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Charlie Storey wrote: ↑

Fri Dec 18, 2020 12:21 pm

Perhaps you shold try Lichess seeing as that's where everyone plays for the past year....very sloppy research from someone I once had respect for.

When looking at your standard play record, why would anyone mention lichess when you've only played blitz and bullet on there?

I generally eat most GMs for breakfast I had a look in ChessBase and could only see 4 wins against GMs in standard play games, and a large number of losses. Whilst this may be an incomplete record of your games, it seemed typical to me of what I'd expect of a player rated 2200 - 2300. How many GMs ...

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Matt Bridgeman wrote: ↑

Tue Dec 15, 2020 11:53 pm

https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... ity-groups

It would be interesting to know the approximate numbers in each group to determine how far down the list I am.

Matt Mackenzie wrote: ↑

Sun Dec 13, 2020 4:32 pm

Presumably 1978 was the last one?

Not unless there was more than one event with the same name. I played in a Battle of Britain tournament in 1979.

The current version of the tournament regulations has different entry deadlines depending on the event, the earliest of which is 7 pm on 15 December. No: the entry deadline for the Seniors shown in that link is yesterday, as Tim said: British Championship – Senior Qualifier Entry Deadline 1900 on F...

When I entered the website said the closing date for the Championships (including seniors) was 7pm yesterday (Friday 11 December). But at 1054 am today I received a circular email from Andrew Walker which says: "Entries are still open for the various Championships qualifiers, Major Open and Rating ...

As a database, there are free options. Chessbase seems to remain the standard, but is extortionate. You can find older Chessbase versions on discount. Got Chessbase pro 13 on Steam for around £17. In your situation I would be tempted to buy ChessBase 9 secondhand (currently £12.75 + £1.40 postage o...

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Paul McKeown wrote: ↑

Mon Dec 07, 2020 3:38 am

I think he may also have played years ago in a 4NCL Div. 2 or 3 team.

Guildford, as my team-mate, for roughly 10 years from 2000.

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John Upham wrote: ↑

Sun Dec 06, 2020 3:42 pm

Ian Thompson wrote: ↑

Sun Dec 06, 2020 3:18 pm

Having only raced at one circuit

Was it the M25 by any chance?

If it had been the RAC MSA would have taken my license away for not going fast enough.

I prefer the Nürburgring but it fell out of favour post 1985. I have competed at Donnington, Silverstone, Brands Hatch, Goodwood and Thruxton and have held an FIA International B licence granted by the RAC MSA. :D Having only raced at one circuit I don't feel qualified to comment on the merits of d...

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