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David Robertson wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 01, 2020 9:45 pm

Very correct. And totally impractical. Who'd want to undertake all this faff just for a game of chess? And it still doesn't eliminate the risks impacting on key at-risk groups. Good try, mes amis, but no cigar

The French, being the French will have a load of rules. And just ignore them.

Nick Burrows wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 30, 2020 8:24 pm

Did Harikrishna already play a game? I missed that one

Played against us (Blackthorne Russia)

No info - but was he bald? Used to play the Benoni, about 200 strength? Recall playing him a fair bit in my teens.

I play games online like that all the time! Playing the role of you opponent. Just substitute the word "brain" for "engine"... Sure. But I would expect you to be able to play to a decent standard. And I would imagine you would have an online rating that would indicate you could play well when brain...

Chess.com writing articles saying they're wonderful doesn't count for much. It's a bit like some of the websites advertising nutritional supplements with great medical claims, endorsed by an "expert". When you search for the "expert", you find they have no science qualifications at all, and all the...

That’s sad. A regular fixture at the big British events throughout my international playing career from Hastings and (I think) Lloyd’s Bank in the early 90s. Until noticeable by his absence the last few years at Hastings. Of course to me he looked 80 when I was 13 and 80 when I was 38! (when you sta...

It’s simple. Everyone brings their own board (er laptop) and games are played on lichess. At two metre distance.

So anyway, just to clarify re: Regan tool. If you are still within known theory you can cheat to your heart’s content?!

Personally I don’t see any reason why somebody shouldn’t spend time reading very old threads if they find that an interesting way to pass the time. However, if they find a subject that they would like to contribute to (whether “usefully” or otherwise), then I think they should start their own new th...

Is the implication of this that if you playing this and lose internet connection for a couple of minutes at any time (hardly an uncommon experience) that you will lose the game? I’m not sure that that makes it an attractive event to play in. Whilst such a situation is fine for casual blitz chess, it...

We know that in the vast majority of cases the player will be guilty (we can tell that by the variance between online and OTB events) but that shouldn't stop us approaching the evidence with skepticism to give the accused the best possible defence. I dont believe it is in any circumstances a compar...

I applaud the loyalty for teams who have raised protests where one of their players has been accused of cheating. I have more sympathy for players like Keith Arkell and Danny Gormally, who have been cheated against, where it is accepted to be proven, and where there has been no punishment. I wasn’t...

Roger, You only get a ban if you play unnaturally well, better than anyone played in the whole of the OTB 4NCL. So the idea that a player could be banned because a parent accessed some analysis from the same IP address is total nonsense. I think that’s just demonstrably false. Please demonstrate th...

This is what the captain were told at their meeting with a Ken a Regan and does indeed seem to be borne out by the evidence I have seen. Ok. So if we look at the games of any of the banned players, we should be able to see this, am I right? Yes and no. In some cases you will be able to see it, but ...

Richard, I mean the Regan method, but it looks like Lichess (and chess.com) very strongly follow the Regan methodology. Does it? Apologies, I perhaps shouldn’t really be engaging without researching a bit further on how exactly the Regan method works but, well, forum privilege. I had somehow got th...