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So don't quote costs per month. If it's the only event they play in, the additional cost for a four player team is around £ 44. Next season it will be up to £ 108 if rates don't go up. If a club is thinking of entering and using general club funds to pay for it, it needs to know these costs. The same applies if it's a group of friends having a whip round.Adam Raoof wrote: You can't join for a month.
These are heavyweight all play alls at normal move rates over four and a half days. You would prepare seriously for them. If you didn't, you might be fed up with being punched after about three rounds. A one day rapid-play, you might just turn up, sacrifice a few pieces, play some dodgy openings and not be too bothered about quality of play or results. Does everyone take the Golders Green events deadly seriously?Adam Raoof wrote: So would you describe Sean Hewitt's specifically FIDE rated non-title, no prize money events as merely a social occasion? I have to admit it doesn't seem to discourage entries to his tournaments!
Come along and find out! You are eligible to play in the Open, by virtue of your ECF membership.Roger de Coverly wrote:These are heavyweight all play alls at normal move rates over four and a half days. You would prepare seriously for them. If you didn't, you might be fed up with being punched after about three rounds. A one day rapid-play, you might just turn up, sacrifice a few pieces, play some dodgy openings and not be too bothered about quality of play or results. Does everyone take the Golders Green events deadly seriously?Adam Raoof wrote: So would you describe Sean Hewitt's specifically FIDE rated non-title, no prize money events as merely a social occasion? I have to admit it doesn't seem to discourage entries to his tournaments!
Round 1 is now underway, snacks and drink are flowing and things appear to be going very well indeed! Report to follow after the end of the event. Bit early for that comment. Let's see what peoeple say at 6pmJohn Sargent wrote:Many thanks to ... Alex Holowczak for his excellent job as an arbiter.
Corrected!Sean Hewitt wrote:Bit early for that comment. Let's see what peoeple say at 6pmJohn Sargent wrote:Many thanks to ... Alex Holowczak for his excellent job so far as an arbiter.
), there's not a lot to do during the rounds. Increments and computer-generated APA pairings mean the event has almost run itself. 
From which I conclude that you were neglecting your duties under Article 13.1.Alex Holowczak wrote:3:37pm was the only bit of arbiting so far that I've had to do all day! Adding two minutes to a clock for an illegal move.
Beyond resetting clocks, printing off matchcards, writing up results, and writing the event's grading file (
So much so, I've had time to play some of the 2011 county cricket season on International Cricket Captain 2011. If only I could persuade Ben Cox to catch the ball occasionally, we might actually win...
What, when I'm playing it during the lunch break?Ian Thompson wrote:From which I conclude that you were neglecting your duties under Article 13.1.Alex Holowczak wrote:3:37pm was the only bit of arbiting so far that I've had to do all day! Adding two minutes to a clock for an illegal move.
Beyond resetting clocks, printing off matchcards, writing up results, and writing the event's grading file (
So much so, I've had time to play some of the 2011 county cricket season on International Cricket Captain 2011. If only I could persuade Ben Cox to catch the ball occasionally, we might actually win...
I'll admit that, when writing that comment, I was trying to see if people were lurking waiting to jump to that conclusion, given the tendency of this forum to so-do. The players could hopefully attest that I was indeed doing my job during play!Michael J R White wrote:Second paragraph of original comments states, "there's not a lot to do during the rounds", and third paragraph draws on this with, "So much so", to suggest the time during rounds has been used, as described, on International Cricket Captain.
) journey home checking the grading file.