Yang-Fan Zhou confirmed as an IM

[LozCooper]

Titles approved at the 2nd Quarter Presidential Board 2011

I am pleased to read that Yang-Fan Zhou's IM title application was approved at FIDE's 2nd quarter presidential board. I hope his FIDE profile will be updated accordingly: http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?event=468584

http://www.fide.com/component/content/a ... -2011.html

[Sean Hewitt]

COngratulations (again!) to Yang Fan!

[IM Jack Rudd]

*presses the "Like" button*

[AustinElliott]

Splendid news - well done to him.

Let's hope he continues to forge ahead and that we are all celebrating him making GM in a few years time.

[Christopher Kreuzer]

Titles approved at the 2nd Quarter Presidential Board 2011

I am pleased to read that Yang-Fan Zhou's IM title application was approved at FIDE's 2nd quarter presidential board. I hope his FIDE profile will be updated accordingly: http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?event=468584

http://www.fide.com/component/content/a ... -2011.html

His FIDE page was updated at some point (not sure when), but this ECF page hasn't been updated yet:

http://www.englishchess.org.uk/?page_id=2975

Last time I noticed this, I e-mailed through the link at the top of the page, but am feeling lazy today.

[Sean Hewitt]

Will titled players who are not ECF members be removed from this page?

[Christopher Kreuzer]

Will titled players who are not ECF members be removed from this page?

Well, I got to that page from this one:

http://www.englishchess.org.uk/?page_id=87

"The Master Points system is simple: it’s based on the ECF Grading system. Only ECF Members may be awarded the titles of the Master Points system"

I found the benefits interesting reading there.