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Correct - That's what I thought I typed.
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The time control for events other than the Maters is indeed all moves in 110mins with 10 sec increments.

Edit correcting typo.

A player is accused of cheating. He is asked about his phone. He leaves the tournament hall without handing over his phone. He returns and hands over a switched off phone. Was he followed out of the hall when he didn't immediately hand over his phone? It is stated that it is not known if the phone w...

I would have thought that the adviser might be more of a D.J.

Someone well acquainted with the inner workings of FIDE and would certainly strike the right notes.

My recollections of the Council Meeting and the application from Casual Chess. It started off with a request for £6k per year. This was changed to a one off of £6k. This figure, at some point, was halved but it was still presented as all or nothing. When it was indicated that a detailed budget would...

Hint, run a rating report on a copy of the existing data with all players below X reset to X. Assuming those people want to know how they are getting on each round it is not as easy as it may seem. If you simply change all the people below the threshold then you could get someone who played a 2100 ...

It would have to be not FIDE rated Why can it not be FIDE rated? FIDE Regulations There must be no more than 12 hours play in one day. This is calculated based on games that last 60 moves, although games played using increments may last longer Even if you take 'a day' to mean any period of 24 hours...

Bjørnsen, the blind Norwegian who was given a 2 year suspension for cheating has been caught again. http://mattogpatt.no/2018/05/24/siste-stein-bjornsen-ekskluderes-fra-norsk-sjakk/ His opponent this time was a 9 year old girl. Her father took a video which clearly showed a device in his hand. This ...

Roland Kensdale wrote: ↑

Thu May 17, 2018 3:27 pm

.02% of 70000 is 1400!

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14 surely!

Now on the FIDE website

https://www.fide.com/component/content/ ... etter.html

All I will say is that it is just as well that no-one is in contention for a norm because I don't see how anyone could reproduce this year's pairings. :D :D I can just about justify it on minimising floats. In reality it saved me having to guess the results of the top two matches to balance colours...

I shall be there and demand I win all my games by default and am then sent the relevant money prizes...all of it. Hi Geoff, I turned out to meet you last night and again this morning. You didn't show on either occasion and therefore are defaulted so fail to win first prize. We still await your entr...

Due to the weather the Durham Congress has been postponed.

The organisers apologise for any inconvenience.

A new date is being looked at.

Due to the weather the Durham Congress has been postponed.

The organisers apologise for any inconvenience.

A new date is being looked at.

Alex Holowczak wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 27, 2018 2:01 pm

If you have an amateur tournament (i.e. most weekend tournaments in England), then I think you need to FIDE-rate it to attract more players.

Blackpool? Scarborough?
The two biggest weekenders on the circuit. Neither are FIDE rated. (And neither qualify for entry to the British.)