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by Hok Yin Stephen Chiu
Mon Feb 26, 2024 3:41 am
Forum: ECF Matters
Topic: ECF meeting reports
Replies: 197
Views: 76001

Re: ECF meeting reports

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by Hok Yin Stephen Chiu
Mon Feb 26, 2024 3:36 am
Forum: ECF Matters
Topic: ECF Membership Reform
Replies: 168
Views: 78783

Re: ECF Membership Reform

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by Hok Yin Stephen Chiu
Sat Aug 12, 2023 8:44 pm
Forum: ECF Matters
Topic: ECF Membership Reform
Replies: 168
Views: 78783

Re: ECF Membership Reform

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by Hok Yin Stephen Chiu
Sat Aug 12, 2023 8:37 pm
Forum: ECF Matters
Topic: ECF Membership Reform
Replies: 168
Views: 78783

Re: ECF Membership Reform

Dragoljub Sudar wrote: ↑
Tue Aug 08, 2023 4:26 pm
The most sensible thing to do is merge Bronze and Silver and charge about £23
This is just objectively sensible.
by Hok Yin Stephen Chiu
Mon Apr 24, 2023 3:06 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Too much dishonesty in chess
Replies: 73
Views: 16428

Re: Too much dishonesty in chess

Not to rain on this parade, but does any of this matter, as long as an organiser/arbiter does the pairings consistently, and the seed order from Round 1 to the final Round doesn't change?
by Hok Yin Stephen Chiu
Tue Feb 21, 2023 12:14 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Draw Claims - Is This Arbiter's Explanation Correct?
Replies: 15
Views: 4467

Re: Draw Claims - Is This Arbiter's Explanation Correct?

The arbiter was correct to reject the draw claim because the move hadn't been written down, but that does seem pretty clear confirmation that the player did not touch a piece "with the intention of moving or capturing" it, as required by Article 4.3. I wonder what he would have done if the move had...
by Hok Yin Stephen Chiu
Sun Feb 19, 2023 7:22 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Chess Entrepreneurs in England
Replies: 3
Views: 1900

Chess Entrepreneurs in England

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by Hok Yin Stephen Chiu
Sat Oct 22, 2022 8:16 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Arbiting Question
Replies: 44
Views: 6628

Re: Arbiting Question

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by Hok Yin Stephen Chiu
Mon Oct 17, 2022 12:32 pm
Forum: ECF Matters
Topic: ECF AGM 2022
Replies: 278
Views: 48670

Re: ECF AGM 2022

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by Hok Yin Stephen Chiu
Sun Oct 02, 2022 7:10 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: University Chess
Replies: 16
Views: 3087

Re: University Chess

They've grown a lot since my time; they even won an ECF award recently:
https://issuu.com/warwickchess/docs/war ... rt_2021_22
by Hok Yin Stephen Chiu
Sun Sep 18, 2022 2:45 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Arbiter Question
Replies: 77
Views: 14136

Re: Arbiter Question

Hi MJM, ..this site is going down the drains man, it really is. What makes you say that? My question is perfectly valid. Can a player ask if his DGT Board (live) be switched off (dead.) Nobody appears to know in spite of the place being infested with arbiters, controllers... I've either asked the q...
by Hok Yin Stephen Chiu
Wed Mar 09, 2022 2:33 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: ECF Bans Russians
Replies: 137
Views: 17173

Re: ECF Bans Russians

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