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Anyone able to advise on my previous question which essentially was, can anyone advise what happens next when a FIDE Commission (in this case, the Ethics Commission) determines that a matter " ... should be referred for the attention of FIDE Arbiters Commission as well as the FIDE Rules & Tournament...

LOL, even though it might spread a little ray of sunshine, you'd have to be really keen to run in a penguin suit.

I recall, during the late 1950s or early 1960s, being part of a squad of strong juniors coached by Bob Wade at John Lewis's premises in or just off Oxford Street, London, every Saturday - or perhaps it was every Sunday. One of the strengths of this was that (if my memory serves me correctly!) it was...

Yes, agreed, as simple as that!

There’s some interesting stuff here and, while Stewart is right in remarking on the inadequacy of supervision at rapidplay events, the same can be said of many standardplay events. Difference is that incidents are relatively more common at rapidplay events and, once they happen, may be less easy to ...

As to which rules, Watford explicitly asked ECF this at a very early stage, receiving no direct answer, but the most reasonable assumption appears to be that July 2014 rapidplay rules applied. As to Roger's point about leniency, if I recall rightly this applied to young and inexperienced players. Bu...

Sorry, Andrew, but in saying "I can't see that at any point do (Watford) state what decision they think should have been made in this difficult case" you seem to have overlooked that Watford did precisely this in their response of 26 March published on the club's website. After pointing out that the...

The following is copied, unedited, from the Watford Club website at watfordchessclub.org. The 2010 occurrences were themselves the subject of much forum comment. ECF decision "opens the door to prolonged wrangles" Watford has criticised the English Chess Federation's explanation of its decision to a...

Interesting to learn of others' experiences, liked the poster. If anyone is looking for junior chess on the north-west outskirts of London, Watford (watfordchessclub.org) is worth a look.