British Chess Championships 2010
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The Makepeace blog will be interesting, he beat Felix.
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He may have caught him in an opening trick. Certainly there was a Makepeace queen on c1 early on and a Felix king on e2. For much of the game, Phil had an extra piece and more time against two pawns and chaos.Matthew Turner wrote:The Makepeace blog will be interesting, he beat Felix.
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Roger is right, Felix blundered a piece on move 8. In a brief post-game interview while I was waiting for Mr. Maciol (who blundered horribly again today, and has now lost his phone charger to boot...), Phil said that he was a bit disappointed at needing 5 hours to finish him off.
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Alex M >I am afraid I still think that a human with a computer checking is the best solution at the current time.<
All good pairings controlleres agree tht it is the human is finally responsible for the pairings, not the computer.
Somebody asked why the 5 minute delay before transmission. That is entirely deliberate. It is to make it less likely a player can sneak away afetr his opponent's move and gain information. I am not sure this is done elsewhere than the UK and Gibraltar - but it should be. It is only 5 minutes because the live commentator would have people coming in announcing the move played.
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All good pairings controlleres agree tht it is the human is finally responsible for the pairings, not the computer.
Somebody asked why the 5 minute delay before transmission. That is entirely deliberate. It is to make it less likely a player can sneak away afetr his opponent's move and gain information. I am not sure this is done elsewhere than the UK and Gibraltar - but it should be. It is only 5 minutes because the live commentator would have people coming in announcing the move played.
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Can one still enter a later section?
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My earlier note on this was to ask if anyone else was getting the first moves through before 2:20? My first updates came in at 2:17 (3:17 my time).Somebody asked why the 5 minute delay before transmission. That is entirely deliberate. It is to make it less likely a player can sneak away afetr his opponent's move and gain information. I am not sure this is done elsewhere than the UK and Gibraltar - but it should be. It is only 5 minutes because the live commentator would have people coming in announcing the move played.
Maybe it's because I'm an hour ahead of the UK?
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Yes, but it's subject to late fee. The weekenders will probably fill up on Friday.Peter Smith wrote:Can one still enter a later section?
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Of course you may, Peter!Peter Smith wrote:Can one still enter a later section?
http://www.britishchess2010.com/
Which section were you interested in?
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They've also been spelling your name incorrectly.Roger de Coverly wrote:
My result on board 12 is incorrect as I WON - but they got it right for today's pairings. In all the others the seeded player drew or won.
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Pairings for rd. 3 now up. Shame I'm going to be out for the day, as Rudd- Williams should be great to watch. Predicting Adams, Williams, short draw, Gordon, Conquest, draw, draw, Hawkins, Slavin, draw, as the results for the top 10 boards tomorrow.
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Keith Arkell has 0.5/2, so I guess he won't really be looking forward to playing a junior rated 2135 who has 1.5.
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Is this a drawback of accelerated pairings ? The theory assumes that all games go with seeding (grading) and occasionally they dont.
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A new idea to stop short draws: The players who agree must spend an hour keying in games in the U11 section. Their features are:
1) Ambiguous rook moves
2) Not resigning until it's a mate-in-one, even though they're multiple pieces down
3) Missing entire moves out
4) Writing down the wrong destination square of the piece (presumably this is black, not white)
It's a bit hard to motivate yourself to key in a 70-move game that often has all of these features.
1) Ambiguous rook moves
2) Not resigning until it's a mate-in-one, even though they're multiple pieces down
3) Missing entire moves out
4) Writing down the wrong destination square of the piece (presumably this is black, not white)
It's a bit hard to motivate yourself to key in a 70-move game that often has all of these features.
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I find this is a real problem. You are pairing strong players who are off form against weaker players who are on form. I find for this reason the rabbit bashers fail regularly to bash the rabbits.E Michael White wrote:Is this a drawback of accelerated pairings ? The theory assumes that all games go with seeding (grading) and occasionally they dont.
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I'm surprised that illegal moves actually played doesn't appear in your list. Maybe that's a bonus because it prevents you entering the rest of the game.Alex Holowczak wrote:A new idea to stop short draws: The players who agree must spend an hour keying in games in the U11 section. Their features are:
1) Ambiguous rook moves
2) Not resigning until it's a mate-in-one, even though they're multiple pieces down
3) Missing entire moves out
4) Writing down the wrong destination square of the piece (presumably this is black, not white)
It's a bit hard to motivate yourself to key in a 70-move game that often has all of these features.