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I wonder if it might be possible to develop a platform to host online simultaneous displays? This would have the added advantage of being a pretty cheap way to support chess professionals.

Whilst I understand the potential for the ECF to facilitate chess activities on a social level, I really don't see how you could try to replicate existing over-the-board events, simply on the back of taking "anti-cheating" measures. And I would think certainly not anything involving money. Maybe onl...

Daniel Gormally wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 13, 2020 6:49 pm

Jersey gone. Even if we don't die of coronavirus, I predict that most professional chess players will die of boredom at a lack of things to do, at this rate.

Candidates will be performing a public service in their isolation. Maybe they’ll be able to carry on for months.

There are armchair experts all over social media declaring that we must act yesterday to take various measures to prevent the spread of the virus. But the point about the more extreme measures is that they all come with their own negative consequences for people’s lives and livelihoods, and as such ...

Is the “3-7 hours” angle actually that relevant? If one person is infected and the other isn’t then it appears that it takes very little contact for one to infect the other. Is spending 3-7 hours opposite them actually any more significantly risky than spending 10 minutes with someone? Genuine quest...

100 people is an incredibly low threshold. In general you'd get worse potential exposure just going to the supermarket. You might, but if people can't shop they are not going to be able to eat. Indeed, but my point is that by setting such a low bar for certain types of “gatherings” whilst effective...

100 people is an incredibly low threshold. In general you'd get worse potential exposure just going to the supermarket. Events with greater than x people does not mean x people making x contacts. Going to the cinema is basically just like going to any small scale social event. They might as well jus...

144 deaths in italy in the last 24 hours. surely the next 4ncl and other tournaments with a large collection of people have to be cancelled? Relatively, speaking, these aren't "large" gatherings though. There is possibly a greater risk just travelling on the bus, certainly 'crowded' public transpor...

The MCF has been discussing this, and a player who is also a medical doctor has added notes in red in the attached document, with his main point being Avoid touching eyes, nose and mouth: this is likely to of greatest concern during chess matches as any glance at photos of chess players or when obs...

John McKenna wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 06, 2020 12:18 pm

Anyone think Radjabov's statement the least bit racist?

It’s certainly unfortunately phrased where the Chinese players are concerned. Quite why the Chinese players should be subject to pre tournament quarantine but other players shouldn’t is nonsensical.

. But even if Korchnoi produced the document he said he had purchased, how would anyone authenticate it? You appreciate that that's an argument agaibst it, not one in its favour? What Ian said was evidence It really isn't, because there's nothing to examine. It's barely even hearsay. Of course it’s...

NickFaulks wrote: ↑

Fri Feb 14, 2020 6:37 pm

If an invitational event takes place in Ipswich and all the invited players are members of Ipswich Chess Club, is it reasonable to call it the British something or other?

Depends if all the best players/players meeting the tournament objectives are from Ipswich.

NickFaulks wrote: ↑

Sun Feb 16, 2020 8:00 pm

Francis Fields wrote: ↑

Sun Feb 16, 2020 7:47 pm

I played King takes King Bishop two check.

Bishop takes King Bishop two check, presumably.

Could be K if it's discovered check. "King Bishop two" makes no sense if it's a capture. If it's BxB then the "King" in the "King Bishop" is probably redundant.

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I have never understood the obsession with phones being turned off. It's to stop it making a noise. I believe players have assumed that by turning their mobile telephone off it would not be capable of making of noise. Some will make a noise anyway when the battery is low or some other event. Batter...