English Chess Forum

David Sedgwick wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 22, 2018 11:39 am

The links at the top of the page at www.guernseychessclub.org.gg are correct.

Thanks David !

I emailed the contact on

http://www.guernseychessclub.org.gg/fes ... stival.htm

to ask them to update the links to the live games as they point to the 2017 live games.

John

Kevin Thurlow wrote: ↑

Sun Oct 21, 2018 11:26 pm

"Hence the organisers were only able to broadcast four games today. They hope to have more live games tomorrow."

which should include Board 1, Sedgwick - GM Korneev… David made an early bid for the brilliancy prize today.

Has the fire alarm sounded ?

I expect it is me but I can only see four out of eleven live games with moves.

The remaining seven are at the starting position.

I tried the official site and ChessBase and it is the same.

John

I also once had a kid who was playing on with a loan king and 2 pawns against my Q and about 5 pawns, repeatedly announce stalemate (it wasn’t he had pawn moves) at the top of his voice :roll: Did he return it to its owner after the game? :wink: Did the loaned King come from a pawn shop ?

I had three juniors in a team of mine last night and they conducted themselves impeccably.

The opposition was highly complimentary.

One of the more annoying habits is playing strong moves despite having a low grade.

Thanks Angus. I have sent an Email requesting that if my date of birth is held it should be removed. Will you be doing the same for the national registry of births which is easily accessed by any member of the public ? Try using ancestry.co.uk for example. Oh and there is HMRC, DVLA and other insti...

96 entries with less than 24 hours to go.

J.

Now standing at 90 entries and climbing !

To enter

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Whilst "arbiting" (and not being an arbiter) I was asked to make decisions in two similar touch move debates in a junior tournament. In both cases a player picked up their Queen and knocked an opposing piece that they could legally capture with the Queen. They then decided that they did not like tha...

Gordon Cadden wrote: ↑

Sat Oct 06, 2018 11:27 am

We do have quite a few cities in England. May I suggest the London City Chess Association.

The reference is to "The City" as "The Square Mile".

Roger Lancaster wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 03, 2018 1:29 pm

Actually, this is Ray extolling (for the most part) the virtues of someone else which, it has to be said, isn't the commonest of occurrences.

Don't forget the OBE whatever you do.

Perhaps we will see more videos of Ray extolling the virtues of Tony Buzzan ?

Perhaps TB will reciprocate ?

Here is Ray in a typical modest mood telling us once more about his greatness :


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djLghXwMI1U

A consequence (I'm assuming) of migrating to Azolve is that the ECF membership download format has changed. The Title and Initials columns are now blank for everyone. There is no expiry date for anyone. The format of the membership category has changed. Does anyone know if there are plans to "deblan...