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Roger de Coverly
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by Roger de Coverly » Tue Sep 13, 2022 12:40 pm
Andrew Wainwright wrote: ↑Tue Sep 13, 2022 12:24 pm
The Open and Major sections are particularly well contested.
I trust that the arbiters are aware that the player shown as unrated and bottom seed in the Open has an inactive FIDE rating in excess of 2150 and a previous BCF grade in the 190s.
It's particularly dangerous to have a player like that as bottom seed if they are using FIDE pairing rules since an odd number of players for the first round would trigger a whole point bye.
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Andrew Wainwright
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by Andrew Wainwright » Tue Sep 13, 2022 2:45 pm
Roger de Coverly wrote: ↑Tue Sep 13, 2022 12:40 pm
Andrew Wainwright wrote: ↑Tue Sep 13, 2022 12:24 pm
The Open and Major sections are particularly well contested.
I trust that the arbiters are aware that the player shown as unrated and bottom seed in the Open has an inactive FIDE rating in excess of 2150 and a previous BCF grade in the 190s.
It's particularly dangerous to have a player like that as bottom seed if they are using FIDE pairing rules since an odd number of players for the first round would trigger a whole point bye.
We are indeed, but always safe to check. Many thanks.
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Matthew Webb
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by Matthew Webb » Tue Sep 13, 2022 9:03 pm
Roger de Coverly wrote: ↑Tue Sep 13, 2022 12:40 pm
Andrew Wainwright wrote: ↑Tue Sep 13, 2022 12:24 pm
The Open and Major sections are particularly well contested.
I trust that the arbiters are aware that the player shown as unrated and bottom seed in the Open has an inactive FIDE rating in excess of 2150 and a previous BCF grade in the 190s.
It's particularly dangerous to have a player like that as bottom seed if they are using FIDE pairing rules since an odd number of players for the first round would trigger a whole point bye.
Thanks for pointing this out, we have updated this on our entry list.
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Stephen Westmoreland
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by Stephen Westmoreland » Sun Sep 18, 2022 5:40 pm
What an awesome weekend and great event. Thank you Andy and Matt.
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Roger de Coverly
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by Roger de Coverly » Sun Sep 18, 2022 11:18 pm
Stephen Westmoreland wrote: ↑Sun Sep 18, 2022 5:40 pm
What an awesome weekend and great event. Thank you Andy and Matt.
Seems like a welcome addition to the Congress circuit. Were the numbers this year near the maximum the halls could accommodate?
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Jon Underwood
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by Jon Underwood » Mon Sep 19, 2022 7:43 am
Thanks for a superbly organised congress in a beautiful location.
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by LawrenceCooper » Mon Sep 19, 2022 9:31 am
Andrew Wainwright wrote: ↑Tue Sep 13, 2022 12:24 pm
The Open and Major sections are particularly well contested.
The top three seeds all drawing in the first round of an open swiss is certainly rare.
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Stephen Westmoreland
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by Stephen Westmoreland » Mon Sep 19, 2022 10:46 am
Roger de Coverly wrote: ↑Sun Sep 18, 2022 11:18 pm
Stephen Westmoreland wrote: ↑Sun Sep 18, 2022 5:40 pm
What an awesome weekend and great event. Thank you Andy and Matt.
Seems like a welcome addition to the Congress circuit. Were the numbers this year near the maximum the halls could accommodate?
I think so. There were over 235 according to Andy. He will know the numbers! I was busy figuring out how to play chess (badly) again and dealing with some YCA stuff.
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Tim Spanton
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by Tim Spanton » Mon Sep 19, 2022 11:01 am
Stephen Westmoreland wrote: ↑Mon Sep 19, 2022 10:46 am
Roger de Coverly wrote: ↑Sun Sep 18, 2022 11:18 pm
Stephen Westmoreland wrote: ↑Sun Sep 18, 2022 5:40 pm
What an awesome weekend and great event. Thank you Andy and Matt.
Seems like a welcome addition to the Congress circuit. Were the numbers this year near the maximum the halls could accommodate?
I think so. There were over 235 according to Andy. He will know the numbers! I was busy figuring out how to play chess (badly) again and dealing with some YCA stuff.
The playing area was very spacious - surely a lot more people could have been accommodated?
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Stephen Westmoreland
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by Stephen Westmoreland » Mon Sep 19, 2022 12:25 pm
More than likely. I am hearing different numbers. Andy or Matt will probably come on here and clarify; after a well deserved rest!
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Roger de Coverly
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by Roger de Coverly » Mon Sep 19, 2022 1:58 pm
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Brendan O'Gorman
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by Brendan O'Gorman » Tue Sep 20, 2022 7:41 pm
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by MartinCarpenter » Tue Sep 20, 2022 8:13 pm
That really is a fine venue
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Andrew Wainwright
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by Andrew Wainwright » Fri Sep 23, 2022 5:07 pm
Many thanks to Brendan for his amazing photos of our event. I think that we have just about recovered from last weekend. Having never run an event of that size before it was certainly educational. We learned lots, met loads of great people (both new and old players) and importantly had a lot of fun.
We certainly couldn't have pulled it off without the help of many people, including our arbiter team (Alan Atkinson, Ihor Lewyk and John Grasham) and Chess & Bridge (who kindly provided the equipment).
75 juniors enjoyed an intro to Chess Session on the Friday morning, followed by 160 adults at the Congress over the weekend.
We will be back bigger and hopefully even better next year!
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Roger de Coverly
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by Roger de Coverly » Fri Sep 23, 2022 5:17 pm
Andrew Wainwright wrote: ↑Fri Sep 23, 2022 5:07 pm
We will be back bigger and hopefully even better next year!
Are you intending to put this year's games out in pgn format?