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- Sun Mar 17, 2024 10:30 am
- Forum: Congress Diary
- Topic: 1st Cheam FIDE RapidPlay Saturday, 23 March
- Replies: 7
- Views: 692
Re: 1st Cheam FIDE RapidPlay Saturday, 23 March
Entries on the rise https://congress.org.uk/congress/391/entrants
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 3:06 pm
- Forum: Congress Diary
- Topic: 1st Cheam FIDE RapidPlay Saturday, 23 March
- Replies: 7
- Views: 692
1st Cheam FIDE RapidPlay Saturday, 23 March
New chess event in South West London, easily reached by train from Victoria or London Bridge.
https://congress.org.uk/congress/391/ho ... CQBcg2OZJ0
https://congress.org.uk/congress/391/ho ... CQBcg2OZJ0
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 12:23 am
- Forum: Congress Diary
- Topic: Inaugural Wells Chess Congress 8th - 10th March 2024
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1681
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 4:54 pm
- Forum: Rating Debate
- Topic: Rapid events with over rated players.
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3579
Re: Rapid events with over rated players.
of course, FIDE don't rate all the games They would if they were submitted for rating! No charge. I am confused by the title of this thread. I think Mick may be alluding to the fact that one doesn't get a FIDE rating for games against players without a FIDE rating. The original poster is probably r...
- Sun Dec 31, 2023 8:43 pm
- Forum: Congress Diary
- Topic: Caplin Hastings 2023-24
- Replies: 107
- Views: 13152
Re: Caplin Hastings 2023-24
More pix added from rounds 3 and 4: https://brendanogorman.smugmug.com/Ches ... ss-2023-24
- Fri Dec 29, 2023 10:15 pm
- Forum: Congress Diary
- Topic: Caplin Hastings 2023-24
- Replies: 107
- Views: 13152
Re: Caplin Hastings 2023-24
Pix from round two: https://brendanogorman.smugmug.com/Ches ... ss-2023-24
- Tue Dec 26, 2023 9:38 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Christmas Eve incident in a rock bar
- Replies: 32
- Views: 4151
Re: Christmas Eve incident in a rock bar
Any chance we could find a few more chess players with a sense of humour?
- Thu Nov 30, 2023 7:22 pm
- Forum: Book Reviews
- Topic: The Caro Kann : The Easy Way
- Replies: 6
- Views: 523
Re: The Caro Kann : The Easy Way
It's a post on the ChessPub forum. It doesn't matter which line is referenced. How can any repertoire be "easy" when it contains the quote from page 129?
- Thu Nov 30, 2023 5:51 pm
- Forum: Book Reviews
- Topic: The Caro Kann : The Easy Way
- Replies: 6
- Views: 523
Re: The Caro Kann : The Easy Way
I think the variations are listed in ascending order of importance.
- Thu Nov 30, 2023 5:17 pm
- Forum: Book Reviews
- Topic: The Caro Kann : The Easy Way
- Replies: 6
- Views: 523
The Caro Kann : The Easy Way
Succinct skewering in this review.
Cover: 'The Easy Way'
Page 129: '50...Kd6! to hold this grotty ending'
Cover: 'The Easy Way'
Page 129: '50...Kd6! to hold this grotty ending'
- Wed Nov 15, 2023 3:22 pm
- Forum: Deaths & Obituaries
- Topic: Ray Gamble
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1878
Re: Ray Gamble
A gentle soul. He much preferred to be called Raymond. I remember the sad story of his retirement after many years from Rolls Royce. His colleagues fashioned a special clock from the metal used to make the engines but inscribed it “Happy retirement Ray”.
- Tue Nov 07, 2023 8:04 pm
- Forum: Not Chess!
- Topic: Othello
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1697
Re: Othello
Neil Graham wrote: ↑Mon Nov 06, 2023 1:54 pmLooks as though we can put out the light on Othello then.
- Mon Oct 30, 2023 2:11 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Smart Phone Chess
- Replies: 3
- Views: 850
Smart Phone Chess
A few conversations over the last year have revealed that some keen chess players are unaware of the smart phone apps that can enhance the pleasures of the game. Here’s a list of the ones I use on my iPhone (most, but not all, are also available for Android phones). Chess Studio , a database which r...
- Thu Oct 12, 2023 3:59 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Chess and Pension Fraud - allegation
- Replies: 218
- Views: 46419
Re: Chess and Pension Fraud - allegation
A tangent, I know, but why do reports say he's been "jailed" when they should say "sentenced to jail".
- Tue Oct 10, 2023 8:37 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Chess and Pension Fraud - allegation
- Replies: 218
- Views: 46419