Well, I had my brief moment (48 hours) of glory at the top of a top players list. But it all looks a lot more reasonable now.
Many thanks too, Brian, for the 85+ list and for including the NM titles. Would anybody qualify for a 90+ list?
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- Fri Jun 03, 2022 10:06 pm
- Forum: ECF Matters
- Topic: New ECF ratings codes
- Replies: 29
- Views: 6034
- Fri Jun 03, 2022 9:18 am
- Forum: ECF Matters
- Topic: New ECF ratings codes
- Replies: 29
- Views: 6034
Re: New ECF ratings codes
As I turn 86 later this month, I was very surprised to find myself at the top of the 'Top players' list for Over-80s. I know at least half a dozen, probably more, octogenarian players much better than I am. Then the list implies that there are only 16 rated players over-80. Have the missing 84 playe...
- Tue Apr 25, 2017 9:05 pm
- Forum: ECF Matters
- Topic: PLAYER OF THE YEAR 2017
- Replies: 58
- Views: 10810
PLAYER OF THE YEAR 2017
With a large amount of news appearing on the ECF website today, the invitation to submit nominations for the PLAYER of the YEAR Award has disappeared from the front page of the website. If you have not yet made your nominations DON'T PANIC. You can find the invitation by typing 'PLAYER OF THE YEAR' ...
- Tue Dec 06, 2016 11:44 am
- Forum: Deaths & Obituaries
- Topic: Roger Simpson (1932-2016)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1354
Roger Simpson (1932-2016)
I was very sorry to learn that Roger Simpson had passed away at the end of November. A member of Chester-Le-Street Chess Club and more recently Durham City, he was twice President of the NCCU and was president and held many other offices in the Durham Association. I first met him in the '60s when he...
- Mon Apr 04, 2016 8:44 pm
- Forum: Junior Chess
- Topic: Pennine Cup 2016
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1903
Pennine Cup 2016
The NCCU Pennine Cup was founded several years ago by Gary Kenworthy as a team competition between the Northern Counties at an Under-16 level. This year it was Northumberland's turn to hold the competition in Newcastle on 27th March.. Disappointingly the more southerly of the Northern Counties were ...
- Mon Apr 04, 2016 8:16 pm
- Forum: Junior Chess
- Topic: NCCU Schools Award
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1031
NCCU Schools Award
Each year the NCCU makes its Schools Award to a school that has made a good contribution to chess in its area. This year the award went about as far North as it could go, being made to St Paul's Middle School in Alnwick. Congratulations to the School Chess Club, which also includes ex-St Paul's pupi...
- Mon Nov 02, 2015 1:12 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Dramatic changes in congress performances
- Replies: 166
- Views: 20829
Re: Dramatic changes in congress performances
My first congress was the Yorkshire Easter Congress, played in Huddersfield in 1953. Organised by Edgar Priestley, it had 60 entries, divided into 10 all-play-all sections each of 6 players. This was, of course, before the days of gradings so the organiser had to arrange the sections according to th...
- Thu Oct 29, 2015 5:51 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Change in BCC Qualification Regulations
- Replies: 36
- Views: 3589
Re: Change in BCC Qualification Regulations
To answer Mick.
Both the over-50 champions are, I think, already qualified for the 2016 British Championship
Nigel Povah is an IM; Glen House is an FM and is rated >2200. Does this mean that the third-placed player gets the Senior qualification? We'll no doubt find out in due course ....
Both the over-50 champions are, I think, already qualified for the 2016 British Championship
Nigel Povah is an IM; Glen House is an FM and is rated >2200. Does this mean that the third-placed player gets the Senior qualification? We'll no doubt find out in due course ....
- Thu Oct 29, 2015 10:54 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Change in BCC Qualification Regulations
- Replies: 36
- Views: 3589
Re: Change in BCC Qualification Regulations
I am pleased to say that I received an e-mail response from Alex this morning, answering my questions. See John Philpott's message above. It is just a pity that the out-of-date regulations stayed up for so long - it got me too excited! I don't necessarily agree with Kevin and Alex's decision that th...
- Tue Oct 27, 2015 8:50 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Change in BCC Qualification Regulations
- Replies: 36
- Views: 3589
Change in BCC Qualification Regulations
In the last three days there has been a change in the Qualification Regulations for the 2016 British championship Regulations. Last week item 3 read that the British Senior Champion from 2015 qualified. Today I find that the words 'Over-50' have been added before 'Senior Champion'. Now I cannot clai...
- Wed Sep 09, 2015 11:54 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: WHERE IN THE UK TO PLAY CHESS?
- Replies: 69
- Views: 8452
Re: WHERE IN THE UK TO PLAY CHESS?
At the Northumberland County Congress (North Shields, 25-27th September) they include a FOUNDATION TOURNAMENT for ungraded and players <100. This consists of 10 games, 2 each against each of 5 opponents played with all moves to be made in 1 hour (Thus qualifying for grading). Each pair of games runs...
- Thu Jul 23, 2015 5:57 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Which Two Books ?
- Replies: 54
- Views: 10098
Re: Which Two Books ?
Note that Karl Georg is only 8 years old (possibly 7). His draw in R6 came when his opponent - with 4 queens - gave stalemate. Having played in Paleochora twice in previous years, I am most impressed with the standards of the Greek youngsters. I suspect that their standard of play improves because t...
- Mon Jul 20, 2015 9:03 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Vaguely Yorkshire themed chess calendar
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2425
Re: Vaguely Yorkshire themed chess calendar
No mention of the 5th Annual Harrogate Congress on the 4th-6th September. See the ECF Congress calendar. Entry forms, written in Noel Boustred's inimitable style, available. Odd that Castle Chess are running another congress, also in Harrogate, just a week later. No wonder Mike Truran was confused w...
- Fri Dec 19, 2014 4:42 pm
- Forum: Chess History
- Topic: British Championship Qualifying Competition
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3047
Re: British Championship Qualifying Competition
I played in the BCQC several times in the '60s and early '70s, qualifying just the once in 1969. As far as I was concerned, living in Sunderland. there were two stages. The first, a North-East stage, was an all-play-all tournament with about 6 players taking part. The games had to be arranged, as de...
- Wed Oct 29, 2014 12:09 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: New York Times axes chess column
- Replies: 53
- Views: 7095
Re: New York Times axes chess column
All is not black on the newspaper front, despite the demise of the NEW YORK TIMES column! Tne SOUTH SHIELDS GAZETTE has decided to promote its excellent fortnightly chess column to weekly! Congratulations to Simon McGuinness the writer of the column! Mind you it is a very local column - Simon told m...