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I have seen players writing 0-1(or 1-0) to indicate that the opponent should resign!

Perhaps not notes as such but certainly a distraction to the opponent if he sees it and to the surrounding players when the opponent reacts to it!!!

Patrick's mobile went off, not very loudly but clearly audible to those in the immediate vicinity I heard the original 'ping' but was unable to locate it. That is why I was there so quickly when in went 'ballistic'. I was a considerable distance away initially. There then followed the usual dilemma...

I just logged on to correct my mistake. Richard is correct it is WIM norm not WGM norm.

Norm Possibilities The following players, subject to confirmation, could achieve norms if they win today’s game. Grandmaster Norm Mate Bagi Richard Bates Woman International Master Norm Svetlana Sucikova Unfortunately quite a number of players failed to get the required result in round 8!!!! Edited ...

Triangular matches at Hastings - now there's an idea.

Just about to put the new fixtures up now.

Minimum disruption attempted (including future rounds).

Shropshire 2 will be unable to field a team in rds3 and 4.

An altered set of fixtures will appear this evening or tomorrow morning. (I'm a bit busy at Hastings.)

Alex

All Swisses can produce a bounce where players alternate between high and low rated players.

In some events this can be more like a bungee jump than a yo-yo though.

A few general comments on acceleration not specific to Hastings. Positives Strong players meet early on which pleases spectators and sponsors (assuming not every game ends in a quick draw). In a very large tournament, such as are common abroad, players can score 6.5 and fail to get an IM norm or 7 a...

K + B cannot win v K+ R (or Q)

Players have been facebook-ed, emailed, told, etc.

If you know one please let him/her know to make double sure.

Again apologies.

A slight technical hitch with the computer caused a major problem.

APOLOGIES two draws made and the wrong one published first.

Please let others know that the correct draw is now on Chess-Results

You can download a version of Swiss Manager which will allow you test it. It does three rounds before crashing. I would certainly recommend a very good familiarisation with the package before using it at an event. It is certainly not instinctive eg if you wanted to pair two players whose opponents d...

There is a rather Kardasianesque potential pairing between a female player from Oz and a 1694 rated player.

I'll leave it to those interested to work out!!

That link is being worked on.

Meantime https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2019-hastings-masters