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- Mon Mar 18, 2024 12:04 am
- Forum: Chess History
- Topic: Bletchley Park female codebreakers
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1462
Re: Bletchley Park female codebreakers
I don't suppose anyone has noticed but I've been wearing the yellow, black and maroon scarf of Newnham College every winter for the last twenty-odd years. It's an enigma but it keeps me warm.
- Wed Mar 13, 2024 7:28 pm
- Forum: Congress Diary
- Topic: Inaugural Wells Chess Congress 8th - 10th March 2024
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1682
Re: Inaugural Wells Chess Congress 8th - 10th March 2024
It certainly helped that there are plenty of places to get food and drink within 5 minutes walk. Apart from the chess congress, the excellent venue and really nice people, the cheap tea & coffee (with free biscuits), amazing cafes & restaurants, great places to stay, a bustling street market with d...
- Tue Mar 12, 2024 8:34 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Counties and clubs
- Replies: 55
- Views: 5145
Re: Counties and clubs
Lewisham play in the Kent League, but Folkestone play in the Thanet & East Kent League. That a different party altogether.
Lewisham to Folkestone (both Kent) is 63 miles, but I think the Kent competitions are regionalised.
- Mon Mar 11, 2024 9:19 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Counties and clubs
- Replies: 55
- Views: 5145
Re: Counties and clubs
Indeed. Hastings play in the Kent League.
All sorts of teams play in the busy Croydon League - some are even based in Croydon!
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 3:05 pm
- Forum: Rating Debate
- Topic: Rapid events with over rated players.
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3593
Re: Rapid events with over rated players.
Ealing use FIDE ratings for eligibility. So his entry was perfectly legitimate. Thing is tomorrow we’re supposed to see the FIDE uplift and he’ll be elevated above 1800. Trouble is so will you!
- Sun Feb 25, 2024 8:09 pm
- Forum: Congress Diary
- Topic: SCCU/LONDON CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS 2024
- Replies: 0
- Views: 151
SCCU/LONDON CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS 2024
The 3rd SCCU/London Club Championships are booked for on Saturday, 22 June 2024 at St Luke’s Church, Kidderpore Avenue, London NW3 7SU. It’s a six-round team rapid play for Clubs in the SCCU/London area. Teams are formed of four players playing in three sections with Average Ratings of no more than ...
- Thu Feb 22, 2024 9:21 am
- Forum: Not Chess!
- Topic: Channel Tunnel Shares in 1942
- Replies: 9
- Views: 940
Re: Channel Tunnel Shares in 1942
Monday, 12 November 1928 Mr. THURTLE Asked the Prime Minister whether the signature of the Kellogg Peace Pact has made any difference in the attitude of the Government towards the construction of a Channel tunnel? The PRIME MINISTER I am not prepared to re-open this question at the present time. Mr....
- Mon Feb 19, 2024 2:24 pm
- Forum: Congress Diary
- Topic: 2nd Cambridge International Open
- Replies: 109
- Views: 13573
Re: 2nd Cambridge International Open
There's presently dancing in the streets around Tothill Street and Millman Street. Well done Rafe! And in Cambridge too - almost forgot Cambridge!
- Sun Jan 28, 2024 7:03 pm
- Forum: County Championships
- Topic: Home Advantage
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1431
Re: Home Advantage
Two close matches at Wanstead. 9-7 to Essex in the U-2050 and 8.5-7.5 to Surrey. Further to the comment by Kevin, I had 5 u-14s in my Surrey U-2050 side While at Childs Hill Middlesex won the battle of the 2050s 9-7 and Kent finished on top in the 1650s 9½-6½. Some big clashes next week. The unbeat...
- Sat Jan 27, 2024 12:08 am
- Forum: County Championships
- Topic: Home Advantage
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1431
Home Advantage
Another round of SCCU County matches tomorrow. The Kent 2050s and 1650s travel to Childs Hill to play Middlesex, while Essex host Surrey at Wanstead House in the same sections. So far this season things have gone largely in favour of the home teams. Of 36 matches played 19 have gone to the home coun...
- Thu Jan 25, 2024 4:47 pm
- Forum: Rating Debate
- Topic: FIDE ratings revaluation
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2351
Re: FIDE ratings revaluation
Are players and organisers of FIDE-rated events ready for this? Almost all (not quite all) FIDE-rated events in England presently use the higher of FIDE or ECF ratings to determine eligibility for rated sections. That seems fair. The vast majority of players have an ECF rating and these are generall...
- Mon Jan 08, 2024 12:42 pm
- Forum: Congress Diary
- Topic: Caplin Hastings 2023-24
- Replies: 107
- Views: 13175
Re: Caplin Hastings 2023-24
So top board in the final round was contested by two players whose last recorded ECF standard play grades were 208 and 165 in an under 1600 (nee120). Hmmmm.
- Tue Dec 19, 2023 2:35 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Is Chess shortening your life?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1749
Re: Is Chess shortening your life?
There have been many warnings that sitting especially, and lack of exercise are bad for us. Studying and playing Chess are almost invariably sedentary activities. Whoa! While that statement might sound right, and it’s the obvious conclusion that most people will draw, associating sitting with incre...
- Mon Nov 27, 2023 8:21 am
- Forum: Congress Diary
- Topic: The ACO is back!
- Replies: 125
- Views: 22360
Re: The ACO is back!
It’s coming. The ACO tournaments are back on the beautiful Greek island of Kos and the amazing Belvedere-Atlantica resort. The over-65s Super-Seniors runs 1-10 May 2024 with the Amateur Championships following immediately afterwards 11-20 May 2024. If you haven’t seen the video - the star performer ...
- Thu Oct 12, 2023 4:53 pm
- Forum: ECF Matters
- Topic: National Club
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1836
Re: National Club
Nineteen teams now. That figure includes three from the London League, which is a pretty good turn out, isn’t it? The split goes five teams in each of the Open and the Average 2000 groups, while there’s nine in the Average 1700 section. Let’s hope for a few more if only to even out the odds and avo...