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Peter Ackley wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 21, 2026 2:53 pm

UPDATE: Also had a "Carlsberg pawn structure"

Definitely Keith Arkell's favourite beer.

We came very close to folding over the summer due to our team budget of £0. Heading into Round 1, I thought the absolute ceiling was sneaking one match win, and I’d have snapped your hand off for it. The team however had other ideas, they played really well from board 1 to 8 on both days. The win vs...

Aha, that works - thanks.

LawrenceCooper wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 29, 2026 11:54 am

The round 1-11 pairings for Division 1, 2, 3k & 3b have now been published on the 4NCL website.

The link is dead for me, even after refreshing the page? I noticed previously, your registrations link worked, but the website one was dead.

Jonathan Rogers wrote: ↑

Sun Sep 27, 2026 2:16 pm

Mick Norris wrote: ↑

Sun Sep 27, 2026 2:04 pm

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11th is better than I expected

Now that must be unambiguously our best result in generations.

Since 7th in 1990 I believe.

Footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcKouHIVIvI https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?tid=79435 Moscow, Soviet Union (Russia), 21 May - 16 June 1967 (1) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts 1 Stein * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 11 =2 Smyslov ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 10 =2...

On another piece of trivia, which ENG players have faced a current world champion in the open Olympiad? I think it's only Penrose against Tal in 1960 who won. Sultan Khan - https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1012777 William Winter - https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1013167 G...

Route (b) is not intended to be an option that an ordinary newly promoted team can select merely to avoid the existing composition rule. The way you've drafted it, that is what it does. Such a team would need to identify and evidence a lawful basis for restricting its entire squad to one sex. Witho...

So as you can see it is Schachattack who are more affected by the rule imposed in the promotion In the consultation, I voted to remove the compulsory female-player rule because of its impact on my team. The rule creates a market for a limited number of female players. Strong players may reasonably ...

The practical effect could well be similar to abolishing the rule completely, except that female players would be excluded from even being listed in a squad. Whilst existing Division 1 teams might feel some obligation to retain a place for their female players, newly promoted teams would be likely ...

Proposed solution: A team must satisfy either: (a) Standard route: the team must comply with the existing team-composition requirements for the division in which it competes; or (b) Single-sex team route: the team may field players of one sex only, provided that: it registers for this route before t...

Jon D'Souza-Eva wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 18, 2026 12:00 pm

Wow, thanks Nick! Looks like I'll have to start using Gemini.

Ha, well it looked plausible! It would be so much better if it just said - I do not know.

I checked on Gemini: You are likely looking for William Lee Sims II, a prominent American business executive who rose from the small community of Egypt, Mississippi, to become a global leader in the corporate world. Here is the profile of his life and career based on historical records: William Lee ...

Upcoming Netflix documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4k7lkMdZorE

The same photograph accompanied the Independent's obituary on 19 February 2026: https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/jan-timman-death-chess-grandmaster-b2923661.html That isn't an obituary per se, has any major newspaper other than the Times yet produced one? https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/jan-...