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Most of my games now are subject to instant grading , with the added advantage of no travel.

I now seem to be ungraded although I played 13 games last season and did have a 178 grade, at this point publishing the grading list twice a year doesn't seem to be great step forward

The following link is to an interview with him. He mentions in the interview that he was captain of the University chess team (about 25:50) https://www.sms.cam.ac.uk/media/1131073

If you look at the results in round 6 she drew with Tarini Jayawarna, who has a similar FIDE rating which would suggest that it was not unreasonable for her to be in that section based on FIDE rating given that she had not qualified for the major. There was possibly an issue with seeding but these t...

Thanks Alex, apologies if that was there originally and I missed it - that makes sense.

I only had a quick read through, but one thing that did strike me was that it seems somewhat incomplete for the World Junior unless I am missing something (so for example qualification by rating/title).

I think the main point is that overall the event does raise the profile of chess and does bring in welcome money for the top British players as well as the Chess in Schools and Communities initiative. It also provides young players with role models and the realisation that if they become the best th...

No I don't think it would make a huge difference but it would make mistakes slightly more likely and probably make the flow of the tournament feel better. I find the idea that people might want the two players to play bad chess quite shocking. I think the chances of bad chess are far higher in the ...

One of the things that could be tried is to reduce the number of "rest" days. So for example a format could be six rounds then a rest day, four rounds then a rest day, then two rounds. I can see how this would make the match shorter but not necessarily how it would lead to more wins unless older pl...

One of the things that could be tried is to reduce the number of "rest" days. So for example a format could be six rounds then a rest day, four rounds then a rest day, then two rounds.

One thing to remember when evaluating performances is that some countries publish more games of players than other countries. This gives the stronger players preparing the juniors more to work with.

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Julia won again today and is now on 6.5/8 in 3rd place. I think next round she will be white against the tournament leader who is on 7.5/8. Both players are clearly in very good form and have similar ratings, so Julia should have a good chance.

The only English junior ranked in the top 40 in their event is Koby Kalavannan (No 24 in U16), and he was checkmated by a 1998 opponent in round 1. I think to be fair to Koby it is worth pointing out that his first round opponent also beat a player rated 2328 in round 2 and looking at his rating pr...

In the women's its worth noting that for Scotland Keti has now moved on to 8.5/9.