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- Sat Mar 23, 2019 12:07 pm
- Forum: County Championships
- Topic: National Stages 2019
- Replies: 55
- Views: 16876
Re: National Stages 2019
From what I can see, the SCCU position is: Open Surrey Middlesex Sussex Minor Counties Essex u180 Middlesex Essex u160 Middlesex Essex u140 Kent Hertfordshire Essex u120 Essex Hertfordshire Surrey u100 Essex Berkshire Please, take care the SCCU list is still provisional! There are likely to be some...
- Tue Mar 19, 2019 11:30 am
- Forum: County Championships
- Topic: County Chess: ECF Policy of Fines
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5092
Re: County Chess: ECF Policy of Fines
I am currently making ECF nominations to teams competing in the SCCU County Championships.
It is disappointing the number of teams refusing their nomination and citing the ECF fines that they received last season as the reason for their reluctance to participate this season.
It is disappointing the number of teams refusing their nomination and citing the ECF fines that they received last season as the reason for their reluctance to participate this season.
- Thu Feb 28, 2019 10:46 am
- Forum: County Championships
- Topic: County Chess: ECF Policy of Fines
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5092
County Chess: ECF Policy of Fines
As the Union competitions draw to a conclusion and the time arrives to nominate teams for the ECF County Championships, I am hearing rumblings of discontent regarding the inflexible manner in which fines are being levied by the ECF for county that default boards regardless of whether or not the defa...
- Wed Feb 06, 2019 10:42 am
- Forum: Congress Diary
- Topic: SCCU Junior Jamboree (u18 & u14) - 17th March 2019
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1072
SCCU Junior Jamboree (u18 & u14) - 17th March 2019
The Southern Counties Chess Union Junior Jamboree will take place on 17 March 2019, 10.30am - 5.30pm, at Bishop Douglass School, East Finchley, London N2 0SQ. It is open to teams of 6 players from Counties, Clubs and Schools and comprises four sections: Under 18 Major Under 18 Minor (restricted to E...
- Tue Feb 05, 2019 10:43 am
- Forum: Rating Debate
- Topic: What are the safeguards ?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4042
Re: What are the safeguards ?
What checks, balances and safeguards in place to mitigate the chances of someone (a Club Secretary for example) submitting results of so-called internal club games that either did not take place or did not take place under ECF match conditions ? Integrity of graders. A visible record of all results...
- Sun Jan 06, 2019 1:12 pm
- Forum: ECF Matters
- Topic: ECF to scrap its grading system
- Replies: 279
- Views: 32561
Re: ECF to scrap its grading system
Registered ECF graders have until 14th January to submit all games played up to 31st December 2018.
Judging from previous years, it could then take another two weeks to process them, do the checks and publish the January list.
- Thu Dec 27, 2018 3:11 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Need some help of what to do?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 2201
Re: Need some help of what to do?
Unfortunately, raising the dispute that you have with your local chess association on a public forum is likely to make attempts at conciliation and resolution rather more difficult than they need be. All organisations should have a constitution which specifies how the organisation is governed and ho...
- Sun Dec 23, 2018 1:11 pm
- Forum: ECF Matters
- Topic: ECF to scrap its grading system
- Replies: 279
- Views: 32561
Re: ECF to scrap its grading system
The proposal for monthly ECF grading is raised in the Membership Director's report (item 9a): 1. Budget is unknown, 2. Timescale for implementation is tight (to be ready for 2019-2020 season), 3. Technical approach (Clarke or Elo) is unspecified, 4. A potential partner is UK Chess Challenge (who app...
- Sat Nov 03, 2018 3:06 pm
- Forum: Congress Diary
- Topic: BBCA FIDE Rapidplay - Sunday 11th November 2018 - London Enterprise Academy
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1007
BBCA FIDE Rapidplay - Sunday 11th November 2018 - London Enterprise Academy
British Bangla Chess Association Rapidplay 6-round Swiss, FIDE rated sections: Open Major (FIDE U1800 / ECF 147) Rate of Play: 15mins + 5secs/move Prize Fund: £1360 Entry Fees: £25 per entry in Open or Major. £20 for BBCA members only. Grandmasters, International Masters, WGMs and WIMs are free to e...
- Wed Oct 24, 2018 9:51 am
- Forum: Junior Chess
- Topic: ECF Grading Database
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4643
Re: ECF Grading Database
My post was intended to highlight the different responses of organisations to the same legislation and not to criticise either of them. If an organisation wants to remove age and gender information from public view but still make it available to registered organisers of events it could be done throu...
- Tue Oct 23, 2018 9:11 pm
- Forum: Junior Chess
- Topic: ECF Grading Database
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4643
Re: ECF Grading Database
FIDE who are also subject to (European) GDPR continues to publish the birth year of all players, with the exception of the few players who registered before FIDE started to collect that information. Will the ECF withhold the names of participants in age restricted competitions (such as the British C...
- Mon Oct 22, 2018 5:41 pm
- Forum: Not Chess!
- Topic: Alternatives to Filezilla
- Replies: 25
- Views: 6062
Re: Alternatives to Filezilla
On the websites I constructed using Joomla! CMS I find that the 'Profiles' plugin (by Mad4Media) works fine.
I don't recall having had any difficulties with Filezilla on the few occasions that I used it.
I don't recall having had any difficulties with Filezilla on the few occasions that I used it.
- Wed Oct 17, 2018 9:07 pm
- Forum: ECF Matters
- Topic: ECF Tournament Rules
- Replies: 51
- Views: 10376
Re: ECF Tournament Rules
6.7.1 The regulations of an event shall specify a default time in advance. If the default time is not specified, then it is zero. Any player who arrives at the chessboard after the default time shall lose the game unless the arbiter decides otherwise. 6.7.2 If the regulations of an event specify th...
- Sun Oct 07, 2018 4:27 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Incorrect clock settings
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1799
Re: Incorrect clock settings
I've checked out this query on my DGT 2010. Setting Clock Mode When setting the clock, it is quite a significant error in mistaking 'delay' for ''Fischer increments' as they are associated with different clock programs (i.e. modes). The mode number appears in the display when the clock is turned on ...
- Sun Oct 07, 2018 12:50 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Incorrect clock settings
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1799
Re: Incorrect clock settings
Stop the clocks and call the Arbiter.
With DGT 2010 clocks, the display changes at the point when the time falls below 20 minutes - instead of hours and minutes it shows minutes and seconds. At this point the players have the opportunity to notice that the expected increment is missing.
With DGT 2010 clocks, the display changes at the point when the time falls below 20 minutes - instead of hours and minutes it shows minutes and seconds. At this point the players have the opportunity to notice that the expected increment is missing.