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I have a couple of "broken" clocks. Has anyone tried to repair a DGT by opening it up and re-soldering? The most frequent issues with DGTs appear to be a dodgy rocker (too much blitz) loose connections (blitz / dropping the clock) or clocks that will turn on BUT won't go past option 1 (buttons don't...

I do try and take account of elective byes at tournaments, mainly standard congress events, but sometimes it escapes my attention.

John Upham wrote: ↑

Sat Oct 27, 2018 11:01 am

Where (on-line) may I find the live games for the Surrey Congress ?

No live games, but results and pairings are at chess-results.com as usual!

Not any more. A change to the FIDE Rating regulations means that *games* that have at least one player rated 2200 or above will not be rated with 60m+30s as the time control. Previously it was *tournaments*. http://www.fide.com/fide/handbook.html?id=197&view=article has the new regulations, under s...

This format used to be much more common in Australia, but is gradually being phased out. The story behind it is ... Australia does not have a tradition of Friday evening rounds for weekend events. This is due to the lower population density, meaning that lots of players use Friday night to travel t...

I suggest people (and especially) clubs make arrangements to meet up casually during the event - probably in a pub! I'll be trying to do the same thing for a few of the games - maybe the forum is a reasonable place for people to try and make arrangements and/or suggestions!? I have at least four or...

IM Jack Rudd wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 25, 2018 12:47 pm

Ow, yes, the probability of at least one 60+ move game is pretty high.

In round one, slightly lower probability? Also, we do have some leeway for Q+P endgames...

3 sections: FIDE rated Open, incorporating SCCU Championship FIDE rated Major (U1900 and U160) ECF graded Minor (U130) Chief Arbiter: Adam Raoof. Full details, online entry and entry form can be found at www.surreychesscongress.co.uk Just to remind players to register for this event before turning ...

Adam, it seems to work in that we received more than half the entries so far in the last 2 days - it means we can (comfortably) check all those ECF memberships. The problem with this is that (anecdotally) players are leaving it that late to register for events these days, with or without a late fee...

With 3 days to go before the congress starts we have a healthy entry of about 80, but we can always manage some more - and we have decided not to charge the £5 surcharge on entry for entering between Tuesday and Friday. This is great news, Mike - many thanks! Is the late entry fee really effective ...

I am planning a norm event in February half term 2019, somewhere between 10th and 20th of February. I have a kind sponsor who has given me some help to get this off the ground. The primary aim is to invite all the UK players looking for norms, plus some titled players from abroad. I now need a venue...

Organisers, and to a great extent clubs, are promoting the ECF membership scheme and in most cases are just collecting revenue for the ECF and passing it on. The ECF does not send any literature about their membership scheme to me to display at events. One organiser I know deals with this by chargin...

Thanks David - can you give me simple instructions for the JCI IRO on how Jersey should get someone registered?

Paul - my wife is a 'licensed arbiter' for Jersey. Nevertheless the ECF told me to remove her from a tournament registration as she was not an ECF arbiter as well! So I would be careful with the definition of 'licensed'.

Why not just go around the corner to The Plough and enjoy live commentary and more from Simon Williams?

http://chessfestival.co.uk

What a great idea!