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Thanks, Matt. I suppose that, knowing that the Longsons are now managing this, I should have thought to look on the Delancey site.

I'm not casting aspersions on anyone, and I don't personally know either of the gentlemen involved, but prima facie [without reading those 37 pages] it seems we've arrived at an impossible situation. Tim presumably won't stop contesting the issue until there's a satisfactory explanation of Carl's le...

My understanding is that selected juniors are currently being invited, and have for some little time past, to join the ECF Academy for 2020. I'm also hearing that the first weekend is scheduled for 1-2 February at Daventry but nothing known yet regarding later weekends. It seems a trifle optimistic ...

Now I don't have a view on the Wall Affair, and I don't really care about it much. But I do wonder why somebody comes onto a public forum to proclaim the existence of a simple explanation but refuses to make that explanation, and for a couple of reasons, I am beginning to form a view about Carl Por...

One never ceases learning - thanks for the information!

Paul Buswell wrote: ↑

Wed Nov 06, 2019 5:21 pm

Can we have some moderation here please? This is straying into partisan politics and gratuitous insult. The Paul McKeown post of 4:44 today has surely crossed the line.

Agreed

Paul McKeown wrote: ↑

Wed Nov 06, 2019 4:25 pm

Is he not supposed to be undergoing surgery sometime about now?

Situation can change from day to day but, last I heard, the operation had been postponed. And it wasn't the national event I had in mind

Matt Mackenzie wrote: ↑

Wed Nov 06, 2019 2:04 pm

Of course, nothing is stopping somebody (whether in an official ECF capacity, or otherwise) gently inquiring of him if he still retains an interest in our great game.

Although now might not be the best time - rumour has it there's some other national event where he's involved,

While sympathetic towards Justin, I'm also mindful that there are presumably many others where Chess.com have closed accounts because it is "100% certain of unfair play" [their words] but who do not have the time, ability or resources to draw attention to the matter in the way Justin has. As to the ...

No, Cummings seems to be quiet about his own youthful forays into competitive chess, and what does we suppose he would say if anyone asked him now to be a guest celebrity at, or otherwise support, a chess event? My money would be on "Chess? Which fu***ing loser cares about fuc88ng chess? Who makes ...

Have to say, as a totally disinterested party, that this doesn't appear to reflect too well on Chess.com.

I do have complete confidence in the highly qualified panel of Gareth Pearce, Suzzane Wood and Roger Emerson. Best regards, Tim Wall" If, after arguing at length about the procedure adopted to appoint a panel, someone states that he has "complete confidence" in the "highly qualified panel" then tha...

JustinHorton wrote: ↑

Sun Nov 03, 2019 4:45 pm

What's Ray's Twitter account going to be called from 1 December?

You care?

There is, of course, nothing inconsistent with the board ruling that in their opinion "nothing improper occurred" and "all candidates were not treated equally" and the board knowing that. They may have thought that it was perfectly proper for candidates to be treated differently (feel free, if wear...

Having said all that, if there was a satisfactory explanation as to the date of that letter, this whole matter could have been killed off a long time ago. The absence of any explanation does, I have to say, leave me a little uneasy. Suppose Carl walked out of the interview having been told that the...