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JustinHorton wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 21, 2021 8:11 pm

The guy who needs to win on Thursday or forget about it is Giri.

On Friday, actually. Thursday is a rest day.

So, here goes, my report in advance of the April 2021 Finance Council. Buckle up, folks, because this is a fairly blunt one and you may want to be sitting down when you read it. So, here goes: I don't agree with everything which the ECF Directors and the other principal Officers have done over the ...

I think there are documents for the meeting still to be published such as the Finance Committee's report. The Report of the Chairman of the Finance Committee was published a few days ago. https://www.englishchess.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Report-of-the-Finance-Committee-Chairman-to-ECF-Fina...

JustinHorton wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 19, 2021 7:08 pm

I was trying to use Nalimov but (not for the first time recently) the board on their site refused to materialise

I had the same problem. I think that modern browsers reject the Nalimov board as unsafe.

I was intrigued by, "Chapter 6, Theories and Studies on Benefits of Chess’, moves into rather different territory. We learn about chess and education, and about chess and health problems, though I for one would raise a very strong objection to describing ADHD and Autism Spectrum Disorder as health ...

Qd6+ is not a losing blunder and still keeps the win on the board, but it misses mate in one. ---- As Black I might resign before answering The position looks bust, drop it and start again. (After Qd6+ what did Black play. Kd8! ) Black, Richard James, played ... Kf7, and is still in the game. I pla...

Black blunders with ... Nd7. White plays Qd6+, then asks for a takeback on the grounds that it was a mouseslip and he was in the act of playing Qxd7 Mate. Consider your reaction to this request. My reaction would be that Qd6+ is a very plausible move and not at all the kind of thing we are thinking...

In this position: Eyhd7ziWUAI_KR6.png Black blunders with ... Nd7. White plays Qd6+, then asks for a takeback on the grounds that it was a mouseslip and he was in the act of playing Qxd7 Mate. Consider your reaction to this request. Then look at the Twitter feed at https://twitter.com/chesstutor/sta...

IOM International are hoping to hold a Major & Minor alongside the Grand Swiss but waiting on developments. Late Oct / Early Nov A decision will be taken during the summer as to whether the Grand Swiss can proceed as scheduled. If it does not, then it is almost certain that the Major and Minor Tour...

You can get little hand-held devices (where you press a button and the total increases), which is a bit easier than using a scoresheet. I think David Sedgwick would know the source of these. Alex Holowczak told me about them. https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=finger+counter+digital&crid=2YM8O0ENIK81V&sp...

So if I play Bc1 to f4, then to g5 and then press the clock, this is acceptable if the arbiter agrees with my explanation that I accidentally let go of the piece on f4, rather than intentionally playing Bf4? Not at all. We are talking about clearly accidental loss of contact, as in the two cases de...

Not sure if already posted, dates of the British (OtB) have been published: Open Championship Final – 2nd-10th October Womens Championship Final – 11th-17th October Senior Championships Finals – 4th-10th October Junior Finals – 2nd-3rd October Those dates were only announced yesterday. You got here...

Matt Mackenzie wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 13, 2021 6:19 pm

So man/woman civil partnerships are officially a thing now?

Since 2nd December 2019, under the terms of the Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration etc) Act 2019.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Par ... )_Act_2019

So by analogy retraction of all mouseslips that are clearly mouseslips should be permitted? No. In Online play you don't have the physical evidence. You may, though, with cameras. I would suggest that that is doubtful. I make my share of mouseslips and I make plenty of one move blunders which are n...

Adam Raoof wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 13, 2021 7:54 pm

So by analogy retraction of all mouseslips that are clearly mouseslips should be permitted?

No. In Online play you don't have the physical evidence.

Paul McKeown's example is something of a special case.