English Chess Forum

Paul Cooksey wrote: ↑

Fri May 31, 2019 6:06 pm

Gens una sumus.

Sed ut quosdam plus quam aliorum

Result at http://chess-results.com/tnr435032.aspx?lan=1

Won by Emily Maton (St Albans) with 6/6 ahead of Kabir Ghosh (Richmond), Avy Dasgupta and Kaveer Mehta (both Watford) on 4 pts. Full result at http://chess-results.com/tnr435032.aspx?lan=1

MJMcCready wrote: ↑

Mon May 27, 2019 8:30 am

Let's hope not. Britain is going to become notorious for dubious gatherings of overpaid GMs if we are not careful...oh but wait modern day Britain is all about letting anyone in and helping themselves isn't it?

Hard to know what to say about this.

b) In chess the Welsh and Scots have their own teams and organisations. As do the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey. It's not clear where this organisation intends to operate. Whilst it calls itself "Team GB" it's also seeking local organisers in all of the...

Entries (online only after Friday as postal entries unlikely to arrive in time) will close, at latest, 11.0 Monday.

Entries (online only after Friday as postal entries unlikely to arrive in time) will close, at latest, 11.0 Monday.

I am not surprised there has been no response to Charlie Storey's misguided initiative. There's been plenty of response, primarily in this thread . Most of the response on the other thread seems to have been reaction to what some consider Charlie's exaggerated and/or misleading claims. As far as I ...

Can't see why anyone should bother creating a fuss about this, so, Jack, here's a picture of an angel on a pin: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SZ2BoIIVTV4/VqBbUoYcOmI/AAAAAAAACbs/I4fwZZ_oWGk/s640/SPINWEB%2B3.jpg[/img] No fuss, we're just discussing one small aspect the Laws of Chess, while accepting tha...

Yes, 7.5.4 appears not to apply for the reasons given by E Michael White. The inference I draw from 7.5.4 is that, for two-handed castling to be considered an illegal move, the clock has to be pressed - the same requirement as for other potentially illegal moves. If that's so then, apart possibly fr...

That's straightforward but how about this one? A player castles two-handedly but, before pressing his clock to complete the move, realises it was illegal (but only by reason of the two hands) and decides to correct it. In the situation where he touched both pieces simultaneously, or the arbiter cann...

Paul Cooksey wrote: ↑

Sun May 19, 2019 8:39 am

Charlie Storey wrote: ↑

Sat May 18, 2019 9:09 pm

I will try and do England and Great Britain proud whilst in Mallorca ♟

Thanks Charlie. But don't put too much pressure on yourself. We understand you will not have much time free while you are on holiday playing chess.

LOL

JustinHorton wrote: ↑

Tue May 21, 2019 10:11 pm

More Plough management policy

Obviously disgusting, not to mention illegal, if true.

Details and entry form now at

http://watfordchessclub.org/index.php/1 ... y-29-07-19

The format for this will be identical to the 2nd such event taking place on 27 May - see elsewhere on this thread. Entry forms will be published shortly.