English Chess Forum

The tournament is not open to the public, but all the action from the tournament will be broadcast live online via Londonchessclassic.com Live, or with a delay of a few munutes, perhaps as many as 30 ? Maybe, but with no spectators and access strictly controlled, is there any need for a delay?

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MJMcCready wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 23, 2023 2:57 am

According to the website 114 players are registered for the open but only 2 of them are English. Have we ever had a home event with such a disproportionate number of players registered for the open before?

Assuming the Isle of Man is a "home event" for English players ...

Matthew Turner wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 19, 2023 9:27 am

I thought these were rather well considered comments

https://twitter.com/durarbayli/status/1 ... 5164799387

An interesting piece bur he would do well to look at his own writings more closely before lambasting others, eg transmission time-delay may be many things, but it is hardly "archaic."

Roger de Coverly wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 12, 2023 9:12 pm

Carlsen's latest loss

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... ating.html

and elsewhere

Magnus seems to be suffering from a touch of the Tartakowers (https://kevinspraggettonchess.wordpress ... tsmanship/)

Whilst the author's intention is pretty obvious, what does this statement really mean - "[the new product] is twice as thin [as the old product]"? The old product was 46.2 mm thick, so, to me, that statement means the new product is 92.4 mm thick. Surely it depends on the context? If the old produc...

Mick Norris wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 26, 2023 9:03 am

Nigel Povah report

The reports are dated September 22 at the top of the post but in fact are up to date.

Battersea comes close to this in that it is possible to have matches on one side of the hall and social chess on the other side without the latter unduly affecting the former Battersea is a great club, but on the nights I've played serious matches there it has been noisier than any other club in th...

The ECF rating policy is that either the whole event is submitted for rating or that no results are submitted. Thanks, Brian. That is what I had always assumed and I was disturbed to see people ( I think ) suggesting otherwise. I welcome the unequivocal statement of ECF rating policy on submitting ...

Prizes irrelevant to me when choosing a tournament, as I said in my first post on this forum. But certainly not for some people. I think English weekenders and their prize structures are unique to England and an invention of the Fischer generation. So possible demographic change will end them. Perh...

This may be a UK thing. I played in an admittedly small tournament in Portugal where all the participants won books. It was played in the library of a museum in Lisbon in Portugal and I was given the illustrated guidebook to the museum as a prize although unfortunately it seems to have been “mispla...

Maybe the emphasis elsewhere at least for some players is the enjoyment rather than the prize especially if it means events can be held in more attractive venues. For most, I expect. Particularly in rating limited events where the prizes are likely to be won by players whose ratings are lower than ...

For amateur players definitely not, that’s exactly my point. Try organising a tournament without any prizes and see how you get on This may be a UK thing. I played in an admittedly small tournament in Portugal where all the participants won books. It was played in the library of a museum in Lisbon ...

Paolo Casaschi wrote: ↑

Sat Sep 16, 2023 5:12 am

Ian Thompson wrote: ↑

Fri Sep 15, 2023 11:09 pm

Are cash prizes worth having at all?

For amateur players definitely not, that’s exactly my point.

Try organising a tournament without any prizes and see how you get on