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by Christopher Kreuzer
Fri Jun 22, 2012 9:26 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Ideas to Improve Chess overall in this country.
Replies: 180
Views: 14598

Re: Ideas to Improve Chess overall in this country.

My memory of the Major Open back then is not so much the strength of the winners as much as the depth of the competition. These days it seems to a large part be an event for juniors who have already played a game in the morning. And one of the effects of lots of juniors is that this can scare off o...
by Christopher Kreuzer
Fri Jun 22, 2012 9:24 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Poor Sportsmanship
Replies: 253
Views: 24370

Re: Poor Sportsmanship

I have had 2 games finish in unusual fashion 1. The table was up-ended at me. 2. The player lectured me on my morality for 5 minutes, before packing the pieces away neatly into the box and walking out. In neither case was the result clarified by my opponent. Do you think you were winning? Did anyth...
by Christopher Kreuzer
Fri Jun 22, 2012 7:59 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Ideas to Improve Chess overall in this country.
Replies: 180
Views: 14598

Re: Ideas to Improve Chess overall in this country.

The Major Open has already all but been destroyed by the ever-growing tail of the British Championship tournament. Have a look at what the Major Open used to be like in the late 80s for example. Are there any online crosstables for the Major Opens? If not, could you give examples of the top players...
by Christopher Kreuzer
Fri Jun 22, 2012 6:19 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Ideas to Improve Chess overall in this country.
Replies: 180
Views: 14598

Re: Ideas to Improve Chess overall in this country.

I'm wondering how this thread managed to get to 8 pages... (as far as I can see, no-one outright supports the original proposal, though I may have missed it somewhere). How about we start again and try and work out exactly what the discussion has achieved? (PS. No-one picked up on point 4 'Poor Spor...
by Christopher Kreuzer
Fri Jun 22, 2012 1:49 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Kasparov simul in Manchester
Replies: 35
Views: 3826

Re: Kasparov simul in Manchester

Matthew Turner wrote:He is a Speaker at the Alan Turing Centenary Conference
Chessbase have a story on this now:

http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=8269
by Christopher Kreuzer
Thu Jun 21, 2012 3:51 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Ideas to Improve Chess overall in this country.
Replies: 180
Views: 14598

Re: Ideas to Improve Chess overall in this country.

270 games in a year? :shock: Even for a professional player that would be barking lunacy. I think it is more 240-ish. That "last 12 months" is not the best guide. I did once try and work out the most number of games it was physically possible to play, and I think it is a bit more than that, but it ...
by Christopher Kreuzer
Thu Jun 21, 2012 3:44 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Ideas to Improve Chess overall in this country.
Replies: 180
Views: 14598

Re: Ideas to Improve Chess overall in this country.

I would say though that this year has been the exception to the norm given that Alan Fraser has won the last god knows how many Under 120 GPs without breaking sweat. How does anyone win a grade capped event without becoming disqualified - due to an improved grade - the next season? Presumably this ...
by Christopher Kreuzer
Thu Jun 21, 2012 1:01 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Ideas to Improve Chess overall in this country.
Replies: 180
Views: 14598

Re: Ideas to Improve Chess overall in this country.

It's a function of relative ratings, rather than luck. It's not just round 1 either. Depending on the strength of field and number of players , GM or IM opposition is possible or likely in later rounds if you score well. It is even possible to end up playing a GM if you lose in the first round. Tha...
by Christopher Kreuzer
Thu Jun 21, 2012 12:40 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Ideas to Improve Chess overall in this country.
Replies: 180
Views: 14598

Re: Ideas to Improve Chess overall in this country.

I did say in my original post the main idea would be to generate more prize money at the top of Chess by creating more interest at the bottom. Chess as like most sports/games has a lot more casual players and amateur players that it does have elite players. The point being if ideas create more inte...
by Christopher Kreuzer
Thu Jun 21, 2012 12:27 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Ideas to Improve Chess overall in this country.
Replies: 180
Views: 14598

Re: Ideas to Improve Chess overall in this country.

All these players that travel the country playing in every congress imo do not get rewarded enough. They spend so much money on hotels, travel, tournament fee, food etc and the current system only gives a trophy and £50 voucher towards the next British I think it is.(in there section only) <snip> ...
by Christopher Kreuzer
Wed Jun 20, 2012 5:10 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Laws of Chess
Replies: 51
Views: 3581

Re: Laws of Chess

What if someone mixed up letters from different languages? I've seen people use a mix of German and English piece letters in a single game score. It can get confusing if this happens with a sealed move. I know you think adjournments should be consigned to the dustbin of history, but that is one case...
by Christopher Kreuzer
Wed Jun 20, 2012 4:54 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Laws of Chess
Replies: 51
Views: 3581

Re: Laws of Chess

FIDE recognizes for its own tournaments and matches only one system of notation, the Algebraic System, and recommends the use of this uniform chess notation also for chess literature and periodicals. Scoresheets using a notation system other than algebraic may not be used as evidence in cases where...
by Christopher Kreuzer
Wed Jun 20, 2012 11:40 am
Forum: Deaths & Obituaries
Topic: Warriors of the Mind
Replies: 15
Views: 4185

Re: Warriors of the Mind

Where would people place the world's current top players in a list of the top 20 players of all time?
by Christopher Kreuzer
Tue Jun 19, 2012 12:18 pm
Forum: 4NCL
Topic: 4NCL rating prizes
Replies: 4
Views: 1997

Re: 4NCL rating prizes

I hope this is helpful and that I will be remembered when people vote for ECF Player of the Year next time .... :wink: Thanks for that. Interesting to get a feel for how it has varied. It did get me wondering whether the option had been considered of one like the Premier League (football) uses, whe...
by Christopher Kreuzer
Mon Jun 18, 2012 7:38 pm
Forum: Deaths & Obituaries
Topic: Warriors of the Mind
Replies: 15
Views: 4185

Re: Warriors of the Mind

Does anyone know of a reliable source (i.e. not a blog) confirming Divinsky's death? The Wikipedia article hasn't been updated yet, and something like a newspaper obituary would be best: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Divinsky . Yes, it is always good to have actual confirmation, before announ...