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Thanks for all the responses. The question of assuming grades to ungraded players is another thing as well. So I will basically ask are there any other aggregate grading leagues, and what assumed grades are given to ungraded players. Another thing as well as what? My Club - Sutton Coldfield - compe...

So the question is how do I go about doing this (please don't state that I put it forward as a proposal at an AGM, and then it gets voted upon.) What I mean is, do I need to do some sort of "election campaign" to make sure that people vote for my proposal. Something vital comes alongside that. You ...

Robert Stokes wrote:Another thought. What other "sport" can be played by post or over the internet?

Archery, for one. There is even such a thing as the World Correspondence Archery Tournament:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B386A1 ... 15a0k/view
Not decided by "subjective judgement" either.

Hello. The website of my province offers a chess calendar, listing all events to be held in the province over the whole year together with their dates. Do you think it is necessary to include it? Where else would someone expect to find the chess events of a province than on that province's chess we...

The main thing that frustrates me is when members join the club, seem enthusiastic for a couple of weeks and then vanish never to be heard from again, even in response to an email follow up. If the club has done something wrong at least you have the feedback as data. On two occasions an adult has v...

[...] More lapsed members came back because we made contact with them but this was not the exclusive source of new or returning members. For new members most of the joiners came because of personal recommendation rather than what they had read. Some however just phone up on spec presumably having r...

The truth remains: if former members wanted you, then they would have found you already. I disagree. In Witney I used to make contact with lapsed members and ask why they left. if relevant, I then would explain why the club was now different eg more active club nights, more teams, better coaching a...

Keeping them on the email distribution list for news updates, match reports etc helps, but to be honest we haven't had many lapsed members return over the years, given that they usually lapse for a good reason (moving away from the area, family commitments etc). Lapsed members will reconnect with y...

Wanted: A DGT 2010 so-called First Generation (FG) model. That is, NOT the current Second Generation (SG) model with its front panel buttons on a blue strip. What is wanted is the original DGT 2010 so that we can complete our complement of such clocks. Currently we have 7, which is neither here nor ...

Gareth T Ellis wrote:For clubs the 3000 is available at £45 the 2010 £35

Where?

but normally supply follows demand. Here, by advertising an event where there is little or no demand among stronger players, the best "surprise" you are likely to get is two teams of 160 strength playing each other four times over a weekend and one of them becoming "Open" Champion. Then "you" will ...

but normally supply follows demand. Here, by advertising an event where there is little or no demand among stronger players, the best "surprise" you are likely to get is two teams of 160 strength playing each other four times over a weekend and one of them becoming "Open" Champion. Then "you" will ...

Beyond scale of course I don't actually think there's anything fundamentally different between a county team and a local league team. Compare how many County players aren't members of a Club to how many Club members don't play for a County. Compare how many County matches there are in a season... C...

One of the things that’s a bit odd about club chess is that there’s no culture of adults seeking professional help to improve. Unlike golf or tennis, say. [...] It’s not obvious to me why this would be. Because it's one thing to be told that you're weak in your hands, but another thing to be told t...