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Caruana has arrived, next player arrives Thursday

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Gerard Killoran wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 05, 2021 10:25 am

John McKenna wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 04, 2021 3:52 pm

I thought you might have been educated by Jesuits.

What an interesting remark, I wonder what provoked it.

Yes, I thought that too (speaking as someone who was "educated" by Jesuits; how can you tell?)

Just received the sad news The funeral of Neil Pickering who was the Captain of Eccles Chess Club from 1998 - 2013 will be taking place at 10.30 on the 13th January 2021 at St. Peters Parish Church, Churchgate in Bolton where he was a warden for many years. Neil who captained the 1st team in all lea...

TWIC We need to get through the Coronavirus crisis first but I think there might be room for a British Online Championship with this format going forward. Probably unlikely, but worth thinking about. There will need to be at least one more British Online Championships. The one definite sanction bei...

Pete Doggers featuring From Russia with love

Interesting to see Radjabov returning to form, as he demonstrated at the last World Cup

TWIC day 9 report Radjabov won the World Cup in 2019 but to me this feels even more like a return to the very top of World Chess. After taking some time to get used to playing online it looks like he has discovered a real taste for the game again. I think this finally puts to rest the disaster Radj...

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We need to get through the Coronavirus crisis first but I think there might be room for a British Online Championship with this format going forward. Probably unlikely, but worth thinking about.

Tarjei

Dvorkovich also saying: "Our plan is to do Candidates in the second half of April, in Russia and likely Yekaterinburg. We will announce it closer to the end of January."

TWIC day 7 and day 8

Not sure I have seen this mentioned, but apologies if I have missed it (and Happy New Year all)

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TWIC reports day 1, day 2, day 3, day 4, day 5 and day 6

Semifinal day 2 Friday 1st Jan 2020

If we do have another solid 12 months of online chess ahead of us still, I wonder if one idea might be to create a series of closed events. Invite players who people feel confident aren’t resorting to engine assistance, and leave the rest to play in other events. That's effectively what is happenin...

It is worth letting the Grading team know if there's anyone on the grading list who has died; I find people occasionally and let Matthew Carr know

I'd leave the obituary posting for anyone who has died within the last year only

From 00:01 on Boxing Day, Sussex, Oxfordshire, Suffolk, Norfolk and Cambridgeshire, those parts in Essex not already in tier four, Waverley in Surrey, and Hampshire - including Portsmouth and Southampton but with the exception of the New Forest - will be escalated to tier four. Bristol, Gloucesters...

Well worth a read

Let me state unequivocally that there is currently zero evidence for biological differences in chess ability between the genders

None of you seems to mention the First Saturday round robin tournaments in Budapest. They have been proceeding on schedule. There is never any scheduled for January. Quite right, Stewart, and what is more Keith Arkell played in a First Saturday two months or so ago, announcing it advance here and w...