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Pity no one read the regulations, should have been 2 x 3+2 then sudden death - no rapidplay, that is for splitting the Standard play tournament.

but whether there is a fair, practical and lawful way of dealing with genuine cases where a player cannot reasonably be expected to remain at the board because of disability, pregnancy, age-related need or another medical reason. Whilst leaving the board whilst your clock is running is technically ...

Christopher Kreuzer wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 21, 2026 7:40 pm

That took ages yesterday...

Apparently they had to manually pair the Open section as the computer couldn't handle the number of transpositions required in the last score group.

Monika Ashbrooke of Jersey scored a half a point more than the requirement of 6/9 for the WFM qualification. I think this means that she requires a rating of 1900+ for the title, rather than the normal 2100. You would be right, in any other tournament where the direct title had been acheived. This ...

Actually, looking at it, replacing the first round opponent with a 2212 player, reduces the norm requirement for WGM to 6/9.

Over the eight rounds so far she has faced opponents with an average rating of 17683/8 = 2210. Her current performance rating is 2403 (from chess-results.com, not checked this calculation). You forgot to raise the first round opponent to 2000 for a WGM norm and 2050 for a IM norm, As it stands WGM ...

Your ECF rating record shows a gain of 12.6 rating points for your last round game at the Easter Congress.

WECU gave me a headache at their Championship, held at Wells this year. The Championship was decided based on 3 tie breaks, that as it happened were equal after the completion of the 5 rounds - so a coin toss was required to determine the winner. The fun bit was they gave me a different set of tie b...

John Upham wrote: ↑

Thu Aug 27, 2026 10:47 am

https://mychess.events/event/hampshire- ... litz-2026/

I followed the link and your entry form link is there and worked - am I missing the point?

Actually, this behaviour is often much more tragic. This is often a child under pressure from their parents, who will get in trouble if they lost and return to their parents too quickly, so they sit there and let their time run so they don't get in trouble; or perhaps on the flip side, the game las...

I know what the laws say - I was merely referencing the document you said you couldn't find.

I've learned my lesson now - don't respond to people who are more interested in their post count than an exchange of information.

Although aimed at FIDE competitions, it does say in the document preface that it also applies to all FIDE Rated events.

In https://handbook.fide.com/files/handboo ... _Rules.pdf it is covered in 9.5, no eating.

considering that in chess you shake hands to mark the point of resignation, If only that was the case. British Junior Rapidplay this year player A states they said 'Draw' and stuck out a hand, Player B claims they never heard it and 'accepted the resignation'. Instructions at the start of each roun...

Don't think his application made it for the September batch, FIDE Titles page is now showing applications for the 3rd Council - I presume sometime in December.

TPR of 2387.55, look up 9 round on FIDE title Regs https://handbook.fide.com/chapter/B012024 and it says 7 points.