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My instinct is that at the moment the government are not trying to totally restrict the number of cases, but instead using policies which allow them to increase (particularly in certain age groups) at a rate such that panic is minimised until the number of positive tests reaches somewhere in the reg...

Round 19 of the blitz - Magnus shows the power of the bishop, winning when he just has a king and bishop, sometimes the rules don't seem the best

My personal opinion is that it is just wrong to speculate further and very questionable whether the matter should have been raised in public particularly given it is a junior, and given most of the speculation seems to be surrounding tournaments at a very quick time control. There are really two pos...

Kevin Thurlow wrote: ↑

Sat Nov 30, 2019 9:37 pm

So the qualifier for the KO event is an all-play-all?

I think that's a no given 16 players and 9 rounds.

Jon Speelman now commentating https://www.twitch.tv/jonspeelman

Keith Arkell wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 18, 2019 1:51 am

This tournament is surreal.

Seems to be true today on boards 7 and 8 - currently not only an interesting position on both boards at move 19, but also the same position.

It seems really low this year, from a number of countries - not just England, so for example France are also only sending 3, it was the fact that no girls were going that caught my eye.

Results so far for World Youth Championships here http://chess-results.com/tnr470708.aspx?lan=1&art=25&fedb=ENG&turdet=YES&flag=30. Details of team here https://www.englishchess.org.uk/Juniors/world-youth-championship-u141618-in-nagpur-india/ . I guess this must rank at least equal with the lowest n...

Commentary by Jon Speelman has been very good for this event as for the other events he has done on twitch or through lichess site https://www.twitch.tv/jonspeelman

John McKenna wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 20, 2019 4:44 pm

How they room at the top -

https://grandchesstour.org/2019-grand-c ... apid-blitz

From a quick look - not that well if they are staying on site as I don't think it has any accommodation

Congratulations to teams links to Glorney Gilbert results here http://www.glorneycupchess.org/swiss_manager.htm

Looks like one game left to be played today - https://www.icu.ie/articles/838 . Congratulations to Trisha on her WIM norm https://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?event=45004722.

Links to Glorney Gilbert results here http://www.glorneycupchess.org/swiss_manager.htm

First some context - Plymouth (Devon's largest city) is more than 250 miles from Kettering. Even the furthest small outposts of Lancashire and Yorkshire are around the 175 mile mark, and of course the vast majority of their players would be a lot closer than that. The rules allow the nomination of ...

Given there will be quite a few players in Paignton would it be feasible to hold an extra blitz qualifier in or near there from about 4pm (or whatever time the main open is likely to finish)?

Roger de Coverly wrote: ↑

Thu May 16, 2019 12:37 pm

Slightly off topic, but what about Fire Alarm breaks? There's little alternative to stopping the clocks and leaving the room.

One alternative I can think of is not stopping the clocks and leaving the room if you can see smoke and flames.