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all the moves in 90 minutes or incremental equivalent. All moves on 90 minutes would bring it in line with the Durham County Chess Association. At the moment any DCCA players who make it through to the final of the World Championship cycle would be at a disadvantage due to unfamiliarity with the ti...

Our club plays in a social club. There is no roomhire rate but chess club members have to be members of the social club at a cost of £6.00 pa. This is paid out of the members chess club subscriptions.

Oyama - Harvey looks like a Bird's opening.

The problem with introducing incremental controls in league chess, aside from the availability of digital clocks, is the fact that the playing session is no longer of a set length. This could cause problems when the match room is only available until a specific time or a player needs to catch the l...

JustinHorton wrote:It also has a stupid headline, for which the author will probably not be responsible.

Ah yes!. The obligatory chess pun.

I found it slightly confused as to the object of the criticism. Is it the Government for refusing to recognize chess as a sport thus denying it the funding that other countries provide? Or is the administrators? Or is it indeed the rank and file for not appreciating the value of international success?

Interesting article just appeared in the Guardian from Stephen Moss. http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/n ... its-future Does he give a credible explanation for the under performance of English Chess?

""Success in chess tournaments requires exertion, physical stamina, mental focus, control and cunning,” he (Phil Ehr) said". Clearly this is where I have been going wrong!

The Telegraph now has a quote from Phil Ehr; http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/predict ... cards.html

It appears this is a live question again as Judge Mostyn in the High Court has allowed the English Bridge Union to mount a judicial review against Sport England's decison to refuse to recognise bridge as a sport. He has also directed that FIDE be informed as they "may want to get in on it" I am not ...

Thanks Alex

On the 4NCL homepage, under "Weekend 3, Tables" Div 3n is still showing standings after 4 games. All other divisions appear to be correct , showing the status after 6 games. Any ideas?

Mike Truran wrote:...... and best wishes for 2015 from the team at 4NCL.

Best wished to you Mike and all at 4NCL. I look forward to seeing you at Birmingham at the end of January.

Interesting article on Slate magazine at http://www.slate.com/articles/life/gaming/2014/10/new_york_times_chess_column_don_t_mourn_its_passing_this_is_a_great_chance.html . Essentially saying that in the internet age newspaper chess columns need to go beyond simply reporting tournaments results and ...

An independent review of Jon Edward's book can be found here; http://chessbookreviews.wordpress.com/