(Chess) Life Returning To Normal

[Paul Cooksey]

Still, at least we are a priority for Dettol: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rDjgMINz8A

[Simon Rogers]

36 entrants so far for Northumberland Congress down from 38. One withdrew and the other I miscounted as number 1 on the list is where Mick had put the title of surname and forename.
I received a text from Noel on Saturday who is running the Harrogate Congress and he has informed me that he has started to receive entries.

[Tim Spanton]

Meanwhile Pardubice A has 55 entries, Pardubice B 42 - both tournaments Sep 21-28.
Combined by nationality:
1 ARM Armenia 1
2 AUT Austria 1
3 BLR Belarus 1
4 CZE Czech Republic 44
5 DEN Denmark 4
6 ENG England 1
7 GER Germany 27
8 HUN Hungary 3
9 IND India 1
10 ISR Israel 4
11 ITA Italy 1
12 POL Poland 1
13 RUS Russia 1
14 SUI Switzerland 1
15 SVK Slovakia 2
16 SWE Sweden 2
17 UAE United Arab Emirates 1
18 VEN Venezuela 1
Total 97

[Matt Bridgeman]

Still very early days, but reinfection within 4 and half months is slightly ominous for potential vaccines. We'd have to see how this story develops;
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/coronavirus-s ... 00545.html

[JustinHorton]

Dr Jeffrey Barrett, from the Wellcome Sanger Institute, said: “It is very hard to draw firm conclusions from the press release alone. Some of the paper has been published on social media, which fills in some gaps, though we’re still waiting for the full paper.”

Well yes: there's not much we can say that's useful about research that we've not properly seen and which the people discussing it haven't properly seen either.

[Mick Norris]

Still very early days, but reinfection within 4 and half months is slightly ominous for potential vaccines. We'd have to see how this story develops;
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/coronavirus-s ... 00545.html

1 in 23 million

BBC

The World Health Organization warns it is important not to jump to conclusions based on the case of one patient.

And experts say reinfections may be rare and not necessarily serious.

There have been more than 23 million cases of coronavirus infection around the world.

[MartinCarpenter]

The vaccines won't offer anything like 100% immunity anyway. They don't need to. Just knock it down by a big enough percentage that it can't reach uncontrolled spread.

Then it can go and join measles and all the other fairly horrible diseases that we've got controlled.

[Matt Bridgeman]

Professor Sir John Bell on Channel 4 News last night talked about the Oxford vaccine potentially having a 60-70% effectiveness, although they won't know for sure until early autumn when they get the readout data.

[Mike Alderson]

Spondon chess club:

www.derbyshirechess.btck.co.uk

Any more?

[Tim Spanton]

Pardubice up to 305 entries!
No. FED Federation Count
1 ARM Armenia 2
2 AUT Austria 1
3 BEL Belgium 2
4 BLR Belarus 2
5 BUL Bulgaria 1
6 CAN Canada 1
7 CZE Czech Republic 213
8 DEN Denmark 4
9 ENG England 3
10 GER Germany 43
11 HUN Hungary 3
12 IND India 2
13 ISR Israel 6
14 ITA Italy 1
15 POL Poland 4
16 ROU Romania 1
17 RUS Russia 1
18 SUI Switzerland 2
19 SVK Slovakia 2
20 SWE Sweden 8
21 UAE United Arab Emirates 1
22 UKR Ukraine 1
23 VEN Venezuela 1
Total 305

[Simon Rogers]

Pardubice up to 305 entries!
No. FED Federation Count
1 ARM Armenia 2
2 AUT Austria 1
3 BEL Belgium 2
4 BLR Belarus 2
5 BUL Bulgaria 1
6 CAN Canada 1
7 CZE Czech Republic 213
8 DEN Denmark 4
9 ENG England 3
10 GER Germany 43
11 HUN Hungary 3
12 IND India 2
13 ISR Israel 6
14 ITA Italy 1
15 POL Poland 4
16 ROU Romania 1
17 RUS Russia 1
18 SUI Switzerland 2
19 SVK Slovakia 2
20 SWE Sweden 8
21 UAE United Arab Emirates 1
22 UKR Ukraine 1
23 VEN Venezuela 1
Total 305

Are you playing Tim? Who are the other English players that have entered?
We have a mutual friend. John Cooper at Lytham St Anne's chess club. I hear you have been playing him online.

[Roger de Coverly]

Are you playing Tim? Who are the other English players that have entered?

Tim is joined by Peter Sowray and Tom Wiley. Tom would appear to be resident in Central Europe.

[Simon Rogers]

Thanks Roger. I'm sure I am speaking on behalf of most forumites that we will be cheering Tim on.

[NickFaulks]

Pardubice up to 305 entries!

Where can I find this and other information?

[John McKenna]

Official homepage -

http://www.czechopen.net/

Chess-results link -

https://chess-results.com/tnr530505.asp ... turdet=YES &flag=NO

Note that Tim is in the B-Open. Sowray & Wiley in the GM A-Open.