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The Riviera Chess Congress website is not working properly.

AS soon as you call up the pairings A page of German rubbish appears immediate after the pairings page . So you cannot check the pairings and you cannot remove the German page.

Ken Norman wrote: ↑

Sat Aug 30, 2025 11:41 am

The Riviera Chess Congress website is not working properly.

AS soon as you call up the pairings A page of German rubbish appears immediate after the pairings page . So you cannot check the pairings and you cannot remove the German page.

Not sure where you're starting from, or if the problem has now been resolved, but it's working for me now - https://s2.chess-results.com/tnr1243680 ... 1&SNode=S0 - assuming that's the section you're interested in.

Harry Grieve running away with it, a point ahead on 5/5 whilst Keith Arkell is suffering with two losses.

https://s2.chess-results.com/tnr1243384 ... 6&SNode=S0

Tim, what happened in your game today?

Read all about it: https://beauchess.blogspot.com/2025/09/ ... d-six.html. Don't worry: it won't take long - only 11 moves

Very nice, good enough explanation for the quick finish. Time for a walk on the beach afterwards?

Went straight to the pub, getting there just before the latest downpour - it's been a wet and windy week

Arkell has withdrawn.
I see Gerald Moore beat Arkell AGAIN! Well done Gerald.
It would be interesting to see the score of the game.

Slightly unusual to withdraw after a win. Maybe he's ill.

I was looking forward to seeing a possible final round top board clash between Grieve and Arkell. Have they played many times before? I hope Keith is OK. I did not know that Gerald Moore had beaten Keith before. That is rather unusual, for an underdog to obtain a win against the same GM twice.

Ken Norman wrote: ↑

Fri Sep 05, 2025 9:08 am

Arkell has withdrawn.
I see Gerald Moore beat Arkell AGAIN! Well done Gerald.
It would be interesting to see the score of the game.

To be fair, Gerald played very well. The other loss was when I dropped my Queen against him in the Simon Bartlett Memorial a few years ago . I've played Gerald many times ( I seem to have played everyone many times!!), including a 'best game prize' winning effort back in 1987!

Incidentally, I haven't 'withdrawn', I have been given a zero point bye. As a matter of principle I draw a subtle distinction between the two.

As Ken knows from when he couldn't play me in the last round many decades ago, health issues rear their ugly head ever more as the years roll by.
I've suffered in silence during this tournament.

I also wasn't well enough to play the last round in Teplice back in June, and so didn't win the tournament despite being on 7.5/8!
On the bright side I then won the next 4 ( Bad Bertrich, the British Senior Ch, Manchester Summer and Swindon) to bring my tally of victories in FIDE rated events this year to 15.

Many thanks to John Constable for putting on another smashing event, and we all hope John and Christine can somehow make it happen again next year, though we understand if it proves to be too difficult.

" I seem to have played everyone many times!!"

Yes, I know...

Hope you're totally fit quickly.

Thanks Kevin. Me too, as I’ve just entered the Ayr Open starting on Friday! Last tine I played there was for the British u-18 ch in 1978.

The Riviera Chess Congress will be played in 2026

Ronnie Burton wrote: ↑

Sat Sep 06, 2025 8:16 pm

The Riviera Chess Congress will be played in 2026

Over the moon to hear it!