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NickFaulks wrote: ↑

Thu Apr 30, 2026 2:21 pm

MJMcCready wrote: ↑

Fri Apr 24, 2026 11:29 am

Pein, he's been outspoken about FIDE in the past, which I am sure didn't go down too well.

He was certainly very rude about Makro, but I didn't get the impression from Athens that they were much bothered.

Because they - and others? - don't have much regard for him?

Jonathan Rogers wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 31, 2026 12:03 am

Round three then:

Matthias Bluebaum – Andrey Esipenko draw
Praggnanandhaa R – Javokhir Sindarov draw (but fluctuating)
Fabiano Caruana – Wei Yi 1-0
Hikaru Nakamura – Anish Giri draw

1 - 0, all four games.

Open pairings: FIDE Candidates 2026 pairings Round 1 on 2026/03/29 at 15:30 Javokhir Sindarov – Andrey Esipenko Matthias Bluebaum – Wei Yi Praggnanandhaa R – Anish Giri Fabiano Caruana – Hikaru Nakamura Round 2 on 2026/03/30 at 15:30 Andrey Esipenko – Hikaru Nakamura Anish Giri – Fabiano Caruana We...

Who within the ECF has taken the decision to proceed? Was it a Board decision? Who was consulted? The very first posting in this thread shows it signed off by Malcolm Pein Director of International Chess and External Relations. Dominic Lawson President Though that's the statement issued not long af...

... Legal action is now being contemplated... According to the Chessbase article and the (unattributed) statement Lawrence linked to, proceedings have already been instigated: an application has been filed with the Court of Arbitration for Sport. How is the legal action being funded by the ECF? Doe...

It's not chess-related but will possibly be of interest: a BBC News story about Rachel Reeves and her expense claims at HBOS.

Paul Cooksey wrote: ↑

Thu Nov 06, 2025 8:33 pm

The one in the picture I suppose: https://rating.englishchess.org.uk/play ... de=138233A

Harold Mark Carter? Is that the person front right in both of the photos in Peter's post? I'm guessing it is.

John Reyes wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 27, 2025 5:56 pm

Also i did feel that one person at the meeting was making it all about the past and not about the future of the new commitee

Can I ask, is this is a reference to Nick Faulks, also referred to by Christopher Lewis in his report?

Jonathan Arnott wrote: ↑

Thu Aug 31, 2023 1:11 pm

... I wanted to distance myself from what they [UKIP] morphed into...

I see Jonathan is the subject of a piece in the Observer.

Sorry to hear that Michael has passed away. We had a number of hard-fought games in the Surrey and Croydon leagues. He was an affable opponent.

I got to know John quite well. His poetry anthologies were the private preserve of FOYLES who had the exclusive rights, he told me. He translated Flesch's middlegame Batsford from Hungarian: "took ages" he added. He could be glimpsed at Speakers' Corner (and I even saw him on the box once.) He coul...

Maybe I am gatekeeping, but I always find chess parent accounts a bit odd. A bit like someone writing a movie review focusing on what the cinema is like rather than the film. I think others - non-competitive players, parents of players... - are allowed their take. I like that Charlie is keen and en...

In the 80s Manchester was hardly punk orientated Factory Records, the Hacienda, the Smiths I tried to appreciate the Smiths but Morrisey, gladioli in back pocket, put me off. Perhaps a little earlier, the Manchester bands I liked were Joy Division and the Fall. Um, not forgetting the Buzzcocks and ...

Part of what I like about chess is that it brings different people together. Different ages, genders, ethnicities, well off and not so well off...

I see there was another tie for first in the Challengers - there is a better case for a play-off here than in the top section I would have thought. Failing that, allow both into the top section next year - but the organisers have shown before they aren't happy with that. It kind of makes sense to l...