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LawrenceCooper wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 21, 2026 10:47 pm

ThomasEvans wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 21, 2026 10:45 pm

with Cheddleton having no reserve player.......

They have eight players registered for the event but have selected the same six each round.

Indeed they do - I'll blame chess-results for that slip up for not showing players with 0 games played in the round results

Thanks. I see now that a pairing against the 2177 or the 2116 would mean that the requirement would be at worst 1.5/2. In nearly all the scenarios, you get either some reduction in the required score or a relatively easy pairing. If I was asked for the odds right now, I would say they are good. As ...

And potentially looking at a GM norm - he'll need to play two GMs in the final two rounds, and in the final three rounds score 1.0/3 if his last two opponents average 2572.5+ or 1.5/3 if they average 2355.5+. He has two GM norms from the 4NCL so, whilst a third norm here would be a great performanc...

Richard Pert's TPR is getting interesting. With 3/3 it was 3163 & he is now on 4/4 having won against FM Eduard Miller 2342. And potentially looking at a GM norm - he'll need to play two GMs in the final two rounds, and in the final three rounds score 1.0/3 if his last two opponents average 2572.5+...

How is the norm prospect looking? The first-round loss must have dented that surely? I don't have time these days to calculate... She's met the federation and title requirements from her first four opponents, so her norm chances are solely on the average rating of her last three opponents and her s...

Norm candidates in Round 11:

Lorenzo Fava (Warwickshire, Bd.122) - draw for an IM norm (plays Theo Khoury, 2195)
Max Turner (White Rose, Bd.133) - win for an IM norm (plays Shreyas Royal, 2505)
James Jackson (Wood Green Youth, Bd.153) - win for a GM norm (plays Jakub Kosakowski, 2550)

Zero comments about the national chess league since November! This morning is the 11th and final round. Can anybody (Loz? Alex?) tell me who are the candidates (if any) for GM, IM, WGM and WIM title norms? Sergey Korshunov (Wood Green Youth) earned an IM norm in Round 10 (his 2nd norm). Lorenzo Fav...

Bidding is common in online armageddons but it could be the first time FIDE have used it. I've seen it in the regulations of some FIDE tournaments this year (e.g. the World Rapid & Blitz Teams Championship), but it may not have been actually used yet (and I'd be surprised if we went the entire Worl...

Order of AROc1 amongst potential qualifiers in the Open: 1) Mishra Abhimanyu (6.5pts, 2731 AROc1) 2) Bluebaum Matthias (7pts, 2694.9 AROc1) 3) Erigaisi Arjun (6.5pts, 2687.2 AROc1) 4) Woodward Andy (6.5pts, 2686.1 AROc1) 5) Firouzja Alireza (7pts, 2684 AROc1) 6) Niemann Hans Moke (7pts, 2668.4 AROc1...

Norm chances by my maths going into Rd.8 (presuming all ratings and titled on chess-results are accurate FIDE): Czopor (GM) - play Bazakutsa tomorrow (needs a third non-ENG at 2465+, he's the only one) and score 2.0/2 (I think he is the only non-ENG player still up for a norm as all the others canno...

Looks like Li got an IM norm, though. I'm not sure he does - he's played 7 English players (usually max 6/9), which is only allowed in this event under 1.4.3d : Swiss System tournaments in which participants include in every round at least 20 FIDE rated players, not from the host federation, from a...

Is it right that Freddie Gordon passed 2400 at the last 4NCL weekend and so achieved the IM title at 14? Who is the youngest ever British IM? I don't know the answer. While Freddie has three norms and a 2400 rating, none of the three norms on the FIDE website are a swiss or a national championship,...

Yes, it looks like the two leaders can play each other and the four on six can all be paired. I'm nervously waiting for the final round pairings to see how many of my 4NCL team have a norm chance in the last round. By my maths (presuming the ratings on chess-results are all FIDE ratings and no nati...

Koby's only remaining route to an IM norm is to go 2/2 facing a 2350+ in the last round. None of the other ENG players have any remaining norm chance. White against a 2364 IM born in 2006. Cutting it about as fine as you can get! What I also missed is that a win against a 2346+ would also have been...

Koby's only remaining route to an IM norm is to go 2/2 facing a 2350+ in the last round. None of the other ENG players have any remaining norm chance.