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Board Grade Grade Score 1.....121.....179.....0-1 2.....151.....141.....1-0 3.....143.....131.....0.5 4.....140.....129.....1-0 5.....130.....125.....0.5 6.....125.....102.....0.5 7.....120.......93.....0.5 Match result of 4-3 is very close to the "expected" result of 3.9-3.1 (and close to the expe...

The most extreme adjustments that I can remember making for the Essex U175s were to play a 161, rebounding after a bad season, above a 173 who was struggling (the next season their grades were 173 and 154 respectively) respectively, and to play a very promisining junior graded 151 above a 165. The ...

Glasgow Chess League has introduced a couple of exceptions to the FIDE Laws: On mobile phones: If a player’s mobile phone rings in the playing venue during his/her game, then his/her opponent shall be awarded an extra two minutes thinking time. If the same player’s phone rings again in the playi...

Sounds extraordinarily expensive to me - it'll probably end up with someone who wouldn't notice that the pieces are not set up properly. (Glad to see that the board is the right way round). What materials are used? I can't quite see that such a simple (if admittedly elegant) piece of furniture could...

There may be some arbiters who love arbiting so much that they would actually pay to do it. Not me - I became an arbiter mainly because I felt I had a duty to put something back in to the game. Partly also to assume greater authority in dealing with issues arising in the League, Club and Junior even...