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by Mike Gunn
Tue Apr 18, 2023 10:57 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Very long games in weekend tournaments
Replies: 66
Views: 7669

Re: Very long games in weekend tournaments

If you limit yourself to using option 18 on the DGT 2010 then you can use the clock in exactly the same way as an analogue clock (but with the added benefit of having increments). So (say) after 40 moves have been played in 90 mins with a 30 sec increment you could change to whatever additional time...
by Mike Gunn
Mon Apr 17, 2023 10:45 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Too much dishonesty in chess
Replies: 73
Views: 9128

Re: Too much dishonesty in chess

To answer Paul's question as to why this was done, I recall it first arose when the organisers of the British Championships decided to make (most?) of the rated sections FIDE rated and made eligibility as well as pairings based on FIDE ratings rather than ECF grades. Many players protested about thi...
by Mike Gunn
Fri Apr 14, 2023 10:42 am
Forum: International News
Topic: World championship match in Astana
Replies: 355
Views: 26251

Re: World championship match in Astana

Nick Ivell wrote:
Thu Apr 13, 2023 7:01 pm
Same for Fischer. It's just that in chess, people learn rather more from the past than in football, so I would expect improvement over time to be greater.
Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Soccer Tactics by Jonathan Wilson is worth a look.
by Mike Gunn
Wed Apr 12, 2023 3:36 pm
Forum: ECF Matters
Topic: Possible ECF membership changes
Replies: 8
Views: 1083

Re: Possible ECF membership changes

... Why should it be more expensive to collect from several hundred organisers and organisations rather than ten thousand individuals?... Because the collection of membership fees from individuals is (almost) entirely automated by software? Similarly invoices for tournament and event organisers in ...
by Mike Gunn
Mon Apr 03, 2023 11:12 am
Forum: Chess History
Topic: Timeline of Weekend Swiss Development?
Replies: 10
Views: 723

Re: Timeline of Weekend Swiss Development?

I have had games adjourned in the Hastings Xmas morning tournament (continuation after a break for lunch), British U125 (also to be continued after lunch) and a Berks & Bucks Congress rated section (1st phase of games played in morning or afternoon and adjourments in the evening) all in the 2nd half...
by Mike Gunn
Sat Mar 18, 2023 11:53 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Media comments on chess
Replies: 5968
Views: 737558

Re: Media comments on chess

There are several references to chess in Raymond Chandler's novels, of course. Here is one: "It was night. I went home and put my old house clothes on and set the chessmen out and mixed a drink and played over another Capablanca. It went forty-nine moves. Beautiful and remorseless chess, almost cree...
by Mike Gunn
Thu Mar 09, 2023 11:00 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: The DGT 2500 timer
Replies: 21
Views: 3848

Re: The DGT 2500 timer

I think the display always shows hours/ minutes/ seconds left which is a plus over the 2010 and will avoid the occasional mishap where blitz games are set with times in hours and minutes rather than minutes and seconds.
by Mike Gunn
Tue Mar 07, 2023 2:34 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Question about grading submissions
Replies: 8
Views: 2140

Re: Question about grading submissions

I don't think the ECF does do rating of byes or defaults due to non appearance, so they won't appear on the site?
by Mike Gunn
Thu Feb 23, 2023 5:07 pm
Forum: Deaths & Obituaries
Topic: Barry Sandercock
Replies: 24
Views: 3410

Re: Barry Sandercock

He was a tough, but friendly opponent. On the grading database my score against him is one draw (at Paignton in 2019) and 2 earlier losses. I also recall playing against him at Hastings in the 1990s and I expect he won those too!
by Mike Gunn
Thu Feb 23, 2023 10:20 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Rules concerning blitz?
Replies: 39
Views: 4006

Re: Rules concerning blitz?

7.4 Dispaced pieces: 7.4.1 If a player displaces one or more pieces, he/she shall re-establish the correct position in his/her own time. 7.4.2 If necessary, either the player or his/her opponent shall pause the chessclock and ask for the arbiter’s assistance. 7.4.3 The arbiter may penalise the playe...
by Mike Gunn
Tue Feb 14, 2023 1:22 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Time Control Notation
Replies: 14
Views: 1970

Re: Time Control Notation

Any notation has to include the (relatively rare) case of increments only being used in the final period. Perhaps 40/120+0;20/60+0;G/0+30 is sufficiently general to cover all possibilities. If you omit the increment values from the earlier periods then you assume the last increment given applies thr...
by Mike Gunn
Tue Feb 14, 2023 1:09 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Draw Claims - Is This Arbiter's Explanation Correct?
Replies: 15
Views: 2870

Re: Draw Claims - Is This Arbiter's Explanation Correct?

Once, when playing at Hastings I had a draw by repetition claim rejected on similar grounds. This was particularly embarrassing as I am an arbiter! I can't recall which bit of the procedure I omitted, and I agree with Roger but the rules are the rules, I suppose. (I got the draw a couple of moves la...
by Mike Gunn
Tue Feb 14, 2023 12:57 pm
Forum: Not Chess!
Topic: Plaskett and Woffinden's book on the "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?" Fraud
Replies: 256
Views: 44542

Re: Plaskett and Woffinden's book on the "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?" Fraud

This point was discussed on the first page of this thread!
by Mike Gunn
Sun Feb 12, 2023 11:06 am
Forum: Not Chess!
Topic: Plaskett and Woffinden's book on the "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?" Fraud
Replies: 256
Views: 44542

Re: Plaskett and Woffinden's book on the "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?" Fraud

Why Ingram behaved the way he did is explained in the book!
by Mike Gunn
Mon Feb 06, 2023 5:16 pm
Forum: Congress Diary
Topic: OtB Returns - Henley edition #1 March 4th-5th
Replies: 23
Views: 4093

Re: OtB Returns - Henley edition #1 March 4th-5th

I understand what you are trying to achieve with your event (and why you are doing it) but "Open" is a misnomer for your top event (because it isn't open to all comers). You should really call it something else!
(Elite?)