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Sorry about that, it's not so much the lack of players, there is still a lot of interest in the C&DCCC, but we can't find anyone to organise it this year. Recently some CC organisers have been unfairly battered by unsubstantiated complaints, rumours, and threats of legal action... not really surpris...

Christopher Kreuzer wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 10, 2021 7:14 am

(annoyingly I don't think it is possible to link direct to sections on the Welsh CCF site).

It is... it's just a bit convoluted

https://www.welshccf.org.uk/article/919

Nick Grey wrote: ↑

Sun Feb 14, 2021 3:39 pm

I never played him but found the link when preparing for my opponent in GB/WH2021, C & DCCC 2021 Division 1 - Ward-Higgs.

You prepared?... Oh dear, I suppose I'd better start taking it a bit more seriously then

what's the problem? It's the problem of being labelled a cheat. Ah well... that's my point. Their business model depends on them publicly calling out a quota of cheats each month. They don't need to actually prove anything (their methods are occult), they just need to make their gullible fans belie...

It's a simple but cold business decision; chess.com attracts tens of thousands of casual chess players who don't know much about correspondence chess by perpetuating the myth that they have zero tolerance for "cheating" and that they have the facility to detect it... it's a particularly elegant dece...

Hi Jon,

Actually the opposite; the games can't be graded on the SchemingMind rating system because SCCA allows engine use but SM doesn't.

Cheers,
Austin

Hi Jon

Jon Mahony wrote: I play on Scheming Mind, which allows engines

I can assure you that this is most certainly not the case!

Austin Lockwood
SchemingMind webmaster