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Re “stopping such policies”, my club had such a policy, changed the policy to stop doing it and there has been a discussion about going back to the old policy. Hence why I am interested in hearing about what other clubs do. I am not aggrieved in response to the earlier post!

Which is your neck of the woods?

Can anyone provide examples of clubs that provide free membership for titled players? I would also be interested to hear about intra club discussions around introducing or stopping such policies

Chessbase have told me to run the first update - file, activation, program update - which I will do later. So does indeed look as if the problem is at their end.

It would appear so

I have just bought chessbase 18 with mega 2025. I previously used chessbase 16 which was very intuitive for player preparation. You just clicked on the person and then prep against say white and you got not just a list of games but also list of moves played in those games which made prep easy. In ch...

The ECF have asked for this money, it’s not an idea conjured up by the Government, as I understand it. If this is handled well by the ECF it could be hugely positive for English chess including attracting sponsors.

I'd love to believe it but time and time again Sunak has pledged finance and support for a whole range of issues (have to say ones that are a lot more important and desperate for money than chess) in the grubby pursuit of more votes for this incompetent government only to renege on them later. Wher...

Also an ECF member and also confused by that email

I like it but would much prefer the layout to be one long script rather than two columns which makes it harder to read. I did give this feedback to the ECF but was told there are conflicting views on the point. Thank you for taking this on Andrew.

I played along side Michael for Leeds in the Woodhouse Cup and also for Yorkshire in the 70s. I was a junior, first attended the club aged 11 in 1973. Michael was by far the strongest player at the club, which then played above the Victoria pub behind the Town Hall. I remember him to be fairly shy b...

Adams clear winner on 8, no play off

After d4 e6 e4 you also have the option of b6 if you don’t know the French.

As has been mentioned White has a couple of awkward lines against f5. - e4 and Ng5. To avoid these black can go e6 and then f5 next move. I think that’s the best move order but white may go 2 e4 nd then you need to go b6 or play the French. The simon Williams videos are really good and entertaining.

I am very supportive of Nigel’s candidacy. I know he can be controversial - but for that reason I think his columns are excellent - but he has the good of chess at heart. FIDE has not been good for chess for many years. It will only change when an outsider wins the presidency. Malcolm Pein would als...