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I entered the British Seniors Championship in Warwick and there was no discount for FM's. I recall it was the same last year. There has never been discounted entry fees for the British Senior Championship for FMs. I see that free entry for GM/IM/WGM/WIM was introduced immediately after covid. I was...

Interestingly, the British RapidPlay 2027 offers FM's and WFM's half price entry......

OK fair enough - apologies. I took at face value the original post saying there was no discounted entry fee at the British. I stand corrected. Whilst of course an argument can still be made, i can see that there is no obvious “change in policy”. My original question was that it seems that as an FM,...

As an FM, I used to often get a discounted entry fee to ECF and other tournaments in recognition of the title. GM's and IM's usually enter free and sometimes get conditions to play. FM's used to get some sort of discount because it adds status to a tournament if the organisers can say they have X nu...

And Ellie Reeves is now the Attorney General. As Shadow Prisons Minister in 2023, she visited the Bronzefield Prison Chess Club and played a full game, lasting about 20 minutes, with a resident. I tried to attach a photograph here ( probably unsuccessfully!)

Chess question on ' Only Connect ' tonight about the value of chess pieces. They didn't identify the answer.

My recollections of Alan are mainly from the 1970's, when I watched him play, on the top boards in the Open's (probably LARA, Charlton, Royal Standard, Islington etc). My impression was that he was one of the best players around, but just not quite as good as the elite players like Tony Miles and Ge...

Thanks John. I think you are right about the year being 2004 and it being the seniors world team championship. That sounds right. And, of course it was Denis Hemsley not Ted ! He was a lovely chap. I think it was him who developed a close relationship with the sponsor from Monarch Assurance, without...

I met Jacob Murey at the Isle of Man Tournament organised by Ted Hemsley and Stewart Reuben (possibly around 2001). I was there in a working capacity of 'games imputter' and ' Trainee Arbiter'. One evening I was wandering through the hotel that hosted the event and where most of the players stayed, ...

I hadn't noticed, but now you mention it John, I think you are right about that first photo - i don't think it is Gavin !

Not sure what to say. I am stunned. I knew Gavin as well as knew most chess players. He has stayed at my house on occasions and we have had numerous beers together at tournaments and blitz evenings. I have played him a few times over the years, yhe last time was relatively recently in the last Thame...

It seems strange that the most popular event at the Championships seems to be the over 65's with 47 entries already....

I am really sad to hear this news about Stewart. A larger than life character who would dominate any environment with his force of personality, despite his diminutive stature. I am sure that anyone who knew him, would have a Stewart Reuben story to tell. I think it's fair to say he wasn't everyone's...

Interesting!
Only just seen your message.

Yesterday, I finally managed to finally get our chess club's congress funds back again from our bank. They were confiscated back in 2021 because of inactivity in the account due to covid. We didn't run our one day Rapidplay in either 2020 or 2021, so our account was closed, and our account balance o...