Closure of ECF Adjudication Service

[Roger de Coverly]

A snippet from the report on the most recent Board meeting.

http://www.englishchess.org.uk/?p=22057#more-22057

The Board agreed to give 12 months’ notice that it will be closing the ECF adjudication service.

[John Upham]

I can feel a tear or two welling-up as I read this shocking news.

Panel members ([7.] in the Yearbook) can now look forward to well-earned breaks!

Tales of previous adjudication dramas would be most welcome here!

[Jonathan Bryant]

I didn't even know it existed. Was it like the pools panel? (whatever happened to that, btw?)

[Alex Holowczak]

Was it like the pools panel? (whatever happened to that, btw?)

Nothing, it still exists.

[Andrew Bak]

I didn't even know it existed. Was it like the pools panel? (whatever happened to that, btw?)

What is the pools panel?

[John Upham]

What is the pools panel?

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_pool

[Carl Hibbard]

What is the pools panel?

Feeling old today

[Kevin Thurlow]

"What is the pools panel?"

Alex H will love this. One year I started comparing the Pools Panel's predicted results against the actual results when the games were eventually played. They didn't do very well, except they usually predicted just enough draws for an interesting pay out to be made, thus gaining good publicity for the Pools company. Obviously this was a coincidence.

On subject, I imagine that leagues still using adjudications have their own adjudicators, although that can lead to somebody adjudicating a game played by a club colleague.

[Roger de Coverly]

On subject, I imagine that leagues still using adjudications have their own adjudicators, although that can lead to somebody adjudicating a game played by a club colleague.

Nowadays, aren't they mostly using Rybka, Fritz, Houdini etc? I would imagine the easily resolved ones anyway, where the match captains agree the result before reporting it.

[David Gilbert]

"What is the pools panel?"

Alex H will love this. One year I started comparing the Pools Panel's predicted results against the actual results when the games were eventually played. They didn't do very well, except they usually predicted just enough draws for an interesting pay out to be made, thus gaining good publicity for the Pools company. Obviously this was a coincidence.

And for the trivia question - what links the lack of smog and the pools panel?

[Andrew Bak]

What is the pools panel?

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_pool

I was aware of what the football pools are - I misinterpreted what Jonathan Bryant was saying and thought there was some sort of ECF Pools Panel!

Never mind...

[John Upham]

And for the trivia question - what links the lack of smog and the pools panel?

Gerald Nabarro?

[David Gilbert]

Indeed. You win four homes, three aways and two draws. Well done!

[Alex Holowczak]

Alex H will love this. [...]

You're right; he did.

Nowadays, aren't they mostly using Rybka, Fritz, Houdini etc? I would imagine the easily resolved ones anyway, where the match captains agree the result before reporting it.

I assume most of the adjudicators still in existence don't know what those things are.

I misinterpreted what Jonathan Bryant was saying and thought there was some sort of ECF Pools Panel!

Some would call the ECF Board a Fools Panel, but not a Pools Panel...