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by Mike Gunn
Wed Mar 27, 2024 9:29 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Is This Arbiter's Interpretation of the Laws Correct?
Replies: 16
Views: 1317

Re: Is This Arbiter's Interpretation of the Laws Correct?

Referring to the original post the arbiter's decision is wrong because (even if the FIDE laws don't cover self capture - which is arguable at best) he has failed to apply common sense.
by Mike Gunn
Wed Mar 27, 2024 9:25 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Graded Band Tournaments
Replies: 12
Views: 1167

Re: Graded Band Tournaments

If you want to run over 2000 events, fine but please call the section O2000 not "Open".
by Mike Gunn
Fri Mar 22, 2024 9:49 am
Forum: Chess History
Topic: Chess history trivia
Replies: 1349
Views: 124348

Re: Chess history trivia

Oops, I thought that was another guess, not the answer.
by Mike Gunn
Fri Mar 22, 2024 9:47 am
Forum: Not Chess!
Topic: OGWT
Replies: 26
Views: 848

Re: OGWT

MJMcCready wrote:
Thu Mar 21, 2024 9:01 pm
... I don't think ITV had a music show back then but could be wrong.
Ready Steady Go! (with Cathy "Oi'll give it foive" McGowan) comes to mind ...
by Mike Gunn
Fri Mar 22, 2024 9:41 am
Forum: Chess History
Topic: Britbase Updates
Replies: 269
Views: 37369

Re: Britbase Updates

Around 2010 Kevin Wilkinson was a regular in (what was then) my under 125 Surrey county team. He lived in Sutton and (particularly when we were playing Kent or Essex) I would give him a lift to matches in my car. On one occasion the 2nd passenger was also a devout Christian and these two had a discu...
by Mike Gunn
Thu Mar 21, 2024 9:27 am
Forum: Chess History
Topic: Chess history trivia
Replies: 1349
Views: 124348

Re: Chess history trivia

Metalworkers?

(Guess based on one of those quotes you get from that annoying voice on Fritz.)
by Mike Gunn
Thu Mar 21, 2024 9:21 am
Forum: Not Chess!
Topic: OGWT
Replies: 26
Views: 848

Re: OGWT

OGWT had much more of a cult following. It did prog rock, avant garde stuff with the occasional legend from the USA thrown in. TOTP was chart driven, much more poptastic (think Smashy and Nicey). TOTP was on BBC1 at 7.30pm, OGWT (BBC2) was in the graveyard shift (11.15 or later, after the nightly BB...
by Mike Gunn
Wed Mar 20, 2024 10:08 am
Forum: International News
Topic: Reykjavik 2024
Replies: 53
Views: 4812

Re: Reykjavik 2024

Sadly there doesn't seem to be a "proper" commentary this year (i.e. one in which a pair of commentators look at the games of the leading players). Is this down to the demise of chess24 or something else?
by Mike Gunn
Wed Mar 13, 2024 9:34 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Counties and clubs
Replies: 55
Views: 5153

Re: Counties and clubs

Posters to this thread may find the chingland website interesting: https://mjh.orpheusweb.co.uk/chingland/cframe.htm. I haven't looked at it for a few years and when I just looked now it seems it's no longer being kept up to date, which is a pity.
by Mike Gunn
Mon Mar 11, 2024 11:37 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Counties and clubs
Replies: 55
Views: 5153

Re: Counties and clubs

Surrey had RAE Farnborough (Hampshire) and there are lots of teams with London postcodes. I think Crystal Palace might actually be in Kent? Streatham, Battersea etc are South of the Thames and were probably in Surrey at one stage in their history. There was a Kent club about 15 years ago, but I can...
by Mike Gunn
Sat Mar 09, 2024 7:54 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: David Glueck (Oxfordshire team 1991-2)
Replies: 61
Views: 5048

Re: David Glueck (Oxfordshire team 1991-2)

Looking at the SCCU bulletins September 1991 to July 1992 (on the SCCU website) it is revealed that D Glueck played in most of Oxfordshire's county matches that season with a single loss to SH (has to be Steve) Berry, and wins over N (has to be Neil) L(?) Mcdonald by adjudication, JP Manley, FJ Kwia...
by Mike Gunn
Sat Mar 09, 2024 1:43 pm
Forum: Chess History
Topic: Intersection between academia and international chess titles
Replies: 37
Views: 3804

Re: Intersection between academia and international chess titles

According to the 1993 yearbook board 1 of the 1991/2 County Championships Finals (Beds vs Oxfordshire) was A Ledger 1/2 D Glueck. D Glueck also played in the semifinal on board 2 against Surrey: D Glueck 1/2 G.Wall.
by Mike Gunn
Sun Feb 25, 2024 12:30 pm
Forum: Congress Diary
Topic: 2nd Cambridge International Open
Replies: 109
Views: 13573

Re: 2nd Cambridge International Open

In terms of the terminology of the new ECF rating rules, FIDE uses the K formula approach to calculate TPRs whereas the 400's formula uses the P formula approach. You can find details of how P ratings are calculated versus K ratings on the ECF rating site under "Help".
by Mike Gunn
Wed Feb 21, 2024 11:48 am
Forum: Not Chess!
Topic: Channel Tunnel Shares in 1942
Replies: 9
Views: 940

Re: Channel Tunnel Shares in 1942

Studies/plans/ pilot borings for a channel tunnel started in the nineteenth century. Between 1929 and 1960 there was a parliamentary Channel Tunnel Committee and an engineer from the "Channel Tunnel Company" served on this committee since the start. Although I have no other information about this co...
by Mike Gunn
Tue Feb 20, 2024 10:50 am
Forum: Chess History
Topic: Chess history trivia
Replies: 1349
Views: 124348

Re: Chess history trivia

Oxford?