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- Mon Nov 04, 2019 10:28 am
- Forum: Congress Diary
- Topic: Hendon FIDE Blitz Dates 2020
- Replies: 0
- Views: 149
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: 2473
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: Development Officer appointment
- Replies: 32
- Views: 3267
Re: Development Officer appointment
Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi wrote:You're supposed to attribute it to somebody though
- Sun Oct 13, 2019 2:00 pm
- Forum: Congress Diary
- Topic: Hampstead FIDE Chess Congresses 2020
- Replies: 0
- Views: 525
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: 1578
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: 1578
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: 1578
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 !
- Tue Oct 01, 2019 4:26 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Would You Pay Extra to Win Prize Money?
- Replies: 46
- Views: 3674
Re: Would You Pay Extra to Win Prize Money?
I came across a 1 day rapidplay entry form today with a single Open section that offered 2 levels of entry fee: 1. £19 - eligible to win prize money 2. £6 - ineligible for prize money 1st prize is £130; amount of 2nd and 3rd prizes dependent on entries; additional prizes dependent on entries. Assum...
- Mon Sep 30, 2019 3:16 pm
- Forum: Congress Diary
- Topic: The Letchworth FIDE Rapid chess tournament!
- Replies: 0
- Views: 445
The Letchworth FIDE Rapid chess tournament!
Thanks to all those who played at our first Letchworth FIDE Rapid! The results can be found on the website - https://letchworthchess.blogspot.com Please leave us any feedback you have right here - https://form.jotform.com/81042542368959 Our next events are on October 27, and then on November 17. You...
- Mon Sep 30, 2019 2:26 pm
- Forum: Congress Diary
- Topic: 39th Surrey Chess Congress Oct 4 - 6
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1269
Re: 39th Surrey Chess Congress Oct 4 - 6
"Dear SCC Entrant It is with regret that the Directors of the Surrey Chess Congress have taken a decision today that due to the low volume of entries received to date it is not viable to run the Congress this year. A formal announcement will appear on the SCC Website later today. It of course goes w...
- Wed Sep 25, 2019 12:42 pm
- Forum: ECF Matters
- Topic: Council Papers are out
- Replies: 96
- Views: 6002
Re: Council Papers are out
Angus French wrote: ↑Wed Sep 25, 2019 10:42 amThe membership list for 24 September has 12 ECF SUPPORTERs.
- Wed Sep 25, 2019 9:25 am
- Forum: ECF Matters
- Topic: Council Papers are out
- Replies: 96
- Views: 6002
Re: Council Papers are out
It's your money paying for this appointment - why not ask the Directors?
- Fri Sep 20, 2019 11:15 pm
- Forum: International News
- Topic: FIDE Website
- Replies: 26
- Views: 2473
Re: FIDE Website
Is it too much to ask them to add the actual fide ID numbers to the initial search results?
- Wed Sep 11, 2019 10:54 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Chess on the canals
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1525
Re: Chess on the canals
Adam, One of my team mates at Banbury chess club lives on a narrowboat called Grendel. I wrote about him for Chess Monthly magazine. He is well known on the chess circuit - his name is Arthur Hibbitt. He has his own little chess laboratory deep within Grendel's bowels and I am due to have a short c...
- Tue Sep 03, 2019 1:15 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Running a standard play tournament
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1039
Re: Running a standard play tournament
The reason I include that paragraph is that Dave Clayton asked me to - it helps him a great deal to have FINs for everyone and it avoids any issues with players who have FINS that have expired, or which are not aligned to any FIDE nation. Theoretically I could accept an entry from a player as ENG wi...