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by Paolo Casaschi
Sat Feb 03, 2024 12:56 pm
Forum: International News
Topic: Carlsen resigns on move 2
Replies: 1113
Views: 82100

Re: Carlsen resigns on move 2

The letter from St Louis banning Hans; https://www.chessgames.com/perl/kibitzing?kid=P152611&reply=1390 While the St Louis chess club is totally free to invite the players of their choice, I really do not understand the need of a press release announcing that they will not invite Niemann to their f...
by Paolo Casaschi
Thu Dec 28, 2023 2:27 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Media comments on chess
Replies: 5968
Views: 737685

Re: Media comments on chess

Chris Goodall wrote:
Thu Dec 28, 2023 10:13 am
I have concerns about everything FIDE do. There is a difference between a dumb piece of red tape and a threat to your life.
to THEIR life.
by Paolo Casaschi
Thu Dec 28, 2023 9:32 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Media comments on chess
Replies: 5968
Views: 737685

Re: Media comments on chess

with federations and local organisers. No, the rules apply only to high-level competitions run directly by FIDE, which is how the ECF were able to disregard them and let everyone compete as their true gender. So to the extent that the information is being "shared", it is FIDE sharing information wi...
by Paolo Casaschi
Wed Dec 27, 2023 10:04 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Media comments on chess
Replies: 5968
Views: 737685

Re: Media comments on chess

Of course. But it isn't. Show me where on Yosha Iglesias's card it says AMAB. It says “female”. If this is the only information shared with local organisers, then we are good and she would be able to play female events. The FIDE rule about banning trans players from gender restricted event can only...
by Paolo Casaschi
Wed Dec 27, 2023 9:15 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Media comments on chess
Replies: 5968
Views: 737685

Re: Media comments on chess

So in this scenario a person assigned male at birth successfully transitions to female in a country where being LGBT is illegal, and then takes up chess and enters a tournament under her true gender, and FIDE can tell from Russia that she's trans but the local organisers can't. Does that seem far-f...
by Paolo Casaschi
Wed Dec 27, 2023 6:39 pm
Forum: International News
Topic: 2023 World Rapid & Blitz
Replies: 58
Views: 3725

Re: 2023 World Rapid & Blitz

The dress code struck today with a €100 fine for Anna-Maja Kazarian https://twitter.com/AMKazarian/status/1739964325232513114/photo/1 This generated a number of notable reactions; the swift action of FIDE on womens' dress code contrasting with the inaction on safeguarding at the same event, for exa...
by Paolo Casaschi
Wed Dec 27, 2023 4:01 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Media comments on chess
Replies: 5968
Views: 737685

Re: Media comments on chess

Ms. Iglesias's comments about stealth trans players getting outed make no sense. If you're entering a tournament that matches the gender you identify as, there's nothing to out; if you're entering one that matches your birth gender, the rules are not about you. And if you played rated games under a...
by Paolo Casaschi
Wed Dec 06, 2023 3:19 pm
Forum: ECF Matters
Topic: London Chess Classic 2023
Replies: 140
Views: 13567

Re: London Chess Classic 2023

Ian Thompson wrote:
Wed Dec 06, 2023 1:58 pm
Paolo Casaschi wrote:
Wed Dec 06, 2023 12:49 pm
Last move 54. Rd1 1/2-1/2
Were the last few moves recorded on lichess not played?
Just copied the position/moves from chess.com
by Paolo Casaschi
Wed Dec 06, 2023 12:49 pm
Forum: ECF Matters
Topic: London Chess Classic 2023
Replies: 140
Views: 13567

Re: London Chess Classic 2023

Any interviews or hints as to why a draw was agreed between Adams and Gukesh in the final position? Is this one of those positions (could someone post it?) where Black's passed pawn is optically stronger than the computer evaluation suggests? [Event "13th London Classic 2023"] [Site "London ENG"] [...
by Paolo Casaschi
Sun Sep 17, 2023 3:45 pm
Forum: International News
Topic: Carlsen resigns on move 2
Replies: 1113
Views: 82100

Re: Carlsen resigns on move 2

It also makes you wonder why chess.com keeps that calculation methodology a secret. Because they know it's rubbish, why else? Anyone free to speculate, but we just don't know. However Kramnik seems to have confidence in those values. Paraphrasing, he mentioned that very often he can precisely guess...
by Paolo Casaschi
Sun Sep 17, 2023 2:31 pm
Forum: International News
Topic: Carlsen resigns on move 2
Replies: 1113
Views: 82100

Re: Carlsen resigns on move 2

I think accuracy is down to... You'd think something like that, but we really don't know. Kramnik extrapolates most of his conclusions by looking at that measure. It's such an key component of Kramnik construct, that I find surprising he does not question how that number is actually measured. It al...
by Paolo Casaschi
Sun Sep 17, 2023 1:45 pm
Forum: International News
Topic: Carlsen resigns on move 2
Replies: 1113
Views: 82100

Re: Carlsen resigns on move 2

Vladimir Kramnik on the C-Squared Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ng3lTBAi4Ps Who is going to take one for the team and sit through the whole two hours? Listen to a good portion of it. Kramnik conclusion is that online cheating among titled player is very frequent; he estimates that more t...
by Paolo Casaschi
Sat Sep 16, 2023 11:54 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: what do you consider as biggest threat to organized chess?
Replies: 70
Views: 7607

Re: what do you consider as biggest threat to organized chess?

Tim Spanton wrote:
Sat Sep 16, 2023 7:40 am
Paolo Casaschi wrote:
Sat Sep 16, 2023 5:12 am
Ian Thompson wrote:
Fri Sep 15, 2023 11:09 pm
Are cash prizes worth having at all?
For amateur players definitely not, that’s exactly my point.
Try organising a tournament without any prizes and see how you get on
Only after you try playing chess as an amateur while making a profit ;-)
by Paolo Casaschi
Sat Sep 16, 2023 5:12 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: what do you consider as biggest threat to organized chess?
Replies: 70
Views: 7607

Re: what do you consider as biggest threat to organized chess?

Ian Thompson wrote:
Fri Sep 15, 2023 11:09 pm
Are cash prizes worth having at all?
For amateur players definitely not, that’s exactly my point.
by Paolo Casaschi
Fri Sep 15, 2023 8:23 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: what do you consider as biggest threat to organized chess?
Replies: 70
Views: 7607

Re: what do you consider as biggest threat to organized chess?

Joey Stewart wrote:
Thu Sep 14, 2023 12:22 am
where even the winners are likely to still be making a financial loss playing the tournament after all costs are deducted.
You enter an event for your own entertainment and you pay for it. What's wrong with it? Why on earth would you expect to be entertained and paid for it?