Request to temporarily suspend the forum

[Carl Hibbard]

Neville is one of the good guys in my opinion so I allowed the change, all back to normal now.

[Geoff Chandler]

"Neville is one of the good guys in my opinion..."

So you have favourites. I thought so.

I had to sit and have my tea on my live kitchen table with what
I was eating being transmitted to the whole world and nothing was closed down.

(Mince and tatties, it's always mince and tatties on a Tuesday.)

Ah....
I've re-read the request.

Now I see it.

We were asked to stop posting and follow the game.
Not following the game and posting/arguing was a sign of disrespect.

I never posted during the game (I was out buying the mince and tatties)
But I bet others did. Go get them Carl.

I played through the game (after my tea) does that put me among the favourites.

Merciless play.
Picks up the pinned piece, good build up to that, Black had to let the exchange go.
White then switches focus to the g6 pawn.

A. Kalaiyalahan - O. Badelka

[FEN "4nr2/1q1nprkp/p2p2p1/2pP4/2P2P2/1P1QN1PP/5R2/3B1RK1 w - - 0 1"] 1. Bg4 Rh8 2. Be6 Rff8 3. Qc3+ Ndf6 4. g4 Qb4 5. Qb2 h5 {Maybe h6 instead to perhaps try and do something with open h-file. Though it too looks grim.} 6. g5 Kh7 7. gxf6 Nxf6 8. Qc2 Qb8 9. Rg2 Qe8 10. Kh1 Kg7 11. Nf5+ Kh7 12. Nh4 Rhg8 13. Bxg8+ Rxg8 14. Rfg1 Qd7 15. Qd3

Gives us a clear heads up next time.
I'll take the day off work and follow the game, I may even skip tea.
Especially if it's on a Tuesday, I'm fed up with mince and tatties.

Wednesday is Spag-Bog day (mince and noodles.)
Thursday is Lasagne (mince with with a chess topping)
Friday is Shepherds Pie (Mince with a potato topping)
Saturday I go to the football and have a mince pie.

(good game mate. Well done.)

[Carl Hibbard]

So you have favourites. I thought so.

You make the alternate special list Geoff so do not worry.

[Neville Belinfante]

Carl - thanks for agreeing to my unusual request yesterday.

Geoff - are you sure it is not sour grapes as all the England - Scotland matches at Budva went England's way?

[Andy McCulloch]

Neville, I don't see any sour grapes in Geoff''s post, why would there be, he is English after all.

[Peter D Williams]

Neville is one of the good guys in my opinion so I allowed the change, all back to normal now.

I posted on here yesterday while the Europeans was been played when Neville said do not mind you i very rarely do as i am told

[J T Melsom]

Peter, do you really have no self control or awareness? I wasn't entirely convinced the decision was justified, but it did little harm. You have twice posted the same point that 'clever PDW' does what he pleases'.

[Peter D Williams]

Peter, do you really have no self control or awareness? I wasn't entirely convinced the decision was justified, but it did little harm. You have twice posted the same point that 'clever PDW' does what he pleases'.

I wish i was clever but if you think i am that is indeed a complement many thanks maybe you can consults me about other matters you think i am clever in?

well its time for lunch weather still nice here

[Neville Belinfante]

In response to some of the comments yesterday and today

Is this serious?!

I was serious in my desire to direct everyone's attention that a big match was in progress. I was not seriously expecting the whole forum to be closed down, and Carl's solution of highlighting this thread was the best solution.

During this afternoon I shall be:

1. Writing my long overdue Report for Council (Sorry, everyone.)

2. Keeping an eye on the Forum.

3. Keeping an eye on the game.

I'm not the most technocompetent of people, but I know how to open more than one window on my computer at the same time.

An ideal response.

A link to watch the girl, would make more sense than your request!

My request was a last minute idea which had to be completed before the game started, and I did not consider adding the link. Something to bear in mind for the next request.

I'll risk incurring Neville's wrath by posting here (see other thread. My word Neville, what would you have said in 1993, if we had an internet and English Chess Forum back then?)

In 1993 newsgroups like alt.rec.games.chess was getting more popular on the internet. I knew of its existence but rarely browsed it.

Neville, I don't see any sour grapes in Geoff''s post, why would there be, he is English after all.

Maybe I should have used a smiley. Geoff is this forum's most humorous poster as well as Scotland's most prolific. Many years ago I posted something on the Chess Scotland forum, and Geoff told he that Englishmen were not allowed to post there. ;

I have been told that by PM that Ali Roy beat Amy Hoare.


Regards

Neville Belinfante

[J T Melsom]

Neville

In which case I'll modify my remarks - 'a good idea probably not as well executed as it might have been'. Some posters clearly did think you wanted the chess world/forum to shut down for the afternon.

Jonathan

[Roger de Coverly]

In 1993 newsgroups like alt.rec.games.chess was getting more popular on the internet.

rec.games.chess was the mainstream.

Google Groups has it archived. This is what can come up if you search for "BCF"

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searc ... fvH3G9wMkJ

Directors urged to quit in chess row.

Adam Black the BCF Publicity Director yesterday called for the
resignation of BCF President Mr John Poole, and two BCF directors .....

This was posted by Mark Crowther a year or two before he created TWIC.

Internal rows between directors are nothing new, indeed there were then more of them so disputes could be more likely.

[MartinCarpenter]

Ah, usenet Still alive of course if much reduced. Comfortably predating webforums and still a better interface in many ways.

Anyone who thinks that this place has a tendency to wander off topic and/or turn nasty really hasn't seen what it could get like.

[IM Jack Rudd]

Ah yes, usenet. I used to hang around in alt.politics.homosexuality and post there occasionally. That place was not for the faint-hearted.

[David Robertson]

rec.games.chess has been long washed up.

But rec.games.chess.politics continues to thrive

I just pulled down ten years' worth of headers (145,000), mainly describing threats of violence, actual violence, or litigation arising from acts between chess players, violent, non-violent or otherwise. A colossal number of posts continue in the name of one notorious obsessive, Samuel H. Sloan

[Geoff Chandler]

Hi Neville,

As usual I'm just talking mince.

Sour Grapes? That is what I get on a Sunday.