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- Mon Nov 23, 2020 6:10 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: (Chess) Life Returning To Normal
- Replies: 1706
- Views: 97523
Re: (Chess) Life Returning To Normal
What are you quoting from in your post? Chess isn't classed as a sporting event. I would have thought the indoor event reference is to indoor sporting events following on from the sentence about outdoor events. As I understand it we are still effectively treated the same way as choirs and amateur d...
- Sat Nov 21, 2020 1:33 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Cheating in chess
- Replies: 2172
- Views: 184761
Re: Cheating in chess
It's something of a distraction from the main thread but I came across the following game played between two juniors [neither is known to me so I have no vested interest] where I include Stockfish annotations. Before White could even consider Nf5, Lichess decided s/he was cheating. I'm simply curiou...
- Wed Nov 18, 2020 9:55 am
- Forum: Chess History
- Topic: Obituary of Shamaria Diamond from 1949
- Replies: 17
- Views: 984
Re: Obituary of Shamaria Diamond from 1949
And, in case anyone is still in doubt, Bruce Hayden was also a member of the West London club.Leonard Barden wrote: ↑Wed Nov 18, 2020 9:15 amI'm absolutely sure the obit is by Bruce Hayden and not Brian Harley.
- Sat Nov 14, 2020 11:10 am
- Forum: Deaths & Obituaries
- Topic: Keith Woodhouse
- Replies: 1
- Views: 313
Re: Keith Woodhouse
Sad news, well-known and well-liked figure in Hertfordshire chess.
- Sat Nov 14, 2020 11:07 am
- Forum: Junior Chess
- Topic: Online LJCC
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1159
Re: Online LJCC
First answer, yes. Second answer, presumably acquiescent at worst.Angus French wrote: ↑Fri Nov 13, 2020 5:16 pmIs it known whether this has occurred in practice? Is the platform provider (lichess) OK with it?Wadih Khoury wrote: ↑Fri Nov 13, 2020 3:46 pmNew account.Angus French wrote: ↑Fri Nov 13, 2020 3:07 pm
I didn't know that. How is it possible to continue playing if the platform ban is extant?
- Wed Nov 11, 2020 9:41 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Late-starting chess players with grandmaster potential?
- Replies: 85
- Views: 3623
Re: Late-starting chess players with grandmaster potential?
I recall coming up against a 15-year-old whom I'd never heard of in a junior county match back in 1963, thinking I should secure a routine win against this unknown player, but finding myself on the slightly worse end of a draw . [My insertion - ejh.] The name temporarily escapes me but I believe he...
- Wed Nov 11, 2020 5:49 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Late-starting chess players with grandmaster potential?
- Replies: 85
- Views: 3623
Re: Late-starting chess players with grandmaster potential?
I recall coming up against a 15-year-old whom I'd never heard of in a junior county match back in 1963, thinking I should secure a routine win against this unknown player, but finding myself on the slightly worse end of a draw. The name temporarily escapes me but I believe he ended up as both a GM a...
- Sun Nov 08, 2020 11:47 am
- Forum: Chess Questions
- Topic: Interesting study
- Replies: 5
- Views: 765
Re: Interesting study
I could half-remember this so I was sure I'd seen it elsewhere. The solution is at https://www.chess.com/article/view/the- ... ess-puzzle [and doubtless other places too] with the main line running to 11 moves so your son did well to solve it.
- Sat Nov 07, 2020 7:22 pm
- Forum: Not Chess!
- Topic: Cryptic Crossword Clues
- Replies: 26
- Views: 890
Re: Cryptic Crossword Clues
Try again - baby, one more time!
- Thu Nov 05, 2020 10:32 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Patrick Alexander
- Replies: 7
- Views: 624
Re: Patrick Alexander
The Mushrooms connection would explain why Pat's name rang a bell with me - other present/former Mushrooms, of whom there are only very few on this site, might have more distinct memories.John Saunders wrote: ↑Thu Nov 05, 2020 8:32 am… which showed three affiliations (Mushrooms as well as Surbiton and Mitcham) ...
- Sun Nov 01, 2020 2:39 pm
- Forum: Junior Chess
- Topic: Thoughts on running OTB junior tournaments at the current time
- Replies: 12
- Views: 950
- Sun Nov 01, 2020 12:16 pm
- Forum: Junior Chess
- Topic: Thoughts on running OTB junior tournaments at the current time
- Replies: 12
- Views: 950
Re: Thoughts on running OTB junior tournaments at the current time
That all seems sensible to me. On a minor point, it's less a case of "We're not legally a sport" than of uncertainty. The International Olympic Committee recognises chess as a sport, as do various countries, but Sport England does not. There's no appetite - and I suspect I'm reflecting the ECF think...
- Sat Oct 31, 2020 8:54 am
- Forum: ECF Matters
- Topic: Should the ECF try to organise more chess?
- Replies: 66
- Views: 4979
Re: Should the ECF try to organise more chess?
I understand Roger's point. I did try to contextualise the question. There seem to be humans who are part of the ECF executive wondering what to do with their resources that the members will appreciate. I thought increasing the number of events the ECF runs might be it, but didn't manage to formula...
- Fri Oct 30, 2020 7:49 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Cheating in chess
- Replies: 2172
- Views: 184761
Re: Cheating in chess
Do we really need to get a medical certificate to go to the loo? Due to 'underlying conditions' I personally have been on diuretics for nearly two decades. Prior to today only I knew that my personal circumstances had been used at a FIDE anti-cheating seminar, as an example of how frequent toilet v...
- Fri Oct 30, 2020 7:42 pm
- Forum: ECF Matters
- Topic: Should the ECF try to organise more chess?
- Replies: 66
- Views: 4979
Re: Should the ECF try to organise more chess?
Thanks everyone who voted. When I asked the question I expected a clear "No", because there there was a consensus the ECF should remain as an umbrella organisation. Where people have expressed an opinion for "Yes" usually because they see some unmet demand for new events, which I had not anticipate...