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Bristol Four Knights wishes everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2026!

Minimum means it has to be at least over 4 boards, but the teams can agree to play over more That was not clear to me. In fact, it still isn't. Even if your supposition is correct, the current rule is certainly not a minimum of six boards, it is precisely six. The Bristol and Clifton League Mgmt ar...

The point I thought I was making is that under the rules proposed by Bristol Four Knights, they would now be sitting at the top of their division rather than in second place! I thought that was why they were suggesting it as well. They have set up a website about the club using the ECF LMS https://...

Bristol Four Knights Club (Bristol and District Chess League) shall be presenting the attached two motions in the next AGM. As Secretary, I am open to views on the same before the official presentation. Thanks! As an additional question, would the views of people in this forum count as support/oppos...

Great, Thanks!

When Chess Results is sync’d with Swiss Manager, what is the meaning of the result + - - ?

I am sure most of us have a draw somewhere stuffed with hundreds of old scoresheet that will "one day" get digitised but growing ever larger without the job being done. It got me thinking though, there are now apps which can scan paper and turn them into digital text and I wondered if anyone has ex...

Brilliant! Thanks! Much appreciated and Happy New Year!

My apologies, have corrected it. Was working on it during the holidays and html, ccc and php has done my head in (non programmer here). You can embed Chess diagrams and games in the forums - fingers crossed it works!

We have now found a permanent home on the web at https://bristolfourknights.co.uk/ and are looking for engagement on all things Chess! Do join the forums and contribute!

I am happy to join a team for this or even submit a new one! Anyone playing?

https://www.4ncl.co.uk/data/onlines6/dates_online.htm

If you have an iPhone, this shortcut queries the ECF database and returns results for a player.

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Hi All - I have managed to negotiate a FREE Lecture on Positional Play by a USCF National Master for our Club - in our Discord server. It is open to all. You just need to join the server and verify your profile (sorry but we have had spam accounts in the past!). You do NOT need to be a paying member...

Thanks Joey, Reg and Paul! I'll look into the information! Cheers!

I have recently been contacted by a parent who wants her kids to join the Club. However, I don't know what kind of (DBS?) checks one needs while working with kids?! Has anyone had any experience with this!?