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Geoff Chandler wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 18, 2021 10:43 am

Players who have bought the book have pointed out that 6...e6 7.Qxa8 Qc7 puts White in severe trouble

and demanded their money back.

or perhaps it's just their game, not yours, and how they play it is none of your damned business. Chess.com have always seemed to be on a crusade to make us all play chess their way, and I doubt that is going to change. I believe Tornelo would be more inclined to make changes which reflect what the...

Geoff Chandler wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 23, 2020 12:58 pm

...you will not be hearing from me for many many months.

I thought I remembered that. Delighted that it could not have proved to be further from the truth.

Matthew Turner wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 13, 2021 3:03 pm

Alternatively just use your common sense, do you really believe Lichess are banning 30,000 people a day?

I have absolutely no idea how many people Lichess ban. How would I have?

Matthew Turner wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 13, 2021 2:53 pm

This is complete and utter nonsense in all respects

Care to elaborate? It made sense to me.

I have to say I was pretty disgusted. I had never heard of Moby but, to be fair to the man, he makes no effort to show himself in a good light. I was amused by “There is a part of me in hindsight that wishes I hadn’t written the book. But then, sales figures indicate that not that many people actua...

Well done, this looks like a real success.

Adam Raoof wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 13, 2021 10:08 am

I asked the ECF....

Did you ask what FIDE would charge the ECF or what the ECF would charge you? There is no reason why they have to be the same.

Wadih Khoury wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 13, 2021 11:14 am

Can't you do it as a swiss (they'll still be playing al, but the pairing would be determined each round)?

As a last resort, it is possible to read the Financial Rules. Silly me, why would anyone do that?

https://handbook.fide.com/chapter/Finan ... ations2021

Appendix 2.1. Rating Fees.

Alan Walton wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 12, 2021 1:15 pm

There is not a word about Chile predominantly using the Chinese vaccine; whose efficacy is much debated and generally speaking has been overstated

Nor the fact that while "cases" have bounced, deaths haven't.

Zero COVID is an impossible aim; even NZ and Australia haven’t achieved this; they have just minimised the cases by closing all borders Once they reopen they might have a worse problem because of the lack of immunity. Absolutely right. Perhaps they will be wiped out as native South American tribes ...

again now. Let's just hope it doesn't lead to a fourth wave and lockdown in November. And then a fifth and then a sixth and then a seventh... Maybe vaccination won't work as well as we're being told - it wouldn't surprise me at all if we were being lied to about that - but equally I expect they wil...

Nick Faulks wrote; 'Why would I not prefer to live in a country whose vaccination program has failed? Or is it that other governments, such as the Iranians', are by nature less repressive than ours.' John Moore has cited evidence that the Iranians are more repressive. Then there must be another rea...

John Moore wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 11, 2021 9:16 pm

And the Iranian Government is less repressive than ours.

As you are obviously aware, I never said that. I asked why Iranian citizens are allowed to play chess and we aren't. If you had an answer I assume you would have supplied it.

Nick, your last sentence is nonsense, isn't it - or do you want me to quote Amnesty International on Iran. I do not doubt that the Iranian government is unpleasant in many respects, but they are at least allowing their people to play chess. Our Government does not even permit that. The Iranian gove...