English Chess Forum

Kevin O'Rourke wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 04, 2021 2:05 pm

There was an article from the woke nutters saying something about it's unfair that White always goes first in chess and it should be changed. Don't suppose anyone pointed out that the players take turns to be White.

Dont you play with the new rainbow sets

After as a child playing draughts against my father we decided to learn chess, we purchased a know the game book. We interpreted a diagram completely wrongly and we thought a pawn could only take another pawn if its way directly forward was blocked

No wonder there are so few tournaments scheduled this year when people pick apart the organisers covid regs. If you dont like it or think its safe dont enter , simples. I withdrew from Blackpool 2020 for that reason , it was not a reflection on the organiser , just the covid rates at the time

I tried to buy a video from Chessbase and it said not available in your region , download only. I assume that is Brexit related. Also if you have a video with a book you have the delights of mixed rate VAT. I think many companies are assessing the situation and dont want to be the first to move, but...

On the other hand false positives wrongly punish only a single individuals, temporarily, and they can openly challenge any accusations and or bans with some hope of clearing their name. As far as anyone is aware neither chess.com nor lichess have any form of transparent appeal process, nor for that...

Censored by request