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Hello Roger Are you connected with the organisation of this event; I know Bourne-End is your chess club? I had been considering entering as I would be in the area but my other commitment now requires more time. Whilst looking through the entry form I noticed one of the helpful FIDE notes is about 5 ...

Law 8.1.6 now stipulates that the clock is not adjusted in the case of a player with a disability. David has given a correct answer but to a different question. 8.1.6 applies where an assistant writes down the moves. JT's original question related to an adjustment where neither he nor an assistant ...

A move is completed only after you press the clock. So no move was made prior to pressing the clock. That's not quite right. The move was made prior to pressing the clock, but it was not completed prior to pressing the clock. David's comment is not quite right either. Illegal moves are never made t...

Hello Stewart If you need to check the BCF Lightning tournament rules the last set I know of was included in the BCF yearbook for1970-71. They definitely included the announcing check rule. If a player failed to announce check and as a result the opponent left their king in check the opponent could ...

In 1970 or thereabouts the BCF lightning rules had two rules which might be considered unusual now:- a. check had to be announced b. the arbiter had to default a player for any second rule infringement, none of this wishy washy 3 or 4 strikes and you're out. Players and arbiters were expected to kno...

Hello Brian

I've only just started reading this stuff.

If you are going ELO type, how do you plan to ensure consistency across junior grades where some play a high proportion of adults and others play a much smaller proportion of adults?

The practical effect, as noted by Jack, is that an illegal move can directly lose by virtue of the requirement to substitute a move involving the touched piece. At the other extreme it is also possible under FIDE laws, for you to complete an illegal move, it is pointed out and the only other legal ...

soheil_hooshdaran You mention that this game was a Women's National Championship played under Blitz format. How many arbiters were running the section and how many players took part ? What was decided and how did the game proceed ? The replies on this forum assume that Black's immediately preceding ...

As regards the clock 6.2.3 A player must press his clock with the same hand with which he made his move. Breach of this rule of course does not constitute an illegal move as defined by 7.5.4 (I think?) so again I believe the penalty is at the arbiter's discretion, i.e. 12.9. Your statement is not a...

Synchronised arbiting is to be included in the 2028 Olympic games.

The sub-events are not yet decided but may include:- synchronised manual round pairings, synchronised game input, and a restaurant event.

The latest massive analysis of results showed that, aside from initial ratings still needing work, the predictive power of FIDE ratings for juniors is pretty good. At the risk of banging the point over the head, there is nothing that any system can do with results that are not reported. I might be ...

Roger de Coverly wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 30, 2018 9:09 am

It a surprise that the ECF think the costs of collection are so low that it's worth bothering to collect £ 5 a head.

Gift aid ?

My understanding is that being a captain does not give me authority to intervene, for example by claiming touch move on behalf of my team-mate. Is that correct? Leagues tend to set their own local rules as to the extent, if at all, captains can intervene. Oxford's for example http://www.oxfordfusio...

For the avoidance of doubt, nothing here is intended as a criticism of the junior in question. But either the LJCC organisers were aware of her rating or they weren't. If no, why was she permitted to compete? If yes, why wasn't she seeded sensibly? Agreed, I guess you could take it that the organis...

It doesn't look as if the organisers took into account her FIDE rating, either for eligibility or pairings. Instead, particularly as this was not FIDE rated but just an ECF graded event, they paired her as if she had a grade of 50. yes I noticed that but felt player identification was more importan...