for chess
- Replies: 46
- Views: 3963
Re: Government funding for chess
Government funding of the ECF is great news for Scottish Chess. One only need look at the recent Wood Green International which featured 4 English players and three Scottish ones. More opportunities in England, mean more opportunities for Scottish players. I think one also needs to recognise that go...
- Mon Jul 17, 2023 11:10 pm
- Forum: Congress Diary
- Topic: Wood Green Invitational 2023
- Replies: 36
- Views: 2352
Re: Wood Green Invitational 2023
Ian, There is almost certainly a point in the past when I have recommended to Scottish Juniors that they should not offer a draw, because thinking about offering a draw detracts from them thinking about the actual game. I am not aware of that ever being an official policy. Personally, I wouldn't tel...
- Sun Jul 02, 2023 2:15 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Tactical Illegal moves
- Replies: 29
- Views: 1283
Re: Tactical Illegal moves
I am not going to identify the player, but I think the year was 1989/90
- Sun Jul 02, 2023 1:59 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Tactical Illegal moves
- Replies: 29
- Views: 1283
Re: Tactical Illegal moves
I have seen this happen in real life with a top 100 player playing agaisnt David Bronstein.
I did talk to Bronstein afterwards and I remember saying it was a bit like cricket where there are gentlemen and players. To be honest I am not sure what that means, but I think he sort of did
I did talk to Bronstein afterwards and I remember saying it was a bit like cricket where there are gentlemen and players. To be honest I am not sure what that means, but I think he sort of did