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- Wed Jan 20, 2021 11:28 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Cheating in chess
- Replies: 2173
- Views: 185317
Re: Cheating in chess
I’m reading an entertaining and thought-provoking book by Evan Davis at the moment which I thoroughly recommend: Post-Truth: peak bull**it and what we can do about it . In that context and spirit … "..... British Online Fair Play Regulations – v1-1 9. Other (All Events) Neither ECF nor any of its of...
- Mon Dec 21, 2020 1:26 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Invisible pieces
- Replies: 202
- Views: 11710
Re: Invisible pieces
........ So, maybe in the meantime, we could try and listen to what women players are saying, stop arguing about whether they are wrong, and actually try and do something about it Well said, Mick! I would go further and inquire not just what female players (like the anonymous author) are saying - c...
- Fri Nov 27, 2020 10:13 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: (Chess) Life Returning To Normal
- Replies: 1724
- Views: 98825
Re: (Chess) Life Returning To Normal
SAGE has advice in favour of a family quiz at Christmas and avoiding board games, citing the risk from sharing pieces:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-55107473
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-55107473
- Wed Nov 25, 2020 10:17 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Cheating in chess
- Replies: 2173
- Views: 185317
Re: Cheating in chess
I was very disappointed to hear from a good friend of mine that lichess had restricted his activity because of "violations" which they will not specify. Good news, as my friend reports: LiChess have said that they are constantly improving their cheating detection s/w, but that in my case it flagged...
- Wed Nov 11, 2020 6:27 pm
- Forum: Congress Diary
- Topic: British Online Chess Championships 18th December 2020 to 3rd January 2021
- Replies: 185
- Views: 13910
Re: British Online Chess Championships 18th December 2020 to 3rd January 2021
It would be great if we could get the security details sooner rather than later in order to provide feedback. In my opinion, for an event the calibre of the British, it would not be acceptable to not have audio/video/screen recording of the players. Although there is no sponsor or prize money I hop...
- Wed Nov 04, 2020 11:15 am
- Forum: Not Chess!
- Topic: U.S. Elections 2020
- Replies: 15
- Views: 937
U.S. Elections 2020
Phil Ehr, past CEO and Director of Junior Chess of the ECF, was standing in District 1 of the Florida elections for the House of Representatives. With 94% of the votes counted, Matt Gaetz (Republican) has 64.6% of the vote and is on course to win by a large margin. Phil Ehr (Democrat) has 34% and Al...
- Tue Oct 27, 2020 2:18 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Cheating in chess
- Replies: 2173
- Views: 185317
Re: Cheating in chess
Regarding the Lichess website, though it is not strictly relevant to the question of cheating, there are some slightly odd features. ..... Another feature that often irritates is the tendency to be told that "letting time run out rather than resigning" can lead to a temporary suspension. I have bee...
- Fri Oct 02, 2020 2:17 pm
- Forum: ECF Matters
- Topic: Membership Renewal
- Replies: 301
- Views: 21002
Re: Membership Renewal
The following appeal has appeared on chess24.com
https://chess24.com/en/read/news/englis ... ur-of-need
https://chess24.com/en/read/news/englis ... ur-of-need
- Fri Sep 25, 2020 2:26 pm
- Forum: ECF Matters
- Topic: Membership Renewal
- Replies: 301
- Views: 21002
Re: Membership Renewal
The latest membership ECF membership figures, as of 19 September, may be seen at:
https://www.englishchess.org.uk/wp-cont ... s-2020.pdf
https://www.englishchess.org.uk/wp-cont ... s-2020.pdf
- Fri Sep 25, 2020 9:36 am
- Forum: ECF Matters
- Topic: ECF AGM 17/10/20
- Replies: 96
- Views: 8212
Re: ECF AGM 17/10/20
........... For NEDs, the candidates CV probably more important than their agenda, Natasha Regan and Stephen Greep seem excellent to me. ............ Natasha Regan is the sole candidate for the NED vacancy. Dr Stephen Greep is one of two candidates for the Governance Committee, which has no fixed s...
- Fri Sep 11, 2020 2:46 pm
- Forum: Chess History
- Topic: History of Chess Clubs
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1551
Re: History of Chess Clubs
As advertised in the ECF Newsletter, ECF webmaster Andrew Walker has started a section on the history of chess at club, league and county levels:
https://www.ecfresource.co.uk/chess-histories/
https://www.ecfresource.co.uk/chess-histories/
- Fri Sep 11, 2020 10:01 am
- Forum: ECF Matters
- Topic: ECF AGM 17/10/20
- Replies: 96
- Views: 8212
- Thu Sep 03, 2020 10:40 am
- Forum: International News
- Topic: FIDE Online Olympiad 22 July to 30 August 2020
- Replies: 283
- Views: 15834
Re: FIDE Online Olympiad 22 July to 30 August 2020
The Armenian Chess Federation has written to FIDE (the document is on Facebook): Letter of RA Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports to FIDE President. I want to be assured that FIDE will provide explanation to the participants of this tournament and chess community at large on this inci...
- Mon Aug 31, 2020 11:29 pm
- Forum: International News
- Topic: FIDE Online Olympiad 22 July to 30 August 2020
- Replies: 283
- Views: 15834
Re: FIDE Online Olympiad 22 July to 30 August 2020
Canadian GM Kevin Spraggett has some scathing comments in his blog about Dvorkovich's ruling:
http://www.spraggettonchess.com/chess-c ... FoZXIlzEN0
http://www.spraggettonchess.com/chess-c ... FoZXIlzEN0
- Sun Aug 30, 2020 9:38 pm
- Forum: International News
- Topic: FIDE Online Olympiad 22 July to 30 August 2020
- Replies: 283
- Views: 15834
Re: FIDE Online Olympiad 22 July to 30 August 2020
You would think they would have recruited a few "reserve" members of the "disputes committee" in advance. Agreed. It makes you wonder what FIDE would have done if a dispute in the Semi-Final between Russia and USA had gone to appeal, leaving just IA Sava Stoisavljevic (Serbia) in splendid isolation...