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There is often a comparison with Bridge
....but could other organisations such as
Scrabble www.absp.org.uk
Backgammon https://ukbgf.com
provide some guidance on how to start OTB Competition's again.

I thought I read somewhere that there might be another incentive to join the ECF offered by Chess & Bridge. Isn't the best incentive that the ECF encourages some OTB chess to actually take place? Even better that it takes place unrestricted by rules inspired by risk aversion. Hopefully a congress s...

Support by Members is Essential for the ECF ...........How soon can you renew your Membership for 2021-2022? maybe in June /July time but we need to agreed on the membership fees 1st Hopefully they will remain unchanged .....but a reduction for returning members, who missed joining last year, could...

Support by Members is Essential for the ECF
...........How soon can you renew your Membership for 2021-2022?

Mick Norris wrote: ↑

Fri Apr 02, 2021 9:10 pm

There is lots of information about chess in the rest of the North West

.........point me in the right direction then.

Roger de Coverly wrote: ↑

Fri Apr 02, 2021 12:47 pm

Paul Robert Jackson wrote: ↑

Fri Apr 02, 2021 10:38 am

There is no indication of when Social Distancing might end.

Is there any indication whether that's law or guidance? There may be no practical difference if insurers enforce the guidance by withdrawing cover.

At the moment it only looks like guidance.

I wonder if there will be a 45th Blackpool Chess Conference? The congress website says: The date of the next event will be notified when this Covid is under control and hopefully will take place at the The Imperial Hotel Blackpool. ......Lancashire Chess is not updating its website resulting in lit...

On the 21-June-2021: ....All legal limits on social contact will be removed ....No legal limits on the number of people who can attend weddings, funerals and other life events though it is looking like you will be expected to keep social distancing. From Govt's own website: We must carry on with ‘h...

On the 21-June-2021: ....All legal limits on social contact will be removed ....No legal limits on the number of people who can attend weddings, funerals and other life events though it is looking like you will be expected to keep social distancing. From Govt's own website: We must carry on with ‘h...

I wonder if there will be a 45th Blackpool Chess Conference?

It is hoped that it will be possible to run the Scarborough Congress this year on the weekend of 29-31 October. The Centre is planning to re-open from July so the Spa Centre itself should be available by the planned dates. There is obviously still doubt about what the Covid situation will be then, ...

Interestingly that now we are now over a year without much "normal chess".
The number of topics & posts on this "Forum", also appears to be reducing,

CZECH TOUR 2021 Following festivals are being prepared: Czech Open Pardubice, July 15 - August 1 2021 Summer Prague Open, August 7-14 2021 Sunny Beach Open (Bulgaria), September 3-12 2021 Regulations will be published in the first half of April. Marienband Open & Prague Open We regret inform you th...

This thread has moved onto general discussion rather than the British 2021 Championship's.
www.englishchess.org.uk/british-championships-2021
........give details as I am sure most of The Forum are aware.

Andrew Zigmond wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 10, 2021 11:04 pm

Maybe, maybe not. A perennial worry before the pandemic was the ageing chess demographic and whether clubs/ leagues/ congresses would fold over time. The pandemic hasn't changed that.

......"The Pandemic" will probably accelerate events folding though.