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Right now is the appropriate time for members to get votes, not organisations.

Directors should have longer terms of office, but limited to two terms. It needs longer than you think to learn the ropes and settle in...

It is simple. You should never ask for a takeback, as a refusal often offends. If an opponent calls the arbiter on Tornelo and asks them to permit his opponent to take back his move, I have generally agreed in unrated events. In a rated event I would have to say no.

A question arising from my event on Monday that I ended up not having to resolve, but I was wondering what I should do if it had come to it. The event was a junior rapidplay, 20+10 time control. In the top section one of the games reached K+Q vs K+R. Both players were either not recording or had ne...

Exactly. This is why you need a rule which is easy to apply but leaves room for arbiters to use common sense. In my opinion in the event of a dispute if a player admits they left a piece on a square, accident or not, then my ruling is that they should leave it there and play on. Mouse slips should s...

So if I play Bc1 to f4, then to g5 and then press the clock, this is acceptable if the arbiter agrees with my explanation that I accidentally let go of the piece on f4, rather than intentionally playing Bf4?

So by analogy retraction of all mouseslips that are clearly mouseslips should be permitted?

I am doing four rapidplay events in July and August, but I would like to have 10 all play sections of 6. However FIDE would charge £70 per section to rate them! So I think I will just stick to ECF rating these... We are happy to confirm that the FIDE Council has indeed decided "to waive rating fees...

FIDE would charge £70 per section to rate them! We are happy to confirm that the FIDE Council has indeed decided "to waive rating fees for over-the-board Rapid and Blitz tournaments held in 2021 and 2022". From the FIDE website in January! Where did you get your figures from? I asked the ECF....for...

I am doing four rapidplay events in July and August, but I would like to have 10 all play sections of 6. However FIDE would charge £70 per section to rate them!

So I think I will just stick to ECF rating these...

We've not heard from the Sniper since the end of January. I believe he was building extra wings on Troll Prison to welcome new inmates. It was getting a bit crowded. I suspect that you can forget about Charlie arranging anything in Malta. This was 5 hours ago on FB: "After careful consideration of ...

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Joseph Conlon wrote: ↑

Thu Apr 01, 2021 12:02 pm

As it says on the tin.

Link to entry form is

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What date is it today? If he's resolved his differences with the local Malta federation, perhaps the Sniper will pop up with something. We've not heard from the Sniper since the end of January. I believe he was building extra wings on Troll Prison to welcome new inmates. It was getting a bit crowded...

Mick Norris wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 23, 2021 9:55 am

Well, I had thought there might be a discussion about the role, rather than the appointment process, particularly among those forumites wanting OTB chess to return ASAP

In that vein - what ECF over the board events?

John Upham wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 13, 2021 9:30 pm

Adam Raoof has been keen to mention his current sale of 2,000 chess books on various Facebook groups.

thanks John!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/adra3204

I do have a lot of books, would be happy to shift them all at the right price