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It is a good result for Gormally, someone whose chess I enjoy watching. But too many draws in this event. He did gain a lot of rating points (19) but that may be in part due to starting from a low level. There are other GMs (such as Hebden and Wells and MacDonald) with similarly low ratings in the ...

Joey Stewart wrote: ↑

Sun Nov 01, 2026 5:56 pm

Gormally up near the top again too, he's been having a bit of a late life resurgence recently but nobody seems to give him respect

Whatever gave you that idea?

Hmm. So Malcolm's influence so far has been zero? This was the agreement that Malcolm tweeted on September 26th: "Suspended teams not to be readmitted to FIDE competitions. TT to speak and vote against this. CAS decisions to be respected and actioned in all cases. A maximum of 25% of people from on...

This starts tomorrow in Peterborough. In the meantime the Rapid Championship is being played over the weekend, with 6 rounds yesterday and a further 5 today. After 7 rounds Jonah Willow and Marcus Harvey are leading with 6/7, ahead of the usual suspects. Live coverage at Lichess: https://lichess.or...

Wishing her a happy birthday and hoping that she finds time in between preparing for and playing two games at the English Women's Championship to celebrate.

Supratit Banerjee has made a positive start to the GM norm all-play-all: https://lichess.org/broadcast/unga-talangers-tournaments-gm11/round-4/sEfiAr1X#players Likewise, Jan Murawski in the IM norm section: https://lichess.org/broadcast/unga-talangers-tournaments-im9/round-4/o9a2hbaU#players Jan is ...

Christopher Kreuzer wrote: ↑

Sun Oct 25, 2026 6:31 pm

Do you know if Marcus Harvey has won this title before?

I'm not even sure if it has been organised before!

Christopher Kreuzer wrote: ↑

Sun Oct 25, 2026 6:18 pm

Is there a list of previous winners?

The website only lists the classical winners: https://www.englishchess.org.uk/english ... s-history/

This starts tomorrow in Peterborough. In the meantime the Rapid Championship is being played over the weekend, with 6 rounds yesterday and a further 5 today. After 7 rounds Jonah Willow and Marcus Harvey are leading with 6/7, ahead of the usual suspects. Live coverage at Lichess: https://lichess.or...

This starts tomorrow in Peterborough. In the meantime the Rapid Championship is being played over the weekend, with 6 rounds yesterday and a further 5 today. After 7 rounds Jonah Willow and Marcus Harvey are leading with 6/7, ahead of the usual suspects. Live coverage at Lichess: https://lichess.or...

Whilst Cheddleton rightly took the plaudits for their amazing performance I noticed that every White Rose player gained rating points and the team finished above their seeding: 45. White Rose (RtgAvg:2076, TB1: 8 / TB2: 113) Bo. Name Rtg FED FideID 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Pts. Games RtgAvg n w we w-we K rtg+/...

How bizarre. I copy-pasted it and it was definitely showing that. Might still be on my phone. Hang on. The page on my phone unfortunately reloaded when I clicked on the tab. I saw enough to confirm that I was not imagining things. I think someone must have updated the results/board allocation. I al...

Very close finish at the top: Rank after Round 7 Rk. SNo Team Games + = - TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4 TB5 1 4 Novy Bor CC 7 6 1 0 13 252 30 177,5 273 2 1 Bayegan Pendik CSC 7 6 1 0 13 251 31 179,5 276,5 3 9 Rishon LeZion A 7 6 0 1 12 232 30 168,5 251 Gold and silver positions decided by a single Olympiad-Sonne...