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Sure he's fine. Anyhow, the Lancs - Yorkshire stage matches are nigh on 'friendlies' (hahahahha!), so no one will care too obsessively about strict qualification rules.

That open match was much stronger than the past year or two. A bit frightening!

The other claim is that people simply find it fun to see their grade move about on a regular basis, so might play more or something. Baffles me but maybes there's an effect

Very well done to whoever fixed them on a Sunday!

The ECF league management system is in a very similar state, so presumably related. Sure it'll be fixed soon

The economics of bridge are quite simple: the Professionals are paid to partner/play on teams of 4/6 by private sponsors. Like how say Guildford I think in the 4NCL run, except that in bridge the sponsors tend to insist on playing. (Its much easier to 'hide' one reasonably competent but lower standa...

Yorkshire chess is very metropolitan! The sheep up in the Dales and the grouse on the NYM don't play much
(Its very much Sheffield, Leeds, Bradford, York, Hull and the various smaller towns in those areas.).

Reg Clucas wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 13, 2019 3:43 pm

However, it's one sport which above any other epitomizes the concept that it's the taking part that is most important. A good day out on the fells is in itself a prize beyond measure.

Very true indeed More very long walking here but very similar reasons!

I think most of the people in stuff like the Marathon des Sables find it fun :) I don't think Jasmin Paris got anything for winning the Spine race in January. (Money that is, she definitely made a few points!). Never really much money in fell running either coming or going. Quite a few newer not qui...

Probably an accident with them instead updating the tables on the results and pairings page? Nice to have them all in one place like that though

WR2 favourites yes, especially now WR1 presumably going to be fairly strong for the final weekends. Shropshire still only marginally so - they're a good team but it won't be easy for them vs various others. Like MM2. Bob was on board 6? Goodness :) Jorvik snuck out with a pair of 3.5-2.5 wins. We ca...

Very impressive indeed

They even apparently had Div3N up by Sunday morning.

3C's not all home grown for a change either mind - and a very solid looking line up as a result. That's definitely been a dangerous weekend for Manx, passed through nicely. The bigger question maybe whether they're going to reinforce even further when it gets really serious. The theoretical ability ...

Very sensible - I'll add one thing here. It definitely isn't me after perfect grades. I'd be very happy with the original letter style vague things. Trying to micro track local fluctuations worries me a bit more (a lot more conceptually except I don't care much!) than whatever we do to give new star...

Far better to have more current information influenced by recent play available to see, rather than an out of date version. The idea of out of date information is very dodgy for chess players. What loads of chess players do - and this is fairly trivial to verify - is improve for maybe 5(?) years th...