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by David Shepherd
Tue Feb 06, 2024 11:08 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Recommend chess puzzles.
Replies: 12
Views: 910

Re: Recommend chess puzzles.

Endgame Challenge John Hall
Combination Challenge John Hall & Lou Hayes
by David Shepherd
Sat Nov 11, 2023 7:34 pm
Forum: International News
Topic: European Team Championship November 2023
Replies: 290
Views: 15230

Re: European Team Championship November 2023

David Howell quote - "Today was one of the most unpleasant experiences of my career. Not only did the arbiter not know the laws of chess, but he patted me on my bum while trying to usher me out of the playing hall. Surely this is harassment?" https://twitter.com/DavidHowellGM/status/1723414937119203...
by David Shepherd
Tue Aug 29, 2023 6:52 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: How Come This Player Has Joined English Fed?
Replies: 92
Views: 7407

Re: How Come This Player Has Joined English Fed?

There is a duplicate thread on this - "New number one England player"
by David Shepherd
Thu Aug 24, 2023 2:08 pm
Forum: ECF Matters
Topic: ECF Membership Reform
Replies: 150
Views: 13839

Re: ECF Membership Reform

How about two types of membership - club player membership collected by the clubs as part of their membership fees and sent to the ECF by the clubs and compete membership paid by individuals allowing them to enter tournaments. Junior/online categories also.
by David Shepherd
Sun Jul 16, 2023 12:13 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Simpsons in the Strand
Replies: 11
Views: 1045

Re: Simpson's in the Strand

Among the auction items I didn't see the chessboard, or whatever, signed controversially by an English GM in company with greats from the past. The link given by Ian seems different to this list e.g. lot 54 https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/5e1d9d8a-4e8c-4667-aad7-6217ef41dae1/downloads/Simpsons%20i...
by David Shepherd
Wed Feb 08, 2023 3:06 pm
Forum: Chess History
Topic: Fawlty Towers
Replies: 8
Views: 1316

Re: Fawlty Towers

Her great great grandparents George Illingworth and Nanny (Ann) Shefileld were the direct ancestors of Prunella (apologies if I have that wrong I only spent a few minutes having a quick look).
by David Shepherd
Wed Dec 21, 2022 7:59 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Is Lawrence Trent a tough guy?
Replies: 60
Views: 5841

Re: Is Lawrence Trent a tough guy?

Yuri Averbakh boxed fo a while when he was young.
by David Shepherd
Sat Dec 03, 2022 11:19 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Blood Glucose monitoring device and OTB chess
Replies: 13
Views: 1414

Re: Blood Glucose monitoring device and OTB chess

I have come across this once before in a league match although I wasn't playing on that board. From memory the player said it was a medical alarm on their phone and they normally turned it off before a game and had forgotten to do so. There then followed an argument with the player whose alarm had g...
by David Shepherd
Fri Sep 30, 2022 4:43 pm
Forum: International News
Topic: Carlsen resigns on move 2
Replies: 1113
Views: 82123

Re: Carlsen resigns on move 2

edit : On reflection, a clear statement that online cheating on commercial sites would not have OTB repercussions would also be an improvement on where we are now. Above all, players need clarity. Not sure I agree with this, I believe above all players need fairness and a cheat free enviroment to p...
by David Shepherd
Wed Sep 28, 2022 3:30 pm
Forum: Women's Chess
Topic: Sexism in chess
Replies: 45
Views: 7462

Re: Sexism in chess

Link to article on BBC website

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-63062092
by David Shepherd
Fri Sep 23, 2022 11:47 am
Forum: International News
Topic: Carlsen resigns on move 2
Replies: 1113
Views: 82123

Re: Carlsen resigns on move 2

I suspect the bottom line is that Magnus "could easily have voiced his concerns" and as a result could easily have ended up in court - particularly if he was incorrect or could not prove any allegations made against one or more individuals. Quite likely, but if that's so he needed to have a much be...
by David Shepherd
Fri Sep 23, 2022 10:14 am
Forum: International News
Topic: Carlsen resigns on move 2
Replies: 1113
Views: 82123

Re: Carlsen resigns on move 2

Well it's not about right or wrong but more so interpretation. The bottom line is Magnus could easily have voiced his concerns and hasn't. That is the cause of all the problems and has resulted in it turning into a scandal. He was outplayed and his behaviour was not very sporting. The whole thing h...
by David Shepherd
Mon Jul 11, 2022 11:51 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Aditya Verma
Replies: 108
Views: 13228

Re: Aditya Verma

The way I look at it, why would you ever joke about a bomb on a plane; he has been found to be a total idiot and deserves any consequences for his stupidity I think he deserves reasonable consequences rather than "any" consequences. The question is what are reasonable consequences and without full ...
by David Shepherd
Mon Jun 27, 2022 3:07 pm
Forum: Seniors Chess
Topic: World Senior Teams 19 to 30 June 2022
Replies: 154
Views: 14586

Re: World Senior Teams 19 to 30 June 2022

Link to commentary https://www.twitch.tv/ecf_commentary (resumes at 4:30pm).