Just found this obituary (which I don't think has been posted here) on the website of the firm where David was a consultant:
https://www.ansonssolicitors.com/david- ... emembered/
A courteous opponent of the old school.
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- Wed Apr 20, 2022 1:53 pm
- Forum: Deaths & Obituaries
- Topic: David W Anderton
- Replies: 45
- Views: 7707
- Fri Apr 07, 2017 8:50 am
- Forum: Not Chess!
- Topic: Trump and Russia
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2919
Re: Trump and Russia
Or you could look at what the Obama administration actually did in 2016.NickFaulks wrote:The Chinese respect power. They will be starting to believe that they are dealing with someone who will follow up on his words, not just a bag of wind like his predecessor.
- Tue Apr 04, 2017 1:43 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Media comments on chess
- Replies: 5977
- Views: 741971
Re: Media comments on chess
Brian Kilcline in the Guardian : When Kilcline signed for Swindon Town in 1994, he politely declined the Premier League club’s offer to put them up in a local hotel and instead decided to live on a canal. “Lynn must have looked at 50 narrow boats because the criteria was I had to be able to stand u...
- Sun Mar 26, 2017 11:13 pm
- Forum: ECF Matters
- Topic: National Chess Library closure
- Replies: 180
- Views: 34288
Re: National Chess Library closure
Yes, I'm well aware of what Google can do. I was working on the assumption that the ECF wouldn't have quite the same capabilities as a multi-billion dollar corporation.Brian Towers wrote: No longer true.
- Sun Mar 26, 2017 5:27 pm
- Forum: ECF Matters
- Topic: National Chess Library closure
- Replies: 180
- Views: 34288
Re: National Chess Library closure
Apart from the copyright issue, there is also the practical problem that in order to get the pages to lie flat on a typical scanner most books have to be dismantled. Otherwise you ended up with a distorted or illegible inside margin for each page. This may not be a problem for books where there are ...
- Wed Mar 08, 2017 7:00 am
- Forum: Chess History
- Topic: The Turk v Mephisto
- Replies: 40
- Views: 7364
Re: The Turk v Mephisto
Having once worked at OUP and had a discussion about the Companion with the in-house editor (I was trying to get him to commission more chess books - I failed), I can confidently state that the editor concerned did not have sufficient knowledge about the game to make the above scenario plausible. I...
- Sat Mar 04, 2017 9:19 am
- Forum: Chess History
- Topic: The Turk v Mephisto
- Replies: 40
- Views: 7364
Re: The Turk v Mephisto
Michael Farthing wrote:But of course, Ian, my scenario was a tad tongue in cheek.
- Sat Mar 04, 2017 8:30 am
- Forum: Chess History
- Topic: The Turk v Mephisto
- Replies: 40
- Views: 7364
Re: The Turk v Mephisto
Oxford Companion Contributor: Pulling's counter-move Oxford Companion editor: Not exactly English that, is it? Don't you mean counter-attack? Oxford Companion Contributor: Oh, OK then.. Who knows? Having once worked at OUP and had a discussion about the Companion with the in-house editor (I was try...
- Fri Feb 17, 2017 8:29 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: xkcd
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3175
Re: xkcd
Resurrecting this ancient thread with the latest xkcd: https://xkcd.com/1800/
- Wed Jan 25, 2017 12:53 pm
- Forum: ECF Matters
- Topic: Proposed British Chess Championship Qualifying Regulations
- Replies: 225
- Views: 27620
Re: Proposed British Chess Championship Qualifying Regulations
Indeed - but the provision seems reasonable for amateur players.Jonathan Bryant wrote:Neither of scenarios you cite - whilst real enough per se - are related to qualifying logic.
- Wed Jan 25, 2017 12:06 pm
- Forum: ECF Matters
- Topic: Proposed British Chess Championship Qualifying Regulations
- Replies: 225
- Views: 27620
Re: Proposed British Chess Championship Qualifying Regulations
I would imagine that it allows late qualifiers who have already made clashing holiday arrangements etc. to play, or for those qualifying unexpectedly to save up for an expensive fortnight (as was).Jonathan Bryant wrote:I’ve never really understood the logic of deferred entry.
- Mon Jan 09, 2017 5:44 pm
- Forum: International News
- Topic: Tata Steel 2017
- Replies: 166
- Views: 14510
Re: Tata Steel 2017
Yes - Nottingham Congress 2004 and 2005 (and possibly earlier - Neil Graham would know). There were problems with the low sun in the early evening as I recall.JustinHorton wrote: Did anybody else play in that tournament once that was in the hospitality suite at Forest?
- Thu Dec 22, 2016 12:52 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: White wins in two moves and other matters
- Replies: 42
- Views: 5504
Re: White wins in two moves and other matters
Further, under A4 we have The FIDE Swiss Rules pair the players in an objective and impartial way, and different arbiters or software programs following the pairing rules should arrive at identical pairings. which precludes the use of randomness at any point. Given that any kind of ranking (includi...
- Thu Dec 22, 2016 11:12 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: White wins in two moves and other matters
- Replies: 42
- Views: 5504
Re: White wins in two moves and other matters
but FIDE rules preclude it. You keep saying things like that, but when challenged you're never able to point to the actual rule which you claim exists. From the FIDE Handbook: C.04.2 General handling rules for Swiss Tournaments : 2 Before the first round the players are ranked in order of, respecti...
- Mon Nov 28, 2016 2:08 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Media comments on chess
- Replies: 5977
- Views: 741971
Re: Media comments on chess
That's from two years ago, and mentioned on this very thread: http://www.ecforum.org.uk/viewtopic.php ... 70#p149470Roger de Coverly wrote:Another BBC piece
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-30006019
Not a peep, yet, from the BBC about Carlsen–Karjakin.