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I don't see any significant difference between byo-yomi and Bronstein delay timing which, as John Saunders said, is popular in the United States. The only difference appears to be byo-yomi starts the delay mode from when a player's time runs out whereas Bronstein delay timing starts it at move 1. B...

Getting back to the fundamental point here, I think that the 90+30 time limit is the problem. Recent experiences at Kingston have highlighted a major flaw in the incremental time method and shown it is unsuitable for two-rounds-a-day events which are predominantly for amateurs, including old, very ...

The games from 2002 onwards are in Big Database 2023, just the top 4-8 boards that were on the DGT boards. There are a few from earlier years as well. I think this was my first experience of using DGT boards, I remember Nick Pert putting the kings in the middle of the board at the end of our game an...

I make this complaint every year, but I continue to find the broadcast of this event infuriating. For blitz they should just get a single camera angle with a clear view of the board and clock and leave it there, just like they used to do about 10 years ago. Why keep switching between about ten diffe...

I am watching this discussion with interest, as I am planning to come to watch the play one day this week, as I have done in past years. Very happy to sign up in advance, or whatever, if necessary, but obviously I don’t want a 250 mile round trip to be wasted. Me too. I know a couple of my clubmate...

I thought he wasn't anywhere near it when watching live, but the slowed down replay makes it obvious it was touched, and it should count as a deliberate touch as he was clearly reaching out to move it. Touch move has been in place for so long that it's too late to change it, but if I was starting fr...

The first one I found easier than anything on the programme, took me less than 30 seconds. Maybe I was just lucky. I spent 10 minutes trying to solve the second one in my head before resorting to trial and error and got it after a couple of failed attempts.

The best moments have been when they have given up on the pgn altogether and zoomed in to a board to commentate on the pictures. Exactly, so why don't they do this all the time? I think the worst example of all time was the Giri - van Foreest play off from Tata 2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...

A frustrating watch so far. I'm not qualified to talk about the technology, but lichess and chess.com seem to be aligned that they are using an older protocol to delay transmission at source which is less reliable. I will once again make my annual complaint that this would be so much better to watc...

"His view is its the rules fault not him"

So what rule change does he want? There must be a reason for wasting everyone's time (including his own) but I don't understand what point he is trying to make.

I was also not impressed by the video for same reasons given by Ian.

A far better discussion of this topic is here, item 105.

U16
Pairings/Results
Round 6 on 2024/08/02 at 0915
Bo. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg
1 WCM Pert, Nina P 1966 3½ 4½ Pert, Max P 2034

Major Open
Pairings/Results
Round 7 on 2024/08/02 at 1430
Bo. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg
7 WCM Pert, Nina P 1966 4½ 4½ Pert, Max P 2034

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Maybe the wrong place for this, but am I really the only person who thinks the broadcast of these events could be improved dramatically if they just took the very simple step of showing the camera view of the board in full screen and commentated from that? Especially in the closing stages of games w...

It's a pretty extreme example as it's fairly obvious White is artificially keeping the game going for as long as possible. Even after the breakthrough there are some unnecessary moves. One option I'd consider as the organiser would simply not to accept the entry next time if the aim is to "hold the...