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- Wed Jan 03, 2024 12:50 pm
- Forum: Congress Diary
- Topic: Caplin Hastings 2023-24
- Replies: 107
- Views: 12055
Re: Caplin Hastings 2023-24
Not attending Hastings for about the first time in 28 years I have been following the event mainly via the excellent Richard Pert commentary. High points have included Danny appearing after losing his QR on move 9 and Jack appearing after being demolished by Richard's son, Max (using his dad's openi...
- Mon Dec 18, 2023 11:45 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Media comments on chess
- Replies: 5968
- Views: 737852
Re: Media comments on chess
Yes, I also noticed the correct "Pertz" pronunciation and (watching the clip) realised that he gets the game number wrong. He definitely says "7" not "17" (when I looked it up I assumed I must have misheard when watching the film, but I didn't).
- Sun Dec 17, 2023 2:05 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Media comments on chess
- Replies: 5968
- Views: 737852
Re: Media comments on chess
There was a reference to Fischer vs Spassky 1972 in the film "Harry Brown" which was shown last night on Dave. Michael Caine plays Harry Brown, a retired ex-marine who lives on a London housing estate which has a gang of youths who sell drugs and terrorize many residents. In early scenes we see Harr...
- Mon Dec 04, 2023 8:38 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Chess and puzzles
- Replies: 10
- Views: 869
Re: Chess and puzzles
I do about one Sudoku a day (generally out of the Times Fiendish or Super Fiendish books). Professionally (my work continues although retired) I write software to solve engineering problems and I enjoy debugging code. Neither of these activities has improved my chess, I think.
- Wed Nov 29, 2023 11:11 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Very long games in weekend tournaments
- Replies: 66
- Views: 7671
Re: Very long games in weekend tournaments
Peter has been doing similar things in evening league games too. This year the Surrey League introduced G75 + 10 second increments as the default time limit but with the proviso that there is also (by default) a 3 hour session and unfinished games would be sent for adjudication (thus upholding Surre...
- Sun Nov 19, 2023 11:04 am
- Forum: Rating Debate
- Topic: "Resetting" my rapid rating
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1553
Re: "Resetting" my rapid rating
Isn't the obvious solution not to play any games for a season ... then your existing rating will be cancelled?
- Fri Nov 03, 2023 10:01 am
- Forum: ECF Matters
- Topic: London Chess Classic 2023
- Replies: 140
- Views: 13601
Re: London Chess Classic 2023
I agree it was most interesting when it was 4 top English players against 4 of the top players in the rest of the world. After that it became one of a small number of elite international events from which the top player (in all those events) would earn a place in the Candidates tournament.
- Tue Oct 24, 2023 12:14 pm
- Forum: Chess History
- Topic: Tele Chess
- Replies: 24
- Views: 1560
Re: Tele Chess
There was thread on here 3 years ago (during the Covid Chess Closedown) proposing hybrid club matches (each club plays at their own venue). During this discussion the problems with BCF National Club telephone matches were recounted, particularly the infamous Maidstone vs Dundee encounter of 1994. Se...
- Fri Oct 13, 2023 4:44 pm
- Forum: Chess History
- Topic: SCCA Challenge Cup
- Replies: 72
- Views: 4602
Re: SCCA Challenge Cup
Paul emailed me asking where the historical records on the website were taken from. The bulk of my reply is below (omitting the bit which speculates about the identity of the person who mis-read the name off the Challenge Cup). "If you look at the historical records section of the website you will n...
- Fri Oct 13, 2023 10:59 am
- Forum: International News
- Topic: Qatar Masters
- Replies: 47
- Views: 3740
Re: Qatar Masters
I buy my watches (they last a year or two) for less than £10 on Amazon. It's obviously an electronic device but doesn't act as a device for communication. Should I continue to wear it in tournaments?
- Fri Oct 06, 2023 5:22 pm
- Forum: Chess Questions
- Topic: Incorrect chess board rotation
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2395
Re: Incorrect chess board rotation
Jack, the OP says my white rook was on h8 rather than a1 so 180 degrees in this case. The board was set up correctly, just the marked on notation (a-h, and 1-8) was wrong.IM Jack Rudd wrote: ↑Fri Oct 06, 2023 3:10 pmNo, 180. Rotation by 90 degrees would be needed to correct a board set up with a1 as a white square.
- Fri Oct 06, 2023 8:59 am
- Forum: Chess Questions
- Topic: Incorrect chess board rotation
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2395
Re: Incorrect chess board rotation
The position of the square a1 is defined by where the player with the white pieces is sitting, not any notation marked on the board. There was no need to rotate the board by 180 degrees and reset the pieces. However, it would be a friendly/ sporting thing to do if the other player was relying on the...
- Sat Sep 23, 2023 12:03 pm
- Forum: ECF Matters
- Topic: October 2023 ECF AGM
- Replies: 115
- Views: 10220
Re: October 2023 ECF AGM
Paul, what is your recipe for solving the democratic deficit, then? Alongside most other voluntary organisations with 1,000s of members the democratic participation rate by members of the ECF is very low (instanced for example by the numbers voting to elect Member Representatives on Council). The ba...
- Tue Sep 19, 2023 10:18 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: What have the ECF ever done for us!
- Replies: 24
- Views: 2314
Re: What have the ECF ever done for us!
The ECF rating policy is that either the whole event is submitted for rating or that no results are submitted. Thanks, Brian. That is what I had always assumed and I was disturbed to see people ( I think ) suggesting otherwise. I welcome the unequivocal statement of ECF rating policy on submitting ...
- Fri Sep 15, 2023 9:21 am
- Forum: ECF Matters
- Topic: Game Fee Question
- Replies: 5
- Views: 592
Re: Game Fee Question
I believe the system that the ECF used to use was the age of a junior during a season was the age as at September 1st whereas FIDE used the age on January 1st during the year. The ECF approach was based on keeping the same age for a grading year. Of course this may have changed now (assuming I am ri...