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- Sat Jan 18, 2020 2:25 pm
- Forum: Grading Debate
- Topic: New grading conversions
- Replies: 29
- Views: 2113
Re: New grading conversions
I do this too, but once the ECF abandons three digit grades it will get confusing, and not just for rookies! American chess players don't seem to have any difficulty differentiating between their USCF Ratings and their FIDE Ratings. For so long as you have to operate under a federation which discou...
- Fri Jan 17, 2020 2:56 pm
- Forum: Grading Debate
- Topic: New grading conversions
- Replies: 29
- Views: 2113
Re: New grading conversions
Should this be the year I abandon using ECF grades to determine eligibility for sections and just go with FIDE ratings? A number of organisers have a seeming distrust of the rankings implied by the FIDE ratings and they use both. The 4NCL Congresses impose an upper limit of 175 for an Under 2000 Se...
- Fri Jan 17, 2020 2:06 pm
- Forum: Grading Debate
- Topic: New grading conversions
- Replies: 29
- Views: 2113
Re: New grading conversions
Should this be the year I abandon using ECF grades to determine eligibility for sections and just go with FIDE ratings?
- Tue Jan 14, 2020 4:56 pm
- Forum: Chess History
- Topic: SCCU bulletin archive
- Replies: 8
- Views: 633
Re: SCCU bulletin archive
Work of genius
RIP Richard Haddrell
anyone got copies of all the Charlton Chess Club magazines from the same period?
RIP Richard Haddrell
anyone got copies of all the Charlton Chess Club magazines from the same period?
- Sat Jan 04, 2020 4:24 pm
- Forum: Grading Debate
- Topic: Unable to unzip new FIDE rating lists in any format
- Replies: 7
- Views: 450
Re: Unable to unzip new FIDE rating lists in any format
A very clever arbiter (whose first name may have been Adam) once told me that before starting to use SM for a tournament I should always download and install the latest version and then download the latest relevant rating/grading lists. Still very sound advice. Jack may have to insert the appropria...
- Thu Jan 02, 2020 1:04 pm
- Forum: Grading Debate
- Topic: Unable to unzip new FIDE rating lists in any format
- Replies: 7
- Views: 450
Re: Unable to unzip new FIDE rating lists in any format
thanks Alex, that makes sense - and it worked. Doesn't SM use Java for the pairings engine?
the size of the rating lists must be growing exponentially!
the size of the rating lists must be growing exponentially!
- Wed Jan 01, 2020 10:21 pm
- Forum: Grading Debate
- Topic: Unable to unzip new FIDE rating lists in any format
- Replies: 7
- Views: 450
Unable to unzip new FIDE rating lists in any format
anyone else having problems importing the new lists into Swiss Manager? It might be as simple as installing a new version of SM, but I wondered - sometimes the files at FIDE are corrupted and nobody can download them!
- Mon Dec 30, 2019 4:17 pm
- Forum: International News
- Topic: World Rapid and Blitz Championships 2019
- Replies: 56
- Views: 2609
Re: World Rapid and Blitz Championships 2019
Carlsen, Magnus - Nakamura, Hikaru 1-0 World Blitz Championship 2019 round 23-tb2 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Bd6 6. Bxd6 Qxd6 7. dxc5 Qxc5 8. c4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. Rc1 Qe7 11. O-O b6 12. Qe2 Bb7 13. Rfd1 Nbd7 14. Ba6 Nc5 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Ne5 Ncd7 17. Qf3 Qa6 18. Nc6 Kh8 19. N...
- Mon Nov 04, 2019 10:28 am
- Forum: Congress Diary
- Topic: Hendon FIDE Blitz Dates 2020
- Replies: 0
- Views: 326
Hendon FIDE Blitz Dates 2020
HENDON FIDE BLITZ CHESS £20.00 1st, £10.00 2nd prize and £10.00 best Hendon prize – one section. 7.30pm start. Monthly hosted by Hendon Chess Club :: FIDE RATED :: 6 games :: 10 minutes per player – no increment. YOU MUST REGISTER ONLINE IN ADVANCE AND IF NOT ENGLISH GIVE FIDE ID NUMBER www.hendonc...
- Fri Oct 18, 2019 9:27 am
- Forum: International News
- Topic: FIDE Website
- Replies: 26
- Views: 2650
Re: FIDE Website
This is a dreadful site which makes it virtually impossible to explain the process of fide rating to a new player!NickFaulks wrote: ↑Mon Sep 23, 2019 12:59 pmBack to the topic, some of my requests do seem to have been implemented, although I still wish that they would stop using the live site as their development environment.
- Tue Oct 15, 2019 10:38 pm
- Forum: ECF Matters
- Topic: Thread withdrawn
- Replies: 32
- Views: 3532
Re: Development Officer appointment
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- Sun Oct 13, 2019 2:00 pm
- Forum: Congress Diary
- Topic: Hampstead FIDE Chess Congresses 2020
- Replies: 0
- Views: 759
Hampstead FIDE Chess Congresses 2020
5 rounds, U2200, U1900 (ECF Under 160) and U1700 (ECF Under 135) sections Henderson Court Resource Centre, 102 Fitzjohn's Avenue (entrance on Prince Arthur Road), Hampstead, London NW3 6NS http://www.hampsteadchess.blogspot.com HAMPSTEAD DATES CONFIRMED 78th - January 18-19, 2020 79th - February 15-...
- Thu Oct 03, 2019 3:04 pm
- Forum: Adverts
- Topic: Book-The Chess Scene
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2045
Re: Book-The Chess Scene
I would love to read that review.... if only Tony Miles were alive!Adam Raoof wrote: ↑Thu Oct 03, 2019 3:04 pmJohn Upham wrote: ↑Thu Oct 03, 2019 2:57 pmI'm pleased to confirm that I had no involvement in making them.
I was asked to review the DVD however.
- Thu Oct 03, 2019 3:04 pm
- Forum: Adverts
- Topic: Book-The Chess Scene
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2045
Re: Book-The Chess Scene
You might also be interested in a series of instructional videos from Tony Corfe : Part One and Part Two and Part Three Enjoy ! :D Who knew? Did you make them John? I would love to read that review.... if only Tony Miles were alive! I'm pleased to confirm that I had no involvement in making them. I...
- Thu Oct 03, 2019 2:22 pm
- Forum: Adverts
- Topic: Book-The Chess Scene
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2045
Re: Book-The Chess Scene
Who knew? Did you make them John?John Upham wrote: ↑Wed Sep 11, 2019 12:30 pmYou might also be interested in a series of instructional videos from Tony Corfe :
Part One
and
Part Two
and
Part Three
Enjoy !