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Presumably so The ECF eNewsletter October 2019 could break the news. My understanding is that when the ECF papers announced that an appointment had been made the interviews hadn't even taken place. Some might feel that having made a premature announcement the ECF was forced into appointing one of t...

Neil Graham wrote: ↑

Sat Sep 14, 2019 10:22 am

Javi Garcia, former Watson boss

An elementary mistake my dear.

Roger de Coverly wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 10, 2019 10:56 pm

There must be confidence that sponsors can be found to pay for it all

4. 2. 1. All players pay their own cost of travel, accommodation and meals for the duration of their stay.

Before my time but the arbiter was the late Richard Furness. I was told the story by David Welch. If I have the story correct the player wanted the stuffed toy to sit on the table watching his game. The opponent objected so Richard produced a chair for the toy to sit at but that was not good enough....

Should there be written warnings displayed at the board and/or on posters in playing venues rather than verbal announcements at the start of rounds/events? No matter what you do players will not see it. A number of years ago round 7 of the Scottish started an hour early to allow for the weekend con...

Can we please stop saying that Charlie Storey won by default. It was a win by forfeit and therefore counts as a normal win would. In the situation given it is easy to feel sympathy for players like Lorin. However, imagine you are the opponent. If you are playing someone and you know they have taken ...

Hi Paul,

On your first screenshot click on the Accept Conditions for Use box and it produces another screen which allows you to enter another code.

Hi Paul, I frequently change licenses (Chess Scotland, ECF, 4NCL, etc). Other->Install->Display conditions for use->Accept conditions for use and then paste in the code. The only problems I have had are when I forget to do this. As a result one Scottish Championship was apparently run by Alex H!!! I...

Lost Lewis chess (or as Geoff would say, game) piece discovered.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland- ... e-48494885

Roger de Coverly wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 09, 2019 1:07 am

It's obviously accelerated but these pairings aren't consistent.

Why aren't they consistent? The top half seems to end at 2020 therefore Chris too has the 'bonus' point. Due to the first round results Chris is in the top half overall but is just in the bottom half of the 1 point score group.

Yes

Someone else can keep score - but not on the same scoresheet. The player then gets his own 'official' scoresheet up to date after the time control. There is nothing to say it must be the opponent's scoresheet which is used. Often it is the arbiters but it could be any which is used in the updating. ...

It is Alan who should get the credit.

NickFaulks wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 10, 2019 4:29 pm

Can any of our historians tell me whether it was tried elsewhere?

Not sure if I qualify, but the Rules were based on those of Paris 1900, which indeed used the same points system.

Weekend 4 revised fixtures are on the website due to Holmes Chapel missing this weekend.