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From the link The game teaches children to concentrate for long periods of time, to observe correct etiquette and to accept adjudication decisions (Ed: I suspect this means arbiting decisions!). I think it means what it says. Arbiter is a relatively new term, isn't it? In 1948 the term used would p...

Not sure this is pedantry, but I was amused to read that ChessBase has a sale on today where they say you can buy products at "premium prices".

Perhaps something has been lost in translation.

Geoff Chandler wrote: ↑

Sun Nov 15, 2020 2:30 pm

I have also been told I can get Netflix on a free months trial...Hmmmmm.

I don't think that's true any more - see https://help.netflix.com/en/node/16282.

This article has some suggestions on how to minimise the cost.

Are the proposed LJCC anti-cheating measures any different to the ones used in 4NCL Online events, I wonder. Yes. The 4NCL has an appeals process it manages, so it is possible to continue playing in 4NCL events after a platform ban if the 4NCL appeal is successful. The LJCC has no appeals process o...

In connection with the original thread title only, it might be worth looking at Tony Kosten's record. I don't have any games of his before Manchester 1981 but next time I looked in about 1990, at age approx 32, he was a GM. Relying on memory here so will check and repost if incorrect unless someone...

The Regan tests have nothing to do with beating 2100 players, it is how well you match computer selections. Of course there has to be base case to test the performance against, so if you are assuming a player is 1300 and they are actually 1800 then this is going to be a very significant flaw. I wou...

NigelDonovan wrote: ↑

Wed Nov 11, 2020 2:04 pm

HAlFmOON?

Arbiter ruling needed. My dictionary only has "half-moon".

Wadih Khoury wrote: ↑

Tue Nov 10, 2020 6:25 pm

Why would you assume they are not accurate?

Because there's no way of knowing how many people might have got away with it, or how many false positives there might have been.

UKCC: for most of the tournament, the only measured were lichess detection and Regan's software. In an interview, it was claimed that there has been an estimated 100 cheater out of 2000 participants at the UKCC. This is a 5% cheat ratio. French online junior championship: audio, video, screen shari...

I do wonder slightly how worthwhile it is. Even with all of this there's a variety of ways someone with effort/knowledge could still arrange to cheat. Wouldn't attaching a wireless keyboard, monitor and mouse, all located in a nearby room, be a pretty easy way of cheating by allowing someone else t...

There's a website for this event now - https://barcelonachess.com/ . According to the map, you can play in Barcelona, Oporto, Moscow or Bogotá. Maybe Athens as well because there's a chess-results page listing it as a venue. They're now advertising 26 venues in 19 countries , so it will be interest...

On the subject of the election, I found this newspaper cartoon amusing.

Roger de Coverly wrote: ↑

Thu Nov 05, 2020 9:15 am

John Clarke wrote: ↑

Thu Nov 05, 2020 9:03 am

Yes, a rare phenomenon indeed. I've personally encountered only one other example.

The Hunt family (Caro, Harriet and Adam) would perhaps be the best known example.

Susan and Peter Lalic was my first thought.

Joey Stewart wrote: ↑

Wed Nov 04, 2020 3:32 pm

They aren't exactly nations though

Change that to organisations represented on the BICC then.

• All Events Ticket - Allows the player to take part in any qualifier they are eligible for. In order to participate in these Championships, all players must either: - Have a FIDE Nationality of ENG, IRL, SCO, WLS, GCI or JCI; or - Have been continuously resident in England, Northern Ireland, Scotl...