London Chess Classic 2011
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Hmm. Thanks for that, but it doesn't want to load.
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(I now have three games, but not the fourth.)
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Just flashed up on Playchess that they're showing the Women's games live as well now.
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I know have the games, I think (though I won't really know until it's updated). I always seem to have trouble with live chess. I dunno if it comes of living in a rural area with pretty slow broadband.
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You know one thing that always baffles me about these big tournaments are the 'press conferences' that you often see photographed. Who are these mysterious people that are interviewing the top players? I have even searched around for them and never have I seen a youtube video of a chess press conference - is it some sort of a european thing that the news people take their reports back home and they are never seen or heard of again, while our own press turn a blind eye?
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Yay, I got my first win in slow chess in my last game of the U120 today . My opponent hadn't played competitively before and lost a piece to a fork. Mating was hard, but I did it eventually. Yay! My game finished early, so I could have gone to the commentary room for the main event, but I was rather drained by then. I'm sure I spotted several forumites there both yesterday and today.
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Well done Nicky, it is always nice to get over the first hurdle of winning a long chess game, and it tends to feel quite good as people are tough to beat when they have alot of thinking time.
Lose one queen and it is a disaster, Lose 1000 queens and it is just a statistic.
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Well done Nicky - would be good to see the game!
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Cheers, mate - we told you to stick at it
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If you are thinking of entering the Weekend B or Rapidpay B tournaments at the Classic, there is now an online registration form here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/vie ... c6MQ#gid=0
Please fill in as many fields as you can to help us process your entry. When you arrive please go to the Information Desk and fill out a form and pay your entry fee. All events are in the East Hall, where you can collect your player's badge which you should wear at all times.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/vie ... c6MQ#gid=0
Please fill in as many fields as you can to help us process your entry. When you arrive please go to the Information Desk and fill out a form and pay your entry fee. All events are in the East Hall, where you can collect your player's badge which you should wear at all times.
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Thanks all. I may put my game up at some point .
Adam: were we supposed to return our badges? If so, I didn't realise .
Adam: were we supposed to return our badges? If so, I didn't realise .
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Keep it as a souvenir, and let's see your games! (Actually I think we have them).Nicky Chorley wrote:Thanks all. I may put my game up at some point .
Adam: were we supposed to return our badges? If so, I didn't realise .
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Re: London Chess Classic 2011
Time Control in the Open
40 moves in 90 minutes then an extra half hour with 30 second increment per move throughout.
Why not just say 120 minutes plus 30 second increment throughout? Aside from anything else it would save the confusion in the first round when some of the clocks weren't set properly (including mine) and you'd always know how much time you have left.
Adding extra time after 40 moves seems to be adding an unnecessary level of complication to my eyes.
40 moves in 90 minutes then an extra half hour with 30 second increment per move throughout.
Why not just say 120 minutes plus 30 second increment throughout? Aside from anything else it would save the confusion in the first round when some of the clocks weren't set properly (including mine) and you'd always know how much time you have left.
Adding extra time after 40 moves seems to be adding an unnecessary level of complication to my eyes.
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1) not a legal time control for norm purposesJonathan Bryant wrote:Time Control in the Open
40 moves in 90 minutes then an extra half hour with 30 second increment per move throughout.
Why not just say 120 minutes plus 30 second increment throughout? Aside from anything else it would save the confusion in the first round when some of the clocks weren't set properly (including mine) and you'd always know how much time you have left.
Adding extra time after 40 moves seems to be adding an unnecessary level of complication to my eyes.
2) time controls without intermediate stages are rubbish. Very easy to say that the two are not different in theory, but they are very different in practice.