English Chess Forum

"Yes it took a long time to get 2 cups of coffee at 10 am."

To be fair, I was only playing on Sunday and Reception were very helpful explaining how to register for car parking, and coffee arrived quickly when I asked for it. If everyone arrives at the same time, it must make it difficult!

"PS re Holiday Inn, Maidenhead, I think they should have striven to have 3 people on Reception, especially between 1245 and 1400. There were only two when I was queuing at 1325." They seemed to have 3 when people were checking out before today's game. Perhaps they went to the same training course as...

"The resolution recognizes that as a game, promoting fairness, inclusion and mutual respect, chess can contribute to an atmosphere of tolerance and understanding among peoples."

True - I notice that every time I look at the forum.

"JustinHorton wrote: ↑ If we are to be barred from wearing watches, I trust this will only happen in venues with visible and accurate clocks. --- Hardly a challenging threshold, but... why, out of interest?" I may be missing the point, but some players will be taking medication at fairly specific ti...

"Well also the English writing, and the fact that neither player looked the age they were when the match took place."

True - and did Maia have the trademark hat then?

The DGT was a bit of a giveaway, and the lack of scoresheets, and lack of arbiter sitting at the end of the board!

"LOL, I can see it's only a matter of time before this thread starts to consider whether writing, "Remember to buy dog biscuits on the way home", is an offence if written on the scoresheet - and is the back of the scoresheet still a scoresheet? - but not if written on a separate piece of paper." I t...

Hard luck Richard.

Roger had the distinction of having no draws, so I applaud his fighting spirit (although I imagine he wasn't happy with the losses!)

"I'm looking at it after 42 moves, Chessbomb's giving White almost a pawn's worth of advantage, but is it actually real?"

I didn't think so, maybe an edge. Good to see such fight in Game 1.

"The answer is that yes, he was, because it's the arbiter's duty to seek medical attention if the player turns out to be seriously ill." True. It reminds me of the guy on a bus who was staring into space so the police were called. They spoke to the passenger who just stared into space, so they taser...

"Whereas I just need to be paired against Howell and win! "

Well, you're halfway there... (unless it changes of course.)

Good luck.

"I am in no position to comment, but in the opinion of the qualified doctor with whom I spoke, it is wrong to say that there are no drugs which are performance enhancing for chess." I agree (twice in one day...) I assume I spoke to a different doctor, but he mentioned a drug (not caffeine, Modafinil...

"With Doping however, the Medical Commission is judge, jury and executioner in that they also decide the sanction, which can then only be appealed to CAS. My personal view is that this difference of process doesn't seem right." I agree. Actually the whole post is very good. There seem to be some iss...

Another GM successfully fends off Richard!

"It fits happily into either section; I don't think I'll move it, but I also don't think I would have moved it had someone started it there and suggested it be moved here."

That sounds entirely reasonable.

Do we know when it starts yet?