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- Tue Feb 27, 2024 7:11 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Clock Bangers
- Replies: 45
- Views: 3074
Re: Clock Bangers
Junior players who do this need telling in no uncertain terms, adult players who do this need ejecting in no uncertain terms – along with “piece screwing” it is the height of bad manners.
- Tue Jan 09, 2024 8:45 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: We should teach children darts not chess? Discuss.
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2170
Re: We should teach children darts not chess? Discuss.
I always find international darts heavily embarrassing; When we play the Germans they are all blonde, aryan athletes and on the Brit team, the average weight is 22 stone
- Sat Dec 30, 2023 7:34 pm
- Forum: Deaths & Obituaries
- Topic: George Hollands 1984-2023
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2456
Re: George Hollands 1984-2023
Wow I played George about a year ago at CC, as part a BCCA cup tournament (one of the last games I played before deciding my return to the game wasn't a keeper, due to the tedium of every single player using an engine - CC is over basically) I remember he was a really nice chatty guy on the ICCF se...
- Fri Dec 15, 2023 2:00 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Bring a friend day
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1858
Re: Bring a friend day
To be honest, the age of forums as a whole has pretty much passed - 15 years ago I was a regular contributor and mod on several (none chess related) forums. Every single one is dead and gone now, in the age of Facebook and instant messaging, this place is thriving.
- Tue Nov 28, 2023 9:19 pm
- Forum: Congress Diary
- Topic: Yorkshire Open Rapidplay 26/11/2023
- Replies: 1
- Views: 423
Re: Yorkshire Open Rapidplay 26/11/2023
Certainly would be considered an upset, but I doubt poor Gawain is firing on all cylinders yetMick Norris wrote: ↑Tue Nov 28, 2023 11:20 amYorkshire website
The Open saw a welcome appearance of Gawain Jones, who might have been expected to make a clean sweep with 6 out of 6 but lost to Jacob Connor Boswell in round 4
- Tue Nov 28, 2023 9:14 pm
- Forum: Rating Debate
- Topic: "Resetting" my rapid rating
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1553
Re: "Resetting" my rapid rating
We are probably coming at this from two different points of view here, but I say just enjoy it - play a bunch of rapid tournaments and shark the intermediate section for 6 months :lol: Your rating will soon go up and you'll have some fun. I personally don't take rapid seriously in the league, but I ...
- Wed Nov 22, 2023 9:01 am
- Forum: Deaths & Obituaries
- Topic: George Hollands 1984-2023
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2456
Re: George Hollands 1984-2023
Not to be crass, but do we have any more details than "Suddenly"? It's no age at all to go.
- Mon Nov 06, 2023 8:45 am
- Forum: Deaths & Obituaries
- Topic: George Hollands 1984-2023
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2456
Re: George Hollands 1984-2023
Wow I played George about a year ago at CC, as part a BCCA cup tournament (one of the last games I played before deciding my return to the game wasn't a keeper, due to the tedium of every single player using an engine - CC is over basically) I remember he was a really nice chatty guy on the ICCF ser...
- Sun Aug 27, 2023 11:14 pm
- Forum: Adverts
- Topic: Mark Howitt's Chess Coaching
- Replies: 80
- Views: 8650
Re: Mark Howitt's Chess Coaching
Over 190,000 views on https://markhowitt.blogspot.com/ now... more to come... Yes the Wayback machine gets a lot of hits... Hang on... this is current?! :shock: My apologies, I thought it was designed using HTML circa 2004. Though to be fair make that 190,001 views now, because I just clicked it fo...
- Fri Aug 25, 2023 10:46 pm
- Forum: Congress Diary
- Topic: UK Open Blitz 2023
- Replies: 8
- Views: 754
Re: UK Open Blitz 2023
I would suggest participating is very rarely just about the money for over the board players Mark, especially the majority who have day jobs. Also, if it's £26 to enter the regional qualifiers and the section prize is £50 then that isn't even just over double the entry fee as you claim. Surreal I k...
- Fri Aug 25, 2023 10:34 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Annoying time wasting
- Replies: 73
- Views: 6040
Re: Annoying time wasting
I've had that sort of thing happen to me before. My opponent was a soreloser and wanted to annoy me as a form of revenge. Very rare but has happened. Slamming the pieces down has been slightly more common. I once had a guy in the YCA league (not a strong player ECF 140 or so in old money) refuse to...
- Fri Aug 25, 2023 8:45 pm
- Forum: Adverts
- Topic: Mark Howitt's Chess Coaching
- Replies: 80
- Views: 8650
Re: Mark Howitt's Chess Coaching
Yep there's a reason why I've got over 450,000 views on my share writing and over 189,000 views on my blog too... come back to me when you can do those numbers. I neither write nor blog, so you will be waiting a while. I do however note, your continual spamming on this forum is starting to wear a l...
- Fri Aug 25, 2023 8:34 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Annoying time wasting
- Replies: 73
- Views: 6040
Re: Annoying time wasting
I will echo, very little you can do; the player is entitled to use his allotted time any way he sees fit – maybe he was reminding himself of the rules of chess during the ten-minute wait on the one legal move. I agree terrible etiquette and nothing short of gamesmanship on his part (probably hoping ...
- Fri Aug 25, 2023 8:11 pm
- Forum: Adverts
- Topic: Mark Howitt's Chess Coaching
- Replies: 80
- Views: 8650
Re: Mark Howitt's Chess Coaching
Have you noticed you talk to yourself 85% of the time on here?
... there's a reason.
- Fri Aug 25, 2023 7:25 pm
- Forum: Adverts
- Topic: Mark Howitt's Chess Coaching
- Replies: 80
- Views: 8650
Re: Mark Howitt's Chess Coaching
Very likely I've found a good club to play for in Hudds chess league. Training continues. Be sure to let us know when they've absolutely, positively locked you down and the other 6 bidders, fighting for your playing services, have been given the bad news... ... because I really, really can't wait t...