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David Robertson wrote: ↑

Sat Jun 23, 2018 12:02 pm

James Adair got back on his feet in rd 7 - He has it all to do today though - White against top-seed, GM Delchev

He seems to be doing ok at move 40

A draw is a rating gain so a good pairing I would have thought

Pity

James Adair progressing towards the 2500 rating that would give him the GM title (if I have understood correctly)

Participants

round 6 live

Thanks Richard, that's what I thought but wasn't sure

Mick Norris wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 19, 2018 5:09 pm

Joe's won his last 2 games to reach 5.5/8

He is black in the final round against a 2260 rated IM; I'm not sure if a win would would be enough for a norm, but he's clearly playing well

Round 9 underway at 8 am UK time

JustinHorton wrote: ↑

Thu May 31, 2018 12:01 pm

NickFaulks wrote: ↑

Thu May 31, 2018 11:54 am

Jonathan Rogers wrote: ↑

Thu May 31, 2018 11:17 am

Ticks all the boxes, including the important but unstated one "acceptable to all the players".

That one will of course be easier this time.

Arf

John Nunn is the Open captain with Lorin D'Costa for the Women's team

Joe's won his last 2 games to reach 5.5/8

He is black in the final round against a 2260 rated IM; I'm not sure if a win would would be enough for a norm, but he's clearly playing well

Interesting to read his comments from last year ECF elite junior players reports

Roger de Coverly wrote: ↑

Sun Jun 17, 2018 11:24 am

Seems like the fourth candidate is now announced.

https://www.chess.com/news/view/dvorkov ... -president

He's at England v Tunisia this evening along with Sol Campbell and Arsene Wenger

Much easier to use London property?

Interesting view X Soviet

Organising international chess events has always been important to Russia - plus using FIDE for money laundering

The Russian Chess Federation has reported that Arkady Dvorkovich will run for the post of FIDE President. (Kevin Spraggett had said yesterday there were rumours Ilyumzhinov's ticket could be replaced by another from the Russian Chess Federation.) Good spot, Angus The closer we get to the 3 July dea...

LawrenceCooper wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 08, 2018 8:52 am

Lekan Adeyemi, the Nigeria Chess Federation president, the first name announced on Nigel's ticket.

Also Paul Spiller, President of the Oceania Chess Confederation, from New Zealand

Would this be a third norm and the IM title after Kecskemet 2015 and Coulsdon 2017? I am told that Kecskemet August 2015 didn't qualify for a norm Results were: K*chg Game 2186 2191 10.00 14 2.94 40 117.60 Juhasz, Barbara wf 2183 HUN 0.50 1 -0.01 40 -0.40 Kiss, Pal m 2336 HUN 1.00 1 0.69 40 27.60 M...

Round 9 has been played, and Joe got the draw he needed chess results

He's now underway in Balaton chess24live