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- Tue Feb 23, 2021 9:49 pm
- Forum: 4NCL
- Topic: 4NCL On-Line Season 3
- Replies: 79
- Views: 5288
Re: 4NCL On-Line Season 3
Why? Because, as blurted out last week by Neil Ferguson, a year ago they didn't know they could get away with it. Now they do. They didn't know if they could get away with it, even for an extremely dangerous virus that spreads like wildfire. There is a danger that if something like Swine Flu turns ...
- Tue Feb 23, 2021 7:04 pm
- Forum: 4NCL
- Topic: 4NCL On-Line Season 3
- Replies: 79
- Views: 5288
Re: 4NCL On-Line Season 3
Why?NickFaulks wrote: ↑Tue Feb 23, 2021 3:19 pmDon't forget that from now on any health crisis, for instance a flu outbreak, is likely to be met by some form of lockdown.Mick Norris wrote: ↑Tue Feb 23, 2021 2:14 pmThere's an opportunity to do a reset on all of it, including whether travelling in the depths of winter should continue
- Sun Feb 21, 2021 3:37 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Media comments on chess
- Replies: 4215
- Views: 458327
Re: Media comments on chess
Aston Villa manager, Dean Smith.
"West midlands schools champion" (with his school)
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/ ... s-19874872
"West midlands schools champion" (with his school)
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/ ... s-19874872
- Sun Feb 21, 2021 3:18 pm
- Forum: ECF Matters
- Topic: ECF Newsletter
- Replies: 8
- Views: 855
Re: ECF Newsletter
Feb newsletter received 11th Feb. Invites contributions for any obituaries of note. Clearly the previous practice of linking to the occasional posting on the ECForum isn't really an option at the moment.
- Sun Jan 24, 2021 12:25 pm
- Forum: Deaths & Obituaries
- Topic: GM Radoslav Simic 1948-2020
- Replies: 4
- Views: 809
Re: GM Radoslav Simic 1948-2020
Simon - feel free to announce whichever deaths you want, and however long ago they occurred (this one was Jan 2020 for the record). But really, I think you are stretching the limits to consider this sort of thing an "English connection" to the extent that i wouldn't bother trying to make one if you ...
- Mon Dec 28, 2020 11:58 am
- Forum: Congress Diary
- Topic: British Online Chess Championships 18th December 2020 to 3rd January 2021
- Replies: 185
- Views: 13916
Re: British Online Chess Championships 18th December 2020 to 3rd January 2021
Everyone is on the same zoom call, so you could watch you opponent or any of the other players, but I assume most players will just have the board on their screen. Interesting. I think i'd put my opponent on second screen. I wonder if players are more revealing in their reactions when playing onlin...
- Mon Dec 28, 2020 10:28 am
- Forum: Congress Diary
- Topic: British Online Chess Championships 18th December 2020 to 3rd January 2021
- Replies: 185
- Views: 13916
Re: British Online Chess Championships 18th December 2020 to 3rd January 2021
Everyone is on the same zoom call, so you could watch you opponent or any of the other players, but I assume most players will just have the board on their screen. Interesting. I think i'd put my opponent on second screen. I wonder if players are more revealing in their reactions when playing onlin...
- Mon Dec 28, 2020 8:11 am
- Forum: Congress Diary
- Topic: British Online Chess Championships 18th December 2020 to 3rd January 2021
- Replies: 185
- Views: 13916
Re: British Online Chess Championships 18th December 2020 to 3rd January 2021
Under the "Zoom" arrangement do players get to see their opponents, or is it "arbiter access only"? In OTB chess the advantage of high rating doesn't just come from being the better player (obviously) but also often from the psychological impacts at the board. I could imagine some of that could be l...
- Sat Dec 26, 2020 2:55 pm
- Forum: Chess History
- Topic: Chess and the Blue Laws
- Replies: 11
- Views: 905
Re: Chess and the Blue Laws
I don't know when the British Championship Congress first had Sunday play, 1970s probably, but Sunday play was already established for weekend tournaments. In the 1960s, for sure, there were 11 rounds - 6 [Monday to Saturday] in the first week, 5 [Monday to Friday] in the second. That has always be...
- Sat Dec 26, 2020 8:35 am
- Forum: Women's Chess
- Topic: Rita Zimmersman/Hennigan
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3683
Re: Rita Zimmersman/Hennigan
And that is why people shouldn't dig up old threads...LawrenceCooper wrote: ↑Fri Dec 25, 2020 9:29 pmI am Facebook Friends with her and so can pass on a message if required.
- Fri Dec 25, 2020 3:25 pm
- Forum: Chess History
- Topic: Chess and the Blue Laws
- Replies: 11
- Views: 905
Re: Chess and the Blue Laws
Whilst reading The English Chess Scene (Chapter 3 of Chess Secrets I Learned from the Masters , Edward Lasker, Hollis & Carter, 1952) on page 150 I found This is the first time I have encountered such an assertion. Can you shed light on this? From such limited basic research as is possible on the i...
- Fri Dec 25, 2020 9:07 am
- Forum: Chess History
- Topic: Chess and the Blue Laws
- Replies: 11
- Views: 905
Re: Chess and the Blue Laws
Whilst reading The English Chess Scene (Chapter 3 of Chess Secrets I Learned from the Masters , Edward Lasker, Hollis & Carter, 1952) on page 150 I found On Saturdays we would play all afternoon an evening. On Sundays we had an enforced rest, because the English "blue laws" banned even chess on Sun...
- Wed Dec 23, 2020 12:53 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Cheating in chess
- Replies: 2173
- Views: 185327
Re: Cheating in chess
Am I right in thinking the individual concerned did not in fact start? I believe he tried to play his first game without turning Zoom on. And then following further claims about various technical issues was eventually defaulted. Was also paired in round 2 and opponent was subsequently given a walko...
- Mon Dec 21, 2020 6:27 pm
- Forum: Congress Diary
- Topic: British Online Chess Championships 18th December 2020 to 3rd January 2021
- Replies: 185
- Views: 13916
Re: British Online Chess Championships 18th December 2020 to 3rd January 2021
Danny Gormally withdraws, cites cheating Is he complaining about the presence of players rumoured or confirmed to have been defaulted for engine use in previous events? That's another one for arbiters and organisers to chew over. if they accept entries from players of dubious repute, will that caus...
- Fri Dec 18, 2020 8:36 pm
- Forum: ECF Matters
- Topic: ECF Newsletter
- Replies: 8
- Views: 855
Re: ECF Newsletter
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