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I didn't look to see what position Lawrence referred to; I was following the game live and checking with Stockfish at the same time. Such positions are of course hard to play when tired and the pressure of the occasion. Conor Murphy has just won the Irish title with 7.5/9 after a dramatic last round...

In his Chess Praxis rules, the way Staunton worded his discussion of castling made no mention of odds play. The British Chess Association rules adopted at the Congress of 1862 deliberately varied from his rules in some respects. On pages lxx-lxxi of the Congress book in the paragraph on castling the...

For some reason (some competitors are blaming air conditions in the room) there have been many surprising blunders in this event as well as some good play. The slow time limit (initial 105 minutes instead of 90, then 30 minutes extra after move 40) means players are more tired than normal in long en...

A nicely calculated king march in a queen and pawn ending against Sam Collins gives Conor Murphy the lead going into the last round. http://view.livechesscloud.com/2b53aad0-afb2-4aa2-8ed4-8e5d622d123f Not nicely calculated, if you look with Stockfish it was a comedy of errors. Sam made losing blund...

Sorry, what does " It is important that the arbiter does not mislead the player, nor advise him, nor advance any further" mean in the interpretation of 11.9? Good question. This relates to page 28 of the 2019 Arbiters Manual which only came into force on 1 July. Previously there was no interpretati...

Palliser has a game today! Mickey's bodyguards must have done their job...

Mr Palliser should probably have his entry fee returned. He could not be blamed if he chose to withdraw.

And, ah, are there seven-round norms? No, norm chance has sadly disppeared. Very unlucky. By the way, can he now be drawn against either player again? Yes. FIDE Handbook pairing rules~ 6 Two paired players, who did not play their game, may be paired together in a future round. https://www.fide.com/...

JustinHorton wrote: ↑

Tue Jul 30, 2019 3:04 pm

And, ah, are there seven-round norms?

In the European Club Cup there are.

Andy Stoker wrote: ↑

Tue Jul 30, 2019 2:30 pm

Another win by default for Palliser.

"Death ray Palliser"

Has Keith really forfeited? Are they playing "zero tolerance" or is he unwell?

Let's not forget Nobel laureate Sir Robert Robinson (1886-1975) who was mentioned in the old thread linked from the first post of this one. Shortly after WW2 Robinson was offered the presidency of the International Correspondence Chess Association (precursor of ICCF) but declined and B. H. Wood took...

It just might be premature to talk about it, but if he does it, I think he would be British Champion - I think if you are eligible to play in it, you are eligible to win it. Open to correction, bien sur. Surely Zapolskis (from Lithuania) could not be crowned British Champion were he to win? On what...

4.5/5. He's consistently the best U13 in an age group that has excellent depth for both male and female players. Thanks for pointing that out. Two names had been transposed on the live boards output sent to me when I was arbiting. (We had a few cases of that for some reason, but I hope I caught all...

Matt Bridgeman wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 27, 2019 5:49 pm

Charlie Storey has run over GM Stephen Gordon in 30 moves. I noticed U13 Jacob Yoon is giving Malcolm Pein fits, and has pushed him into surviving on increment.

Yoon drew. He has just come from scoring 5/5 for England earlier this week in the Robinson Cup (U14 adjunct to the Glorney Cup).

It seems that Mason's propensity to get drunk was already quite well known in the mid-1880s, as Steinitz inserted a veiled reference to this in his his International Chess Magazine, July 1885, page 208: …Mr. Mason when he descends from the heights of his obfuscated philosophy into the sober region o...