Sorry to hear that CarlCarl Hibbard wrote: ↑Sun Sep 03, 2023 9:03 pmI’ve been in hospital with my Father so even this place takes a back seat.
How Come This Player Has Joined English Fed?
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Any postings on here represent my personal views
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Likewise.Mick Norris wrote: ↑Sun Sep 03, 2023 9:44 pmSorry to hear that CarlCarl Hibbard wrote: ↑Sun Sep 03, 2023 9:03 pmI’ve been in hospital with my Father so even this place takes a back seat.
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Sorry to hear and thoughts are with you.
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Sorry to hear that Carl.
We will all cope if you or Jack just want to lock any threads that are causing you trouble.
We will all cope if you or Jack just want to lock any threads that are causing you trouble.
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Sorry to hear Carl.Carl Hibbard wrote: ↑Sun Sep 03, 2023 9:03 pmI’ve been in hospital with my Father so even this place takes a back seat.
My thoughts are with you at this difficult time.
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Add Howitt to your foe list to ignore the numpty
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There's also the option of placing troublesome users in a group that have to have their posts approved by a moderator before they appear. That would need more moderators appointing though.Paul Cooksey wrote: ↑Sun Sep 03, 2023 9:52 pmSorry to hear that Carl.
We will all cope if you or Jack just want to lock any threads that are causing you trouble.
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Sorry to hear this Carl.Carl Hibbard wrote: ↑Sun Sep 03, 2023 9:03 pmI’ve been in hospital with my Father so even this place takes a back seat.
I don't think any of us wish to be a burden.
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@ Carl - sympathy from me too.
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Indeed, sympathy from me too. Please say if specific help can be provided, or help in any other way.
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For now please just report posts and me or Jack will deal with them it also saves reading every post.
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Can I vote we just nuke the Ramirez thread entirely, Carl? Assuming that's less work than weeding out the problematic parts? To keep it locked but visible would prevent people editing certain posts that imply guilt, if and when names emerge. (Although Sabrina's contributions are obviously valuable, they veer into advising women against coming forward, which is a narrative that possibly fits better on her personal site than this one.)Carl Hibbard wrote: ↑Mon Sep 04, 2023 6:40 amFor now please just report posts and me or Jack will deal with them it also saves reading every post.
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Let's not have censorship unless we absolutely can't avoid it, eh.
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If I can bring this thread back on topic, there are some interesting points and quotes in the coverage of this by chess.com from Norwegian chess journalist Tarjei J. Svensen:
https://www.chess.com/news/view/vitiugo ... number-one
Vitiugov Transfers From Russia To Become England's New Number One
People here might be interested in the quotes from Karjakin towards the end of the article, and the professed attitude of the Russian chess authorities to how serious these defections/transfers are.
Karjakin is quoted by chess.com as saying the following in an interview with RIA:
https://www.chess.com/news/view/vitiugo ... number-one
Vitiugov Transfers From Russia To Become England's New Number One
People here might be interested in the quotes from Karjakin towards the end of the article, and the professed attitude of the Russian chess authorities to how serious these defections/transfers are.
Karjakin is quoted by chess.com as saying the following in an interview with RIA:
The list put together by chess.com is as follows (I have added in Vitiugov for completeness):"A lot of guys have left. We need to pay attention to this problem, because at some point we will not have members of the national team left and we will have to compete as a second team. This reduces our overall chess potential in the country. The loss of Nikita Vitiugov is very serious."
Chess.com also report Karjakin saying that Esipenko has a clause in his contract saying he cannot change federations (hmm):GM Nikita Vitiugov - switched to England on August 30
GM Sanan Sjugirov - switched to Hungary on August 23
GM Maksim Chigaev - switched to Spain on August 17
GM Anton Demchenko - switched to Slovenia on July 28
GM Vladimir Fedoseev - switched to Slovenia on July 27
GM Kiril Alekseenko - switched to Austria on July 7
GM Alexander Motylev - switched to Romania on June 14
GM Alexey Sarana - switched to Serbia on April 21
GM Alexandr Predke - switched to Serbia on March 3
GM Alexandra Kosteniuk - switched to Switzerland on March 3
Oh, and also apparently these transfers will be more difficult now as the FIDE rules about this were only in force until 31 August. Is the process longer and more expensive now (i.e. the normal rules come back into force)?Esipenko, along with GM Dmitry Andreikin and Svidler are now the top Russians to play under the FIDE flag. Their three highest-rated players, such as former world championship challenger Nepomniachtchi, GM Alexander Grischuk, and GM Daniil Dubov, in addition to Karjakin, remain with the Russian flag on FIDE's website.
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So Karjakin (ex-Ukraine) thinks it is wrong to change federation?