It can only be spent on events that take place in the financial period.Paul Cooksey wrote: ↑Mon Feb 03, 2025 9:03 pmUnless is already accounted for. I guess we will get confirmation in due course.LawrenceCooper wrote: ↑Mon Feb 03, 2025 8:36 pmIt finishes at the end of March so that definitely won't be the case.Paul Cooksey wrote: ↑Mon Feb 03, 2025 8:25 pmI assumed DCMS funding was being used for the venue but I am speculating.
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It sounds like Loz is sure already.
It seems unlikely a sponsor would want to avoid publicity. So perhaps an increase in the membership spend. But again, speculation.
It seems unlikely a sponsor would want to avoid publicity. So perhaps an increase in the membership spend. But again, speculation.
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Accorduing to the BBCPaul Cooksey wrote: ↑Mon Feb 03, 2025 9:58 pmIt seems unlikely a sponsor would want to avoid publicity. So perhaps an increase in the membership spend. But again, speculation.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy08p1e50q8o
The hints last year were about a prestige venue with support from the local council.The 2025 event is a partnership between the English Chess Federation, Liverpool City Council and St George's Hall, with support from the Chess Trust and the John Robinson Chess Trust.
The Chess Trust is what used to be the BCF Permanent Investment Fund (effectively a legacies fund).
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indeed, even so seemed to me unlikely such a nice venue would be cost neutral. I might be reading too much into the discussion of funding of the British at the last AGM. Things might have changed.
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The last time the British was held in St George's Hall it lost money, mainly because it was noticed just before the event that the lighting was inadequate and extra lighting had to be hired in. Organisers take note! It was a great venue, though, and I look forward to returning there.
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"The first year of the Smith & Williamson sponsorship at Hove in 1997 had a strong field as well."
Scroll slightly for crosstable... https://www.saund.co.uk/britbase/pgn/19 ... iewer.html
Scroll slightly for crosstable... https://www.saund.co.uk/britbase/pgn/19 ... iewer.html
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That was the one where Kosten was leading on 7/9 and lost in the last two rounds (to Sadler and Adams).Kevin Thurlow wrote: ↑Tue Feb 04, 2025 11:46 am"The first year of the Smith & Williamson sponsorship at Hove in 1997 had a strong field as well."
Scroll slightly for crosstable... https://www.saund.co.uk/britbase/pgn/19 ... iewer.html
Also the infamous shared title after the 4-way playoff.
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Anyone care to state what the name Liverpool actually means?
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Well I think the official explanation is that the name comes from the Old English lifer, meaning thick or muddy water, and pōl, meaning a pool or creek, and is first recorded around 1190 as Liuerpul. According to the Cambridge Dictionary of English place names. The original reference was to a pool or tidal creek now filled up into which two streams drained.MJMcCready wrote: ↑Fri Feb 07, 2025 12:17 amAnyone care to state what the name Liverpool actually means?
However, for me it means the greatest team the world has ever seen.
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Yes, lewer is the Welsh term for mud. It means pool of mud according to David Crystal in his book Stories of English.