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- Sat Jan 23, 2021 3:02 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: 21st Century Chess, in 21st Century Facilities!
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1602
Re: 21st Century Chess, in 21st Century Facilities!
Best of luck with this project. I find this a really exciting prospect that would be an invaluable resource for English Chess. Lets hope this virus bites the dust pronto.
- Sat Jan 16, 2021 1:30 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Putting pieces back on their starting squares in the opening
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1176
Re: Putting pieces back on their starting squares in the opening
[Event "Olympiad"] [Site "Moscow RUS"] [Date "1994.12.13"] [Round "12"] [White "Paul van der Sterren"] [Black "Jonathan Speelman"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B07"] [PlyCount "94"] [EventDate "1994.??.??"] 1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. f3 d5 4. e5 Ng8 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. Be3 Nd7 8. Qa4 Ne7 9. Bxc4 Nf5 10. Bf2...
- Sun Jan 10, 2021 4:44 pm
- Forum: 4NCL
- Topic: 4NCL On-Line Season 3
- Replies: 30
- Views: 2151
Re: 4NCL On-Line Season 3
All of those emails said:Neil Graham wrote: ↑Sun Jan 10, 2021 4:36 pmafter a number of e-mails telling us the closing date for entries is 6th January at midnight. Then four days later the closing date is arbitrarily changed to 14th January without a whisper.
Late entries may be accepted with a 50% surcharge at the 4NCL’s discretion.
- Sun Jan 10, 2021 2:15 pm
- Forum: Book Reviews
- Topic: Chess Improvement: It’s all in the mindset
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1378
Re: Chess Improvement: It’s all in the mindset
No because putting the word 'improvement' in the title gives the impression it is yet another cheap sell using a buzz word. Why isn't contentment the topic I wonder? Not so easy to profit from I strongly suspect. At least it wasn't entitled 'Secrets of...' this time. Unsurprisingly you are criticis...
- Sun Jan 10, 2021 10:24 am
- Forum: Book Reviews
- Topic: Chess Improvement: It’s all in the mindset
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1378
Re: Chess Improvement: It’s all in the mindset
Did you read the book?MJMcCready wrote: ↑Sat Jan 09, 2021 10:38 pmIf you asked either author why improvement is the 'alleged' goal of the book I suspect the answer given would either be disingenuous or unreflective.
- Tue Dec 22, 2020 6:54 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Invisible pieces
- Replies: 202
- Views: 10676
Re: Invisible pieces
The article is so well written - it must be a man.
- Sun Dec 20, 2020 3:02 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Invisible pieces
- Replies: 202
- Views: 10676
Re: Invisible pieces
https://twitter.com/LaraWierenga/status/1229735089086566400 The largest-ever mega-analysis of sex differences in variability of brain structure. "This study shows greater mean and variance for males in subcortical volumes and cortical surface area and thickness" "Greater male variance is observed in...
- Sun Dec 20, 2020 1:36 pm
- Forum: Women's Chess
- Topic: European Online Women’s Club Cup 19th-22nd December 2020
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1108
Re: European Online Women’s Club Cup 19th-22nd December 2020
Pert, Nina 1537 - WIM Dragomirescu, Angela 2233 1 - 0
Was quite a result!
Was quite a result!
- Fri Dec 18, 2020 2:40 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Invisible pieces
- Replies: 202
- Views: 10676
Re: Invisible pieces
I have it on good authority that this article was written by Nigel Short.
- Mon Dec 14, 2020 5:40 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Why men are higher rated than women
- Replies: 37
- Views: 2075
Re: Why men are higher rated than women
Hikaru Nakamura discussed the same article: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09ZdlbKVU7Y
Edit: I say "discuss", I should have said "reads".
He basically has a pop at Nigel Short. Reads the whole article out loud, then makes some comments at around 17:30
Edit: I say "discuss", I should have said "reads".
He basically has a pop at Nigel Short. Reads the whole article out loud, then makes some comments at around 17:30
- Mon Dec 14, 2020 5:39 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Why men are higher rated than women
- Replies: 37
- Views: 2075
Re: Why men are higher rated than women
Uh huhJustinHorton wrote: ↑Sun Dec 13, 2020 1:23 pmWell I was employing a personal pronoun as a stand-in for copyright law![]()

Simply well disguised concern. I should have known better
- Sun Dec 13, 2020 12:46 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Why men are higher rated than women
- Replies: 37
- Views: 2075
Re: Why men are higher rated than women
Telling me what i don't want to be doing nowJustinHorton wrote: ↑Sun Dec 13, 2020 8:59 amThe link would suffice, you don't really want to be copying out whole articles

- Sun Dec 13, 2020 8:40 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Why men are higher rated than women
- Replies: 37
- Views: 2075
Why men are higher rated than women
https://slate.com/technology/2020/12/why-are-the-best-chess-players-men.html?fbclid=IwAR3Tgvl_H3gpJWXDun3Jirfl44prj71wbGk3RcVdAvpQZSPDPEpPC2YKt7o The Queen’s Gambit has been conquering Netflix viewing records much like its protagonist, a chess player named Beth Harmon, conquers the chess world. The ...
- Sun Nov 29, 2020 2:04 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Mickey Adams Interview
- Replies: 0
- Views: 530
- Fri Oct 16, 2020 1:30 pm
- Forum: International News
- Topic: Interview with FIDE President
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1009
Re: Interview with FIDE President
For the majority of players in the UK, this is the ONLY opportunity to play Fide rated games at a serious time limit. Taking that opportunity away is a very bad idea, and for many will diminish the appeal of team competition. If fixed matches are the problem, then just dont rate them instead of impo...