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The issue isn’t simply whether someone 60–70 rating points stronger has been overlooked. It’s whether the process is transparent, consistent and demonstrably based on merit. But this isn't the issue, is it? As a detached observer from everything Seniors chess, it appears to me that the point is tha...

Total entries now at 175: https://www.englishchess.org.uk/english ... 6-entries/. But some sections doing much better than others ...

Alex McFarlane wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 08, 2026 7:47 pm

In the spirit of John Upham

b9 wasn't too bad an answer, or am I being too 'benign'?

You are giving Mr Upham an unwarranted compliment

Quite a while to go yet, and most seniors don't have to book time off work to play in a tournament, so numbers could still fill up. The ECF has sent round a general email flyer about the English Championship events which with the exception of the Open Championship, Rapidplay and Blitz look under-su...

The Euro dates also clash with Tegernsee, which is a major consideration for me.

Quite a while to go yet, and most seniors don't have to book time off work to play in a tournament, so numbers could still fill up.

I've explained my position on gold members representatives at some length in another thread recently. So obviously I'd rather they did nothing, in line with my view the role should not exist. But on selection generally, we usually have borderline cases for one or two boards in our teams. It require...

On the contrary, I would say the only inaccurate (and hardly “shockingly” so) is the 2300 error, as opposed to 2350. I wouldn’t say that anything else is any more unlikely than an 11 year old girl being within touching distance of the IM title. That's an error? Indeed, even that isn’t lol! For some...

If you want a single tie-breaker that's unlikely to need follow-ups, sum of opponents' ratings usually does the trick. I was going to suggest performance rating, but for players on the same score, that's a simpler alternative. For most tournaments that's going to favour the players who start well a...

It's something to do with the reliability of a player's rating, based (I think) on number of games completed. The lower the figure, the more reliable the rating is considered, I believe

Some events have quite a few wins/losses: https://www.iccf.com/event?id=111308 Failed format below: BCCC/RES/25-27 D, British Correspondence Chess Reserves 25-27 Section D TD Komar, Miroslav Rated 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Score Wins SB RG Place 1 ENG 212116 CCM Spanton, Tim 2330 (75) ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ...

I955 rather than 1955 for example. This is common place also in printed documents and elsewhere. So, what is the reason for using an "I" (capital eye) rather than numeric 1(one) in a four digit year. :?: According to Google, the typewriters of that era didn't always have a '1' key. Number keys: Key...

Surely, 50 centimetres but 50cm?

Who selects the selectors?

Kevin Thurlow wrote: ↑

Sat Aug 29, 2026 1:56 pm

Helen vs Clive Frostick today in 50+

They ate at separate tables last night ...