In the 1960s, for sure, there were 11 rounds - 6 [Monday to Saturday] in the first week, 5 [Monday to Friday] in the second.Roger de Coverly wrote: ↑Fri Dec 25, 2020 3:33 pmI don't know when the British Championship Congress first had Sunday play, 1970s probably, but Sunday play was already established for weekend tournaments.
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- Sat Dec 26, 2020 2:42 pm
- Forum: Chess History
- Topic: Chess and the Blue Laws
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Re: Chess and the Blue Laws
- Sat Dec 26, 2020 2:30 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Cheating in chess
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- Views: 344339
Re: Cheating in chess
Really?Joseph Conlon wrote: ↑Sat Dec 26, 2020 2:20 pm... its hard to imagine a site banning someone of that strength without there being a lot of human eyes on the decision.
- Fri Dec 25, 2020 10:56 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Invisible pieces
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- Views: 17619
Re: Invisible pieces
The discussion on a talented 7-year-old needs to be pursued here, because it's exactly the kind of cultural influence that makes a difference to kids. I imagine most of you are aware that World, Continental, and sub-Continental Junior and Youth events extend down to under-6 championships. These are...
- Thu Dec 24, 2020 11:43 am
- Forum: Chess History
- Topic: Chess and the Blue Laws
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1469
Re: Chess and the Blue Laws
Wikipedia, first paragraph - Blue laws, also known as Sunday laws, are laws designed to restrict or ban some or all Sunday activities for religious or secular reasons, particularly to promote the observance of a day of worship or rest. Blue laws may also restrict shopping or ban sale of certain item...
- Thu Dec 24, 2020 11:36 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Invisible pieces
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- Views: 17619
Re: Invisible pieces
A talented seven year old girl ( or boy) should be left well alone to enjoy the game and not hot-housed by suggesting that she ( or he) can be the best in the world. That is, if you want the kid to have any sort of normal life. Absolutely right. It's a slight diversion from the topic but I'd be int...
- Wed Dec 23, 2020 10:26 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Invisible pieces
- Replies: 202
- Views: 17619
Re: Invisible pieces
Seconded.
- Mon Dec 21, 2020 1:36 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Invisible pieces
- Replies: 202
- Views: 17619
Re: Invisible pieces
Apropos John, above, I can make one small contribution. I once asked the father of a girl who, aged 12 or thereabouts but attending a secondary school where chess was encouraged, why she had dropped out. The gist of his reply was that it was not perceived as [his adjective] "cool".
- Mon Dec 21, 2020 1:29 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: What's GM short doing?!
- Replies: 83
- Views: 9194
Re: What's GM short doing?!
He is of course wasting his time and I expect he knows that perfectly well. Yes but Dvorkovich is a politician and, while FIDE's actions might be fairly irrelevant in the wider world of geopolitics, perhaps he remembered that the Russia and Iranian governments have similar interests in at least one...
- Sun Dec 20, 2020 10:10 pm
- Forum: Not Chess!
- Topic: COVid19-What's wrong with UK?
- Replies: 285
- Views: 34796
Re: COVid19-What's wrong with UK?
I'm mildly consoled by the thought that it could have been Jeremy Corbyn trying to run things instead.
- Sun Dec 20, 2020 7:54 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Invisible pieces
- Replies: 202
- Views: 17619
Re: Invisible pieces
To assert, as did the writer of the article which prompted this topic, that the fact that Nigel Short has no formal qualifications in neuroscience disqualifies him from expressing an opinion seems to me disingenuous. Nigel clearly has done a certain amount of research and he's entitled to say, withi...
- Sat Dec 19, 2020 12:26 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Invisible pieces
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- Views: 17619
Re: Invisible pieces
Is it really necessary in this forum to point out that, in this country, it is increasingly difficult to have a rational discussion about race without one party to the discussion calling the other "racist"? Much the same applies to sexism which I believe was the topic here.
- Sat Dec 19, 2020 9:58 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Invisible pieces
- Replies: 202
- Views: 17619
Re: Invisible pieces
The fear that men in general are violent towards women might be irrational but the fear that any given man might be violent is rational - in the same sense that avoidance of all other humans in the belief that they are all infected with corona virus might be irrational but avoidance in the belief th...
- Mon Dec 14, 2020 12:12 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Media comments on chess
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- Views: 737685
Re: Media comments on chess
Interview on BBC World Service, Business Matters, around 1.30 this morning with an American woman grandmaster [was only half-awake so don't recall name] to discuss Queen's Gambit and its effect on increasing popularity of chess - particularly from a female perspective.
- Sat Dec 12, 2020 10:49 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: What's GM short doing?!
- Replies: 83
- Views: 9194
Re: What's GM short doing?!
While no-one will argue with Nigel's statement, it's not an answer to the original question of whether it's fair to penalise individuals , possibly entirely innocent individuals, because of the policy or actions of their government and/or chess federation. Arguably not. But the other side of the coi...
- Wed Dec 09, 2020 2:40 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: What's GM short doing?!
- Replies: 83
- Views: 9194
Re: What's GM short doing?!
Nick, it doesn't have anything uniquely to do with chess.NickFaulks wrote: ↑Wed Dec 09, 2020 1:34 pmYes, but the question under discussion here is why all that geopolitical stuff should have anything to do with chess.