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- Tue Aug 15, 2023 10:11 am
- Forum: ECF Matters
- Topic: ECF Membership Reform
- Replies: 150
- Views: 16381
Re: ECF Membership Reform
What's the problem they're trying to fix / outcome they're trying to achieve? Is it simply raise more money, or something else? I think it is just felt that the current membership scheme has been running for ten years and a review is timely. There will probably be no changes because a majority will...
- Thu Aug 10, 2023 10:44 am
- Forum: Chess History
- Topic: Michel Memorial Trophy
- Replies: 9
- Views: 717
Re: Michel Memorial Trophy
When you do, Kevin, it's time to start worrying.
PS I have ordered your book!
PS I have ordered your book!
- Tue Aug 08, 2023 4:40 pm
- Forum: ECF Matters
- Topic: ECF Membership Reform
- Replies: 150
- Views: 16381
Re: ECF Membership Reform
You would get the added benefit of FIDE rated games.
- Tue Aug 08, 2023 1:37 pm
- Forum: ECF Matters
- Topic: ECF Membership Reform
- Replies: 150
- Views: 16381
Re: ECF Membership Reform
I don't know what the current proposals would be but one idea would be:
Club/ league players (only): £20
Congress players (only): £20
Play in both: £40.
This would remove what seems to be a minor injustice to some congress players (those who only play in congresses) under the current system.
Club/ league players (only): £20
Congress players (only): £20
Play in both: £40.
This would remove what seems to be a minor injustice to some congress players (those who only play in congresses) under the current system.
- Tue Aug 08, 2023 1:31 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Government funding for chess
- Replies: 46
- Views: 4412
Re: Government funding for chess
The problem is that English juniors and beginners have inaccurate FIDE ratings because they don't get enough FIDE rated games. The idea is to give them more games. As far as the accuracy issue is concerned, I would move back to a Clarke type system where for active players the rating is based on gam...
- Tue Aug 08, 2023 12:21 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Government funding for chess
- Replies: 46
- Views: 4412
Re: Government funding for chess
Accuracy is down to the number of games played (whatever the system) so a FIDE rating based on few games will be just as inaccurate as a national rating. However, I do prefer the FIDE system of just rating games against players who already have an established rating rather than the ECF approach. (Th...
- Tue Aug 08, 2023 11:57 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Government funding for chess
- Replies: 46
- Views: 4412
Re: Government funding for chess
My idea would have to be combined with a reform of the membership structure to have 2 classes of member: club/ league members and those who play in congresses too. (=bronze and silver?). You would adjust the membership fees to bring in the same income as now.
- Tue Aug 08, 2023 11:36 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Government funding for chess
- Replies: 46
- Views: 4412
Re: Government funding for chess
With this money apparently earmarked for international teams this immediately raises the question of what the ECF should do with the money saved from the current budget? One possibility would be to fund the FIDE rating of local leagues (which would have to adopt an U2400 rule to make 3 hour games FI...
- Thu Jul 27, 2023 9:15 am
- Forum: Chess History
- Topic: George Albert Felce and Harold George Felce
- Replies: 13
- Views: 872
Re: George Albert Felce and Harold George Felce
Mike Gunn could buy a copy of the History of Chess in the English Civil Service... Thanks, Kevin, I will! (I clearly also need to give Martin Smith's history of Streatham and Brixton chess a second reading). Over the years I'm sure I asked Martin Cath about all the names on the Surrey trophies and ...
- Thu Jul 27, 2023 9:05 am
- Forum: International News
- Topic: FIDE Rating Consultation
- Replies: 130
- Views: 5100
Re: FIDE Rating Consultation
Under the Richard Clarke BCF system you had to play 10 games before you got any sort of grade/ rating (subsequently reduced to 9 to be in line with FIDE Elo). There is a sound statistical basis for this and my understanding is that the rationale for ECF now publishing ratings for fewer games is that...
- Tue Jul 25, 2023 10:12 am
- Forum: Deaths & Obituaries
- Topic: Martin Cath
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2297
Re: Martin Cath
Martin's contribution to Surrey Chess extended over 50 years as an office holder (36 years inter-club tournament controller, 16 years as grader amongst others). I always looked forward to seeing him for his friendliness and knowledge of Surrey chess history. A few weeks ago I found amongst old Surre...
- Mon Jul 24, 2023 9:50 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: What Have I Missed.
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1153
Re: What Have I Missed.
What I don't understand is what anybody gains from running bots in a place like this forum - can anybody explain?
- Sun Jul 09, 2023 11:26 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: ECF Rolling Membership - Club Views Requested
- Replies: 24
- Views: 1398
Re: ECF Rolling Membership - Club Views Requested
1. Although I am a member of the Governance Committee I haven't discussed the contents of this post with the other members: thus I am not speaking on behalf of the committee. 2. The Governance Committee does generally do the initial drafts of changes to the articles and bye laws which subsequently g...
- Thu Jun 01, 2023 1:26 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Norway Chess 2023
- Replies: 11
- Views: 800
Re: Norway Chess 2023
I was disappointed to see the following on Lichess: "We apologise for the disruption to the Norway Chess 2023 Broadcast. As in previous years, access to the facts of the games (moves and clock times) has been exclusively provided by the organisers to only some third parties and is so denied to Liche...
- Tue May 30, 2023 11:07 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Frank Winter Chess Cup
- Replies: 8
- Views: 798
Re: Frank Winter Chess Cup
For many years I was one of the organisers of the Surrey Chess Congress. We continued the previous tradition of calling the top section of the tournament "the Frank Winter Open" although I (for one) had no idea who Frank Winter was and I never saw an actual (physical) trophy being awarded in all tha...