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by Lewis Martin
Sat Oct 13, 2018 8:46 pm
Forum: International News
Topic: Batumi Olympiad
Replies: 983
Views: 67780

Re: Batumi Olympiad

Matt Mackenzie wrote:
Sat Oct 13, 2018 6:09 pm

Also making it a 14 round event again would help.
It felt like forever after 11 rounds! Of course, the professionals may say otherwise.

Not sure work would allow an extra 3/4 days off...
by Lewis Martin
Wed Oct 10, 2018 9:09 pm
Forum: International News
Topic: Batumi Olympiad
Replies: 983
Views: 67780

Re: Batumi Olympiad

I would also like to thank all of the congratulations on here, it was certainly an enjoyable experience. Now, let's see if I can do better next time(!)...
by Lewis Martin
Wed Oct 10, 2018 9:08 pm
Forum: International News
Topic: Batumi Olympiad
Replies: 983
Views: 67780

Re: Batumi Olympiad

Martin Lewis is playing do ICCD - and what a tournament he's having!!! :-) http://chess-results.com/tnr368908.aspx?lan=1&art=9&flag=30&snr=580 Unless I've read it wrong Lewis has got the FM title with his performance. Yes, this was mentioned earlier (it is easy to miss it in a massive thread like t...
by Lewis Martin
Sun Sep 09, 2018 12:02 pm
Forum: International News
Topic: Batumi Olympiad
Replies: 983
Views: 67780

Re: Batumi Olympiad

I might have made a mistake thinking that 'no hearing aids' is a common thing throughout. It might be just for the ICCD team.
by Lewis Martin
Fri Sep 07, 2018 9:58 pm
Forum: International News
Topic: Batumi Olympiad
Replies: 983
Views: 67780

Re: Batumi Olympiad

There's a ban on watches and pens. Given their use or alleged use in cheating, are hearing aids, jewellery and even shoes next on the list? Hearing aids - I assume you refer to the ICCD team, though not everyone uses them - are already prohibited. You do get used to it after competing in deaf chess...
by Lewis Martin
Fri Sep 07, 2018 9:40 pm
Forum: ECF Matters
Topic: 2019 British
Replies: 111
Views: 19533

Re: 2019 British

Nick Grey wrote:
Fri Sep 07, 2018 7:48 am
...looking forward to guests with communication problems, rather deaf, dottery, and bad tempered.
I expect that this is an unfortunate sequence of words.
by Lewis Martin
Thu Jan 05, 2017 9:14 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Universal Rating System
Replies: 81
Views: 9816

Re: Universal Rating System

There's an underlying historic premise in rating systems that two players of the same rating should have a 50-50 chance. In that context I really don't see what the Rgap and Bgap are trying to achieve. Are they not, effectively, giving you Rapid and Blitz ratings. Take Adams and Short, for example....
by Lewis Martin
Sun Nov 13, 2016 10:25 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Media comments on chess
Replies: 5968
Views: 737477

Re: Media comments on chess

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/ ... ddie-jones

Another one from Rugby: "They play the game like a physical game of chess, like chess with steroids" according to Eddie Jones.
by Lewis Martin
Mon Jun 22, 2015 10:49 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Media comments on chess
Replies: 5968
Views: 737477

Re: Media comments on chess

More relevant to the article, this is something that has gone on for too long. By 'this', I mean, the reporting of Short's comments.
by Lewis Martin
Mon Jun 22, 2015 10:45 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Media comments on chess
Replies: 5968
Views: 737477

Re: Media comments on chess

And here we go again ... http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/chess-grandmaster-nigel-short-shrill-feminists-have-made-me-a-misogynist-pantomime-villain-10335403.html The Indy story lifted from here http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/11690553/Nigel-Short-shrill-feminists-have-turned-me-into...
by Lewis Martin
Mon Jun 01, 2015 11:22 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: English Chess Forum player of the year
Replies: 64
Views: 10498

Re: English Chess Forum player of the year

Indeed; we've had 30 nominations. I think what this highlights is the fact that there needs to be more than one category (IMO). Not just in this forum player of the year, but also the ECF Player of the Year. Think BBC Sports Personality Awards. Why don't we have: Young Player of the Year, Unsung He...
by Lewis Martin
Sat Nov 15, 2014 8:56 am
Forum: ECF Matters
Topic: Board minutes
Replies: 253
Views: 41794

Re: Board minutes

Phil was reelected democratically (I voted against him) and now people should be seeking to enable him to be effective. Since Parliament is supposed to be a model of politics, people see on Wednesday lunchtime that constant arguing/point-scoring between Cameron and Miliband. It doesn't matter who t...
by Lewis Martin
Tue Nov 11, 2014 10:43 pm
Forum: International News
Topic: November 2014 England FIDE ratings
Replies: 6
Views: 2189

Re: November 2014 England FIDE ratings

Just noticed that Marcus Harvey has his FM title. Congratulations to him!
by Lewis Martin
Tue Nov 11, 2014 9:42 pm
Forum: International News
Topic: Carlsen - Anand 2014
Replies: 414
Views: 45992

Re: Carlsen - Anand 2014

.. but Boris is no Magnus Gelfand. Who? Going on comparisons, I think it is a bit pointless to do so. Every challenger/world champions are different and with different approaches to the game. You could bet that Vishy is better prepared this time compared to last year. His performance in Bilbao spri...
by Lewis Martin
Wed Oct 29, 2014 10:53 pm
Forum: International News
Topic: Chess not a Sport
Replies: 10
Views: 3093

Re: Chess not a Sport

I seem to remember watching golf on TV and seeing some professionals carefully put their cigarette on the ground before playing their shot, and then picking up the cigarette and resume smoking it. I certainly remember Miguel Angel Jimenez smoking his cigars. Though he just leaves it in his mouth, a...