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What's lacking in current rules, as perhaps illustrated in the Polish case, is a mechanism of warning players who are frequently absent from the playing room that their conduct might be seen as suspicious. I agree. It is at a minimum unsettling to the opponent when a player leaves the playing hall ...

"I'm tempted to say a rating over 2200" I know teachers who would probably be rated nearer 1200, who would be good with beginners, partly due to crowd control skills. Obviously, a stronger player is needed for the stronger pupils. But then you end up with different titles of coach, and who is going...

Kasparov seems to be sceptical about the actual chess positions in the series, but more positive about the authenticity of the chess tournament atmosphere. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/16/arts/television/queens-gambit-chess-netflix.html The photo at the start of the NY Times article doesn't look...

Is the explanation partially due to almost all England juniors having low FIDE ratings relative to their ECF grades/ratings in which case, if the ECF figures are the more accurate indicators of their playing strengths, the FIDE ratings consistently under-estimate those playing strengths?

Carl Hibbard wrote: ↑

Tue Oct 20, 2020 1:44 pm

A post was removed in order for me to live a quieter life.

Carl, I assumed you must have renounced all thought of a quieter life when you started this forum.

The providers have a pretty good idea of whether you are losing focus to see the football results, check E-mails or cheat. It isn't rocket science, nor is it infallible, but it is based on a vast level of experience and it is very good. Matt - Are suggesting that, if I open another window to look a...

I hope not Roger; the ECF told us that for the online County Championships, we were ok to have the ECF LMS open to check the ongoing score, whilst playing on chess.com, although they did say no other windows open Thanks, Mick, that's interesting. However, if it means that the mere act of having oth...

Thanks, that's useful. What are "blurs"? The opposite of focusing a window - switching to a different active window. So am I correct in thinking that, if I'm playing in a team competition and before offering a draw want to check how the other players in my team are getting on, that's liable to be s...

However, it is also true that they would have lots of extra data in addition to the moves. I've largely given up on this discussion as neither side is going to convince the other through debate. However, it's hard to avoid observing that the most useful piece of "extra data" would almost certainly ...

I used to tell junior beginners that if they called a rook a castle it would show they were not a proper chess player. LOL, whereas, in many European [French = tour, German = Turm] countries, it would seem odd to call a tower a black bird. Such eccentricities are, however, expected of the British.

More regulations - see https://www.englishchess.org.uk/hm-gove ... -15th-oct/

Five Counties Online League is on League Management System at https://ecflms.org.uk/lms/node/60543/home.

Currently 25 teams in three divisions, 45' + 15" and rated, Lichess, second season ends 22 December and it's open to approaches from new teams.

I think those are guidelines for Tier 1. In Tier 3, I believe wedding receptions are out and children’s activities such as soft play areas are closed among other things. Not so, Matt. See https://www.gov.uk/guidance/local-covid-alert-level-very-high. Of course, these are baseline restrictions and t...

Roger Lancaster wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 16, 2020 8:39 am

Expect an ECF website announcement later today clarifying the somewhat different position as regards supervised junior chess activities.

https://www.englishchess.org.uk/covid-19-update/

Carl Hibbard wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 16, 2020 9:37 am

I am not sure I want to moderate a handbags incident

One might rather hope that respected forumites such as Andrew and Paul can resolve this privately between themselves.