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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...

Perhaps ought to be in the U12 major. Equal 1st in a Moscow event. Well, yes, there's a separate question as to why, with (again according to the same FIDE website) a ELO1456 rating, she was allowed into the under-12 minor but not seeded appropriately for Swiss pairing purposes. Hello Roger again y...

In the under-12 minor, a total outsider leads with 7.5/8 going into the final round. This provoked my curiosity and, on the FIDE website, the girl in question is said to have been born in 2005. That would seem to mean she attained age 12 sometime in 2017. In that case, can someone explain how she c...

Yes of course but from what I remember reading elsewhere the structure and implications are similar under ENG law.

As to your second point, I'm not a lawyer but I'd welcome a comment from anyone who is. (My apologies, Michael, if it proves you are yourself a legal eagle!). I realise this is a few months back now and I meant to reply earlier. As said I am not a lawyer but saw this summary recently from people wh...