English Chess Forum

Radio 4 this morning on the today programme. Apparently the Eagle sisters, Angela and Maria, both MPs were on the today programme being interviewed about chess. It sounds as if they were complimentary about chess and claim that one of them was misquoted earlier in the week. Although chess is very mu...

I know at least one person who is playing at the Leeds congress, then traveling to Edinburgh on the Monday to play in the CS Open :) Good news Jon. I'll be at Leeds as you know and then playing in Edinburgh too. I'm looking forward to both events. Are you able to say who it is or could you send me ...

There were two proposals put forward at various AGMs to unify some of the local leagues time rates. The proposals were to suggest the same local league rates as Leeds (35 move in 1.15 with 15mins to finish) and were put forward to Calderdale (36 in 1.15 + 15) and Bradford (37 in 1.15 + 15) The Bradf...

Civil Service Open Championship Monday 14 - Wednesday 16 July 2014 Venue: Edinburgh Chess Club, 1 Alva Street, Edinburgh, EH2 4PH Monday 14 July Rd1 1.30pm – 5.30pm Rd2 6.00pm – 10.00pm Tuesday 15 July Rd3 10.00am - 2.00pm Rd4 2.30pm – 6.30pm Wednesday Rd5 10.00am – 2.00pm Closing Date for Entries: ...

Have the England Olympiad teams been announced officially yet?
If so what will they be?

I think the rule is unworkable to the average tournament such as e2e4 and 4NCL. I trust the arbiters to come up with a sensible solution. How are people able to safely store laptops and mobile phones while they play their last round? At the 4NCL on a Sunday the room is littered with overnight bags w...

I think this is terrific and am pleased to see a course running in Sheffield.

Sometimes I think it's a shame I already have a 9-5 job.

I'll make sure we advertise it on the Yorkshire website.

Puzzling that the Open could only muster 6 entries. Any reason for that?

Would love to have had more notice so we could have advertised it better. However, we have advertised it on the Yorkshire site and through social media so I hope it will be a success.
Sadly I have other commitments this weekend.

I think that would be pretty hard to beat Loz. Nice to see youth getting a chance.

I did notice that David Anderton faced Josh Altman on Saturday in the Div 2 b match AD's v Barbican Youth. There can't have been many instances of a greater difference in ages than that for a match?

Check out the Yorkshire site on how to make your own predictions on the candidates and win cash if you are better than the rest.

http://yorkshirechess.org/fide-candidat ... edictions/

I thought you needed to play a certain number of games to get even a part elo rating. Isn't this still the case. By submitting the results each weekend does it mean a player can play a whole season of 4NCL games but never achieve a part elo rating? I keep being reminded that this has certainly scupp...

A very good point indeed. England's most succesful generation with umpteen Olympiad and European medals to their name are about to hit the senior competitions. For example I believe Nigel Short will be 50 next year. Indeed the players who came into chess through the Fischer / Spassky match are all f...

The Bradford league has this year adopted a yellow/red card system. If a team defaults a board other than the bottom board in a match then the league secretary with give that team a yellow card. The next time this happens the team will be docked a board point in addition to the default. So far only ...

Great idea and I wish you success.

Have you considered producing a video of the lectures?