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In answer to Sean, I would happily have paid £15 to £20 admission fee as I will be when I attend the London Chess Classic later in the year.

If spectators were to be barred from attending it would have been nice to have been informed. It would have been better not to have announced venue and starting times if the organizers didn't want chess loving mugs like me to turn up expecting to see something! Also, I grant there wouldn't have been...

But the General Public are forbidden. So much for widening the profile of chess and bringing it to a wider audience.

I think it is outrageous that this event is closed to actual spectators. I traveled up to London today to see these top players only to be met by a bouncer at Simpsons barring my way and preventing attendance. Agon could have at least made this policy clear on its website, then I wouldn't have waste...

Adam Raoof wrote:Subscribed successfully! Well done, let me know if I can help in any way.

Thanks Adam! I've added some photos I took to my Hastings posts. They brighten it up a bit. I'll try to do that at future tournaments I take part in. Cheers Peter

Nice blog, Peter! You need to add a button so that people can subscribe to your blog by RSS, Atom, or Google - Blogger allows all these to be added easily. I'm going to subscribe now ;-) EDIT: I would, but you have not configured your RSS and Atom feeds ;-( Check Blogger help! Hi Adam, done it. Tha...

Nice blog, Peter! You need to add a button so that people can subscribe to your blog by RSS, Atom, or Google - Blogger allows all these to be added easily. I'm going to subscribe now ;-) EDIT: I would, but you have not configured your RSS and Atom feeds ;-( Check Blogger help! Ok Adam, thanks for t...

Also finished on 3/5 winning last game. Not too bad. I'm a bit rusty!

If anything it's a bit too sunny, a bit too warm and the University accommodation a bit too good!! My one complaint: The shower in the accommodation has a nylon shower curtain. So, whenever you turn the shower on, the curtain is drawn to the water because of the static charge. This makes showering ...

Alex Holowczak wrote:

Peter Smith wrote:Can one still enter a later section?

Yes, but it's subject to late fee. The weekenders will probably fill up on Friday.

Thanks Alex, I'm going to try to get down for the weekend. Sorry about our game at Worcester again. Should have been yours. How did you finish in the end?

Adam Raoof wrote:

Peter Smith wrote:Can one still enter a later section?

Of course you may, Peter!

http://www.britishchess2010.com/

Which section were you interested in?

I was thinking of coming down for the weekender this weekend. I've suddenly become free!

Peter Smith's Chess blog is at http://www.petersmithschesspage.blogspot.com

Can one still enter a later section?