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- Sat Feb 03, 2024 12:56 pm
- Forum: International News
- Topic: Carlsen resigns on move 2
- Replies: 1114
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Re: Carlsen resigns on move 2
The letter from St Louis banning Hans; https://www.chessgames.com/perl/kibitzing?kid=P152611&reply=1390 While the St Louis chess club is totally free to invite the players of their choice, I really do not understand the need of a press release announcing that they will not invite Niemann to their f...
- Thu Dec 28, 2023 2:27 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Media comments on chess
- Replies: 5977
- Views: 741828
Re: Media comments on chess
to THEIR life.Chris Goodall wrote: ↑Thu Dec 28, 2023 10:13 amI have concerns about everything FIDE do. There is a difference between a dumb piece of red tape and a threat to your life.
- Thu Dec 28, 2023 9:32 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Media comments on chess
- Replies: 5977
- Views: 741828
Re: Media comments on chess
with federations and local organisers. No, the rules apply only to high-level competitions run directly by FIDE, which is how the ECF were able to disregard them and let everyone compete as their true gender. So to the extent that the information is being "shared", it is FIDE sharing information wi...
- Wed Dec 27, 2023 10:04 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Media comments on chess
- Replies: 5977
- Views: 741828
Re: Media comments on chess
Of course. But it isn't. Show me where on Yosha Iglesias's card it says AMAB. It says “female”. If this is the only information shared with local organisers, then we are good and she would be able to play female events. The FIDE rule about banning trans players from gender restricted event can only...
- Wed Dec 27, 2023 9:15 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Media comments on chess
- Replies: 5977
- Views: 741828
Re: Media comments on chess
So in this scenario a person assigned male at birth successfully transitions to female in a country where being LGBT is illegal, and then takes up chess and enters a tournament under her true gender, and FIDE can tell from Russia that she's trans but the local organisers can't. Does that seem far-f...
- Wed Dec 27, 2023 6:39 pm
- Forum: International News
- Topic: 2023 World Rapid & Blitz
- Replies: 58
- Views: 3788
Re: 2023 World Rapid & Blitz
The dress code struck today with a €100 fine for Anna-Maja Kazarian https://twitter.com/AMKazarian/status/1739964325232513114/photo/1 This generated a number of notable reactions; the swift action of FIDE on womens' dress code contrasting with the inaction on safeguarding at the same event, for exa...
- Wed Dec 27, 2023 4:01 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Media comments on chess
- Replies: 5977
- Views: 741828
Re: Media comments on chess
Ms. Iglesias's comments about stealth trans players getting outed make no sense. If you're entering a tournament that matches the gender you identify as, there's nothing to out; if you're entering one that matches your birth gender, the rules are not about you. And if you played rated games under a...
- Wed Dec 06, 2023 3:19 pm
- Forum: ECF Matters
- Topic: London Chess Classic 2023
- Replies: 140
- Views: 14303
Re: London Chess Classic 2023
Just copied the position/moves from chess.comIan Thompson wrote: ↑Wed Dec 06, 2023 1:58 pmWere the last few moves recorded on lichess not played?
- Wed Dec 06, 2023 12:49 pm
- Forum: ECF Matters
- Topic: London Chess Classic 2023
- Replies: 140
- Views: 14303
Re: London Chess Classic 2023
Any interviews or hints as to why a draw was agreed between Adams and Gukesh in the final position? Is this one of those positions (could someone post it?) where Black's passed pawn is optically stronger than the computer evaluation suggests? [Event "13th London Classic 2023"] [Site "London ENG"] [...
- Sun Sep 17, 2023 3:45 pm
- Forum: International News
- Topic: Carlsen resigns on move 2
- Replies: 1114
- Views: 83230
Re: Carlsen resigns on move 2
It also makes you wonder why chess.com keeps that calculation methodology a secret. Because they know it's rubbish, why else? Anyone free to speculate, but we just don't know. However Kramnik seems to have confidence in those values. Paraphrasing, he mentioned that very often he can precisely guess...
- Sun Sep 17, 2023 2:31 pm
- Forum: International News
- Topic: Carlsen resigns on move 2
- Replies: 1114
- Views: 83230
Re: Carlsen resigns on move 2
I think accuracy is down to... You'd think something like that, but we really don't know. Kramnik extrapolates most of his conclusions by looking at that measure. It's such an key component of Kramnik construct, that I find surprising he does not question how that number is actually measured. It al...
- Sun Sep 17, 2023 1:45 pm
- Forum: International News
- Topic: Carlsen resigns on move 2
- Replies: 1114
- Views: 83230
Re: Carlsen resigns on move 2
Vladimir Kramnik on the C-Squared Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ng3lTBAi4Ps Who is going to take one for the team and sit through the whole two hours? Listen to a good portion of it. Kramnik conclusion is that online cheating among titled player is very frequent; he estimates that more t...
- Sat Sep 16, 2023 11:54 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: what do you consider as biggest threat to organized chess?
- Replies: 70
- Views: 8235
Re: what do you consider as biggest threat to organized chess?
Only after you try playing chess as an amateur while making a profitTim Spanton wrote: ↑Sat Sep 16, 2023 7:40 amTry organising a tournament without any prizes and see how you get onPaolo Casaschi wrote: ↑Sat Sep 16, 2023 5:12 amFor amateur players definitely not, that’s exactly my point.
- Sat Sep 16, 2023 5:12 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: what do you consider as biggest threat to organized chess?
- Replies: 70
- Views: 8235
Re: what do you consider as biggest threat to organized chess?
For amateur players definitely not, that’s exactly my point.
- Fri Sep 15, 2023 8:23 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: what do you consider as biggest threat to organized chess?
- Replies: 70
- Views: 8235
Re: what do you consider as biggest threat to organized chess?
You enter an event for your own entertainment and you pay for it. What's wrong with it? Why on earth would you expect to be entertained and paid for it?Joey Stewart wrote: ↑Thu Sep 14, 2023 12:22 amwhere even the winners are likely to still be making a financial loss playing the tournament after all costs are deducted.