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I probably offer and agree too many draws 44 percent last year. There are some valid reasons for my drawing tendencies but being scared of losing is one . There is a person in a club I play for that is a lot worse 68 percent, though he does tend to play a relative high board for his grade and try to...

At around £200 for the mega package is it worth it , do I need the full package. I am looking at it since I think with loads of games on line now everybody is better prepared for your openings in tournaments , what I think it might give me A way to have a tree structure of my and opponents openings ...

It sounds like some on here have not seen these apps. The display even on a phone is as clear as an electronic clock and its perfectly obvious whose clock is ticking and the area to hit is as large as that on a clock While authorities and user acceptance takes a long time with all technology I can s...

With tablets down to £80 or so new, after down loading a chess clock to my smart phone today , I was thinking that maybe tablets will get down to say £40 at some point and second had even cheaper and these will possibly replace chess clocks. They are easier to program , but not quite so good on the ...

Thanks for the excellent replies . I am in the morning tournament , but I am sure it will be included . Looking forward to it and the better weather

I am sure I read before that you have to write in advance to notify the grader that you want results included. Can anybody refer me - preferably a link to any procedures I need to follow
Thanks

I have had an opponent walk out the venue in the league match saying nothing and then there are those that don't turn up to adjournments as I had last year in Div 1 in the Bham League , no apology no nothing and you have to sit there because they just might turn up very late .

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Not sure whether I should fire this subject up again . I was one of the original posters and have not read the thread for a long time , but as with most forums when a thread goes to more than 2 pages its usually a heated discussion amongst limited individuals . Back to the thread as somebody who pla...

Players could put them in a central location in the match room turned off in a small platic bag with name on . Or perhaps on each table somewhere. Most sports you have to change for , this is a small inconvenience

I have played Competitive Chess for 37 years (177 ecf at the mo) and also am a racing cyclist. Mainly time trial but some road races. Last year I combined the two (sort of ) and took the Sunday morning off the Staffordshire Congress and went for a ride with the club and then diverted to play the aft...

The last 2 weekends in the 4ncl I have won one drawn one. The player being in the 1800-1900 bracket . Because each of the ones I won did not have a proper FIDE rating I ended up dropping rating points when my overall performance for the weekend was in ECF terms positive to equal. The 2 games won wer...

It was a typical chess players communication , to the point but not diplomatic. Personally the situation reminds me of the old Woody Allen line " I am not afraid of death , I just don't want to be there when it happens" To me the more juniors in these tournaments the better (for chess) just please d...

Roger de Coverly wrote:

David Gostelow wrote: Not sure how Keith Arkell qualified this season .

Birthright presumably. The very first line of the wiki page about him starts

Keith Charles Arkell (born 8 January 1961 in Birmingham)

Cant see that on the qualifying list

Recently diagnosed with high blood pressure, I have been monitoring it with a home machine and Chess matches send it through the roof and it takes about 36 hours to come down to normal , without work and chess its below the 90/140 without tablets. At the moment after discussing it with the doc I hav...