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Hi Geoff,

As I know you are a stickler for accuracy, the picture was from the Scottish Championship and not the Edinburgh Congress.

Player 1: "Oops a mouse slip, may I take the move back? Player 2: "I wouldn't want to win like that. Please do." Player 1 (later in the game): "Oh dear, I'm very clumsy today. That's another mouse slip. I'll retake it if you don't mind." Player 2: "Go ahead" Player 2: "Oh dear, now it's my turn to l...

it may take a little longer if he had to pay for it Yes, I was really worried we would be out of lockdown and have to invite people - and have a reception!!! :roll: My recovery from Sepsis is complete, though I am even worse than before with remembering names. Thanks for all the good wishes receive...

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FIDE has not charged for these events in years (if ever). That decision effectively extended the existing practice.

Standard play all-play-alls are expensive.

Adam Raoof wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 12, 2021 10:43 pm

FIDE would charge £70 per section to rate them!

We are happy to confirm that the FIDE Council has indeed decided "to waive rating fees for over-the-board Rapid and Blitz tournaments held in 2021 and 2022".
From the FIDE website in January!

Where did you get your figures from?

Not sure if this is what you mean but in education for the very young a sequence of events can be given written on a caterpillar. For example the colours of the rainbow could be written in order (or coloured in) on a picture of a caterpillar with a round head and 7 round body parts, with legs on eve...

Apologies if this is well known, but from much of the material I have read on this case it does not appear to be so. Tornelo does not ban players. Its software only does a reduced check to highlight potential cases. (A cut down Regan test, if you like.) It is up to the tournament organiser/arbiters ...

Geoff Chandler wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 27, 2021 3:19 pm

I use to work in an Origami Shop...but it folded.

I'd like to say I was 'creased' up with laughter there, but honesty prevents me

With regard to the CAA advice, some clarification is probably needed. Under the previous FIDE administration a warning was issued that any arbiter involved in this event (playing or arbiting) risked being sanctioned. That 'advice' has not been rescinded as far as I am aware. Whether any punishment w...

It is hoped that it will be possible to run the Scarborough Congress this year on the weekend of 29-31 October. The Centre is planning to re-open from July so the Spa Centre itself should be available by the planned dates. There is obviously still doubt about what the Covid situation will be then, s...

Not sure about a DBS check but for a PVG a basic check, which shows unspent convictions and conditional cautions a standard check, which shows spent and unspent convictions, cautions, reprimands and final warnings an enhanced check, which shows the same as a standard check plus any information held ...

I'm confused, isn't that what teachers do all the time? Yes, but teachers and others working in schools are PVG checked or whatever the English equivalent is (DBS I think). Although far from foolproof, it gives parents some reassurance. Teachers are also sometimes warned about pupils and will teach...

How visible from the outside is the room to be used? There could be child protection issues with one adult in a room with 14 young children and otherwise unsupervised. I would not allow one adult in a room full of children without a chaperone. This can be as much for the arbiter's protection as for ...

Many employers at that time had rules regarding husband and wife working together. Simply, if there was a married couple one of them had to resign. It would normally be expected that this would be the woman. Indeed until October 1946 the Civil Service banned ALL married women and married women abroa...

I think you may have gone off the square there Matt. Of course, as the Romans would say, I might be all at 'sea' with my answer.