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by Roger Lancaster
Tue Apr 06, 2021 10:51 am
Forum: Junior Chess
Topic: Junior OtB event - April 15th: Simultaneous game and analysis with IM Adam Taylor
Replies: 8
Views: 2362

Re: Junior OtB event - April 15th: Simultaneous game and analysis with IM Adam Taylor

Already circulated in Watford area, Wadih, and something tells me that not everyone can go for a break at the same time - the infrastructure just won't stand it - so there are going to be plenty of families still around. I don't know, however, how strong the appetites are for this type of event.
by Roger Lancaster
Mon Apr 05, 2021 7:34 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Cheating in chess
Replies: 3035
Views: 347179

Re: Cheating in chess

I've been a member for a year and a week, and I've played 3400... That's a lot, fingers crossed you see a good improvement in your play when otb chess is back then. I doubt it's done much for that apart from helping me learn to negotiate some hokey opening lines I probably won't ever see OTB! But a...
by Roger Lancaster
Sun Apr 04, 2021 12:00 pm
Forum: Chess History
Topic: Remembering BH Wood MSc FCS OBE (13-vii-1909 04-iv-1989)
Replies: 40
Views: 5037

Re: Remembering BH Wood MSc FCS OBE (13-vii-1909 04-iv-1989)

While aware of his reputation as a demanding employer I have to say that, as a contributor to CHESS during the 1960s, I always found BH very easy to get on with - but, of course, I was freelance and not an employee. We also met in the British championship in 1965 in an entertaining game where I know...
by Roger Lancaster
Fri Apr 02, 2021 1:57 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: (Chess) Life Returning To Normal
Replies: 2787
Views: 243651

Re: (Chess) Life Returning To Normal

I suspect that you can forget about Charlie arranging anything in Malta. This was 5 hours ago on FB: "After careful consideration of all that Malta and Gozo has to offer, in comparison with living in England, I have decided to return to England as I am missing the weather, the excessive taxes on ta...
by Roger Lancaster
Fri Apr 02, 2021 1:50 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: (Chess) Life Returning To Normal
Replies: 2787
Views: 243651

Re: (Chess) Life Returning To Normal

If he's resolved his differences with the local Malta federation, perhaps the Sniper will pop up with something. We've not heard from the Sniper since the end of January. I believe he was building extra wings on Troll Prison to welcome new inmates. It was getting a bit crowded. I suspect that you c...
by Roger Lancaster
Thu Apr 01, 2021 4:50 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Laws of Chess - changes
Replies: 58
Views: 7301

Re: Laws of Chess - changes

NB: King and bishop are not able to give checkmate when an opponent has king and rook. (in contrast to king and knight.) The amusing one is king and bishop versus king and bishop. If they're same-coloured bishops, over-stepping the time control results in a draw. If they're opposite-coloured bishop...
by Roger Lancaster
Thu Apr 01, 2021 3:08 am
Forum: Junior Chess
Topic: March 29
Replies: 15
Views: 2389

Re: March 29

by Roger Lancaster
Wed Mar 31, 2021 3:15 pm
Forum: Junior Chess
Topic: £10,000 Scottish Junior Tournament
Replies: 19
Views: 3131

Re: £10,000 Scottish Junior Tournament

then presumably it would be open to an aggrieved party, if deprived of a prize to which he or she felt rightfully entitled, to sue for breach of contract. In England the Small Claims Court route might be used. It's happened. The organisers of a tournament accepted the entry of a previously graded p...
by Roger Lancaster
Wed Mar 31, 2021 1:42 pm
Forum: Junior Chess
Topic: £10,000 Scottish Junior Tournament
Replies: 19
Views: 3131

Re: £10,000 Scottish Junior Tournament

It's an eye-catching event and, naturally, I wish them well. But it does seem to me that the organisers might be on uncertain ground if, in the event they decide to withhold prizes - and the largest is a not insignificant £1,500 - on the grounds of alleged computer assistance, sandbagging or whateve...
by Roger Lancaster
Tue Mar 30, 2021 4:49 pm
Forum: Junior Chess
Topic: March 29
Replies: 15
Views: 2389

Re: March 29

Follow-up interview [BBC Radio Three Counties] with one of yesterday's juniors tomorrow at 2.30 to discuss yesterday's event and, more generally, chess during lockdown.
by Roger Lancaster
Tue Mar 30, 2021 12:44 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Cheating in chess
Replies: 3035
Views: 347179

Re: Cheating in chess

"Know the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, and, at least in those cases, meaningful information about the logic involved, as well as the significance and the envisaged consequences of such processing for the data subject" - FIDE Arbiter's Manual - see above. I suppose it...
by Roger Lancaster
Tue Mar 30, 2021 12:13 pm
Forum: Junior Chess
Topic: March 29
Replies: 15
Views: 2389

Re: March 29

David, there should be a rule against players shedding bucketloads of tears when they lose games!
by Roger Lancaster
Mon Mar 29, 2021 8:49 pm
Forum: Junior Chess
Topic: March 29
Replies: 15
Views: 2389

Re: March 29

Roger Well done! I assume this is the first outdoor event submitted for rating. Are there any examples of outdoor events having been submitted for grading in recent years? No idea. Given good weather and a reasonably benign playing environment, rapidplay games in particular shouldn't be difficult t...
by Roger Lancaster
Mon Mar 29, 2021 7:37 pm
Forum: Junior Chess
Topic: March 29
Replies: 15
Views: 2389

Re: March 29

With English weather, good luck is a 'must' so I'm pleased to be able to report that today's event was successful and I've just uploaded the results of the rated games onto the ECF rating database. [In passing, I can highly recommend the League Management System].
by Roger Lancaster
Mon Mar 29, 2021 12:08 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Cheating in chess
Replies: 3035
Views: 347179

Re: Cheating in chess

FIDE Fair Play Commission upon reviewing all the data submitted by FPP will decide, whether the case shall be referred to the Ethics and Disciplinary Commission for further sanctions. I'm suggested that whether or not FIDE refers it, the player should do so. The damage is done, so she should act im...