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Andrew Zigmond wrote: ↑

Sun Nov 01, 2026 9:18 pm

Sheffield's match against Doncaster was postponed. The new date hasn't been agreed, hence no update to the LMS (which in a perfect world would have an option to set the date to P-P).

You can change to Postponed in the LMS (or at least, we can in the Manchester League)

Matt Mackenzie wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 23, 2026 6:35 pm

An impressive achievement indeed, seeing just how far she can go will be fascinating.

A long way hopefully, as long as she keeps enjoying playing

Bodhana has won

Bodhana will be black; the 2116 rested today, so surely will play tomorrow

Yes, they ought to win the match tomorrow

Good wins from Bodhana and Abigail for SPTW Lionesses

Christopher Kreuzer wrote: ↑

Sat Oct 17, 2026 11:43 am

Thanks. And I see you started the thread, not Alan. Need new glasses.

Aye, nowt like a Euroopean club club

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Do we need a thread for 2026-27 season?

I haven't followed the Turlov story, but he was subject to Ukrainian sanctions from 2022, and there was a Russian court claim filed a couple of days before the FIDE election

Is the seeding based on the Registration List or last year's placing?

Bodhana interview in the Guardian

We can't answer that, as we don't know who wasn't available for selection The ECF could at a pinch have told us. On paper three plausible candidates in Howell, Sadler and Short were ruled out. Howell I think we know elected to work as a commentator but hasn't anyway played much top level chess sinc...

We can't answer that, as we don't know who wasn't available for selection

Bodhana was on the 1 pm news on Radio 5 live; it was an excerpt from her interview I think