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- Mon Sep 04, 2017 12:56 pm
- Forum: Deaths & Obituaries
- Topic: Peter Poobalasingam
- Replies: 27
- Views: 8549
Re: Peter Poobalasingam
This is very sad indeed, given the suddenness of it. My deepest condolences to Bala and the rest of his family, they are well loved in the chess community. To our 4NCL friends(and rivals) @ Barbican, sorry for your loss. Also to people like Matt Turner and his family who I know helped Peter loads th...
- Wed Aug 05, 2015 10:00 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: British 2015 Round by Round
- Replies: 827
- Views: 34671
Re: British 2015 Round by Round
Lets be honest, Gormally the 'peoples champion' is the one I want to see win from here..
- Wed Aug 05, 2015 9:57 am
- Forum: Not Chess!
- Topic: Greece debt crisis
- Replies: 160
- Views: 9615
- Tue Apr 28, 2015 10:41 pm
- Forum: 4NCL
- Topic: Hinckley Visit
- Replies: 41
- Views: 6171
Re: Hinckley Visit
Ben Purton for Moderator? 

- Sun Feb 01, 2015 6:54 pm
- Forum: 4NCL
- Topic: Rooms Required for Birmingham
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1428
Rooms Required for Birmingham
Hello All
We need 2-3 rooms for the 4NCL weekend if possible, anyone with a spare please let me know.
Kind regards
Ben
We need 2-3 rooms for the 4NCL weekend if possible, anyone with a spare please let me know.
Kind regards
Ben
- Thu Dec 11, 2014 7:18 am
- Forum: 4NCL
- Topic: 2014-15 February and March weekends
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2685
Re: 2014-15 February and March weekends
Well done to Mike for arranging new hotels in similiar location and price. Great job, you are still one of British chess's best volunteers.
- Mon Sep 15, 2014 7:13 pm
- Forum: International News
- Topic: European Club Championship
- Replies: 72
- Views: 9794
Re: European Club Championship
Not easy to play a much better position against a 2700 with half of the worlds top 20 around your board...... still delighted but after Ne3 I must have a big big edge
- Thu Aug 07, 2014 9:22 pm
- Forum: Congress Diary
- Topic: Future e2e4 events
- Replies: 40
- Views: 9483
Re: Future e2e4 events
Sean please continue your 4NCL team!!! we need the win.
KR
Grantham Sharks
KR
Grantham Sharks
- Wed Jul 23, 2014 9:24 pm
- Forum: ECF Matters
- Topic: ECF Membership
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1153
ECF Membership
Hello All, My team are playing in European over summer and we all need to renew our memberships for next season. I find it totally shocking that you cannot buy next seasons membership but you can buy a year for 5 weeks now(expires Aug 2014). I do not know how they operate the business model @ the EC...
- Tue Mar 25, 2014 9:00 pm
- Forum: 4NCL
- Topic: Final weekend (2013-14 season)
- Replies: 91
- Views: 11189
Re: Final weekend (2013-14 season)
The main candidate for demotion from Division 1 was obvious, even before the first round had even started. This was of course Grantham Sharks 2 :lol: Under a complete fiasco of management by Kevin McCarthy :lol: :oops: Grantham Sharks managed to lose three IMs and an Olympiad member before the roun...
- Wed Feb 26, 2014 7:22 am
- Forum: 4NCL
- Topic: Fide Master Charlie Storey seeks good 4NCL Team
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2440
Re: Fide Master Charlie Storey seeks good 4NCL Team
Funny how little the forum knows about going rates. Which does not surprise me. Firstly there is no going rate. Barbican have perhaps 20 players over this rating and they dont pay a dime. I know of plenty of grandmasters who have played fot free. That being said if you are talking about players who ...
- Wed Feb 19, 2014 10:50 pm
- Forum: ECF Matters
- Topic: Andrew Paulson -- Candidacy for ECF President
- Replies: 213
- Views: 24532
Re: Andrew Paulson -- Candidacy for ECF President
Interesting about the numbers of chess players. In terms of people who play the game casually . Id say surely over 500m just look at the recent WC viewing figures. In india, china and the ussr countries you will get near that number.
- Mon Feb 17, 2014 9:37 pm
- Forum: 4NCL
- Topic: Incredible crosstable!
- Replies: 23
- Views: 4086
Re: Incredible crosstable!
Jonathan, If Barbican 1 need any advice on how to qualify for the championship pool. Please feel free to ask 

- Wed Jan 15, 2014 1:16 pm
- Forum: 4NCL
- Topic: Incredible crosstable!
- Replies: 23
- Views: 4086
Re: Incredible crosstable!
We have oxford who are currently on 4 . Not easy at all
- Tue Jan 14, 2014 8:40 pm
- Forum: 4NCL
- Topic: Incredible crosstable!
- Replies: 23
- Views: 4086
Re: Incredible crosstable!
We have a long way to go to be top half .
Still need 1/3 and have 2 professional sides to play.
Hardly a shoe in .
Still need 1/3 and have 2 professional sides to play.
Hardly a shoe in .