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It proves you are crap at chess and need to find another hobby.

Oops - didn`t Gormally miss a win with 119. ...Rc2! ?

I seem to recall Bill Hartston using long algebraic even when in serious time-trouble. Impeccable handwriting too.

Worrying news for all tournament players following a very sad incident in Hungary: Doctors are blaming an electrical imbalance in the brain for the bizarre death of a chess player whose head literally exploded during the final round of the recent Ist Saturday tournament in Budapest, Hungary. No-one ...

And to offer a Fritz a draw just select Home on the Ribbon Menu and select "offer draw" or just "Control+D" ...

Try file>options>game>resign and select "never".

Jonathan Bryant wrote "...I know what you mean, though, but it's a bit of a gamble isn't it? What if the opponent *takes* the draw?" Well I agree, as when I have tried it myself my opponents do indeed tend to take the draw and I regret making the offer! The point I was trying to make without insulti...

Over the years I have had a number of foreign GMs (usually Russian, although Bogdan has done it twice) offer me a draw, always in an unclear position and I refuse, only to lose in short order. Clearly they could have just played on and patiently waited for my inevitable mistake so I firmy believe th...

[quote="Stewart Reuben"]...Torquay is perfect and would be great for the Championship Centenary in 2013.... I thought Torquay was far from perfect. The lighting on boards 8-12 in the British was extremely poor and although this was pointed out to the arbiters before round one, nothing was done to co...

When I started playing in Congresses in the late 70s it was the norm to have six rounds (1 Friday, 3 Saturday and two Sunday). I would very much like to see a return to this format, particularly where a tournament is already run over the three days with Saturday evening free. After all, the venue ha...

Regarding the results of the actual poll, I'm surprised at how many people say check.

So CJ, who`s picking up the bill for this Jolly? The ECF? ... Hopefully subsidised by a few of the faithful? The food at Simpsons is excellent, the service impeccable but it`s not a cheap night out! The cheapest bottle of Claret last time I was there was nearly £40 and the non-vintage Krug was only...

The entry fee to the British for non-titled players like myself is an eye-watering £200 and I am somewhat surprised that some of the more cynical contributors to this forum haven`t commented upon this on this thread. Should I be lucky enough to win a qualifying place at one of many weekend tourname...

I visited the Canterbury venue last August and it seemed to me that travel to and from the center of Canterbury to the venue was going to be a serious problem for many competitors (and their families). I attended the sales pitch for Canterbury at the British Championships in Torquay 2009 where both ...

Regarding the Morra Gambit (accepted), about 10 years ago the British Correspondence Chess Association (BCCA) ran a theme tournament with generous sponsorship from Ken Smith (USA) himself, one of the gambit`s main developers - so much so that the Morra-Smith Gambit is a widely accepted nomenclature....