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If the Scot chose the British as their national championship then they are much less likely to play in the Scottish as no norm is likely from it. Why would Chess Scotland therefore allow an event which could potentially disadvantage its own event? Maybe they might allow it to enable the players bas...

Alan Walton wrote: ↑

Fri Feb 26, 2021 12:26 pm

so this movement is because he has lost national funding and wants a guaranteed incomeuld never play for the USA or anybody else but Armenia

Sadly he has lost more than that and I can't blame him for wanting a fresh start, good luck to him.

Sorry Tim - yes I missed your post.

It's worth noting that Trisha Kanyamarala was born in 2005, and I believe she is the first Irish WIM.

I think the following are additions to those already listed above -

IM: Andrew Horton 2018, Brandon Clarke 2019, Joseph McPhillips 2018, James Jackson 2019 All ENG
IM: David Fitzsimons 2018 WIM Trisha Kanyamarala 2020 IRL

Kevin Thurlow wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 19, 2021 7:05 pm

I'm enjoying Peter Leko's commentary.

Yes, its been good, I also like the commentary by Jon Speelman https://www.twitch.tv/jonspeelman

Yes, I think your solution is more likely as move 17 for black on the scoresheet says QR-K1 and not R-k1, which suggests there was a choice of rooks to move to K1 as in your line.

I assume its something like this - later deleted to avoid confusion, as close but not right either - correct version below.

Yes, the problem is using the rules as they stand in a small tournament. It is interesting to consider if there are other "more sensible" pairings and then working out whether it would be possible to draw up an improved set of pairing rules for tournaments with small numbers. I worked out the pairin...

Another alternative 5 11, 4 1, 6 8, 9 10, 12 7, 14 13 (I only looked at it quickly so could be wrong).

Sorry, I know it probably isn't relevant - unless they played chess- but given the recent US election, one fact that I find difficult to comprehend is that Harrisson Ruffin Tyler(aged 91), the grandson of the the 10th US president John Tyler, is still alive 230 years after his grandfather was born.

I think one of the issues was that there was no easy answer given that two players had disconnected at the same time through no fault of their own. I suspect most people would agree that the Armenian ruling was unfair on them, even if technically correct. These things happen and we should be happy t...

Decided joint winners

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