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 Topic: New Forum |
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| Alan Tate Replies: 20 Views: 5482 |
 Forum: General Chess Chat Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2012 6:29 am Subject: New Forum |
| What's wrong with this forum? | |
| Topic: News System |
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| Alan Tate Replies: 5 Views: 1467 |
Forum: General Chess Chat Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2011 7:48 pm Subject: News System |
| Looks awesome! | |
| Topic: English Deregister Non-Members |
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| Alan Tate Replies: 118 Views: 20584 |
Forum: General Chess Chat Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2011 3:04 pm Subject: English Deregister Non-Members |
| I have somewhat mixed feelings about this - it seems like it's coming down to a Scotland/England thing (isn't that getting a bit old?). If Matthew were Irish, would there be any problem? I wonder if t ... | |
| Topic: Scottish Championship 2011 Draws & live game links |
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| Alan Tate Replies: 71 Views: 23856 |
Forum: General Chess Chat Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2011 1:16 pm Subject: Scottish Championship 2011 Draws & live game links |
| 9...Qc7 is practically a blunder in Green-Arakhamia-Grant: 10.Nd5! Oh, he just played it! | |
| Topic: Scottish Championships Discussion |
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| Alan Tate Replies: 242 Views: 35488 |
Forum: General Chess Chat Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2011 2:51 pm Subject: Scottish Championships Discussion |
| These are the only figures I can find - it would be useful to have some other sources to compare to, of course.
However I can't imagine that approaching potential sponsors and saying that chess is a ... |
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| Topic: Scottish Championships Discussion |
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| Alan Tate Replies: 242 Views: 35488 |
Forum: General Chess Chat Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2011 2:27 am Subject: Scottish Championships Discussion |
| Have to disagree on the first point Andy. I don't have a degree in statistics, but I do have a search engine, and from what I have read it seems entirely believable.
I admit the numbers seem a litt ... |
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| Topic: Scottish Championships Discussion |
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| Alan Tate Replies: 242 Views: 35488 |
Forum: General Chess Chat Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 11:51 pm Subject: Scottish Championships Discussion |
| Calling chess a minority sport is another complete myth. A quick search revealed that 4 million people play chess in the UK. Susan Polgar claims that 285 million people play online, and that 6-700 mil ... | |
| Topic: Scottish Championships Discussion |
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| Alan Tate Replies: 242 Views: 35488 |
Forum: General Chess Chat Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 2:49 pm Subject: Scottish Championships Discussion |
| Andrew, if the average player doesn't get enjoyment/satisfaction from having the best of Scotland's chess players playing in the Scottish Championship, then there is nothing to be done.
It is true ... |
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| Topic: Scottish Championships Discussion |
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| Alan Tate Replies: 242 Views: 35488 |
Forum: General Chess Chat Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 11:45 am Subject: Scottish Championships Discussion |
| A realistic budget for a 9 round 14 player closed championship with all the players coming from the top 30 players and held at Edinburgh Chess Club would be:
Income: Entry Fees: £560 (7x£80) E ... |
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| Topic: Scottish Championships Discussion |
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| Alan Tate Replies: 242 Views: 35488 |
Forum: General Chess Chat Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2011 2:53 pm Subject: Scottish Championships Discussion |
| The title had become devalued before the tournament was an international open - Hamilton was the last meaningful championship in my opinion. I am curious to know how that tournament was organised i.e. ... | |
| Topic: European Club Cup |
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| Alan Tate Replies: 5 Views: 1826 |
Forum: General Chess Chat Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2011 11:21 pm Subject: European Club Cup |
| Long overdue then... | |
| Topic: European Club Cup |
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| Alan Tate Replies: 5 Views: 1826 |
Forum: General Chess Chat Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2011 5:13 pm Subject: European Club Cup |
| Excellent! When was the last time a Scottish club played in this? | |
| Topic: Scottish Championships 2011 |
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| Alan Tate Replies: 16 Views: 4424 |
Forum: General Chess Chat Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2011 1:10 pm Subject: Scottish Championships 2011 |
| Is it possible to see an entry list? | |
| Topic: Scottish chess weekend congresses |
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| Alan Tate Replies: 8 Views: 1959 |
Forum: General Chess Chat Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 2:17 pm Subject: Scottish chess weekend congresses |
| I always felt like having surveys at tournaments was an absolute no-brainer. Good idea to do the leagues as well but wouldn't dismiss online poll so quickly. | |
| Topic: Candidate Matches |
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| Alan Tate Replies: 47 Views: 12809 |
Forum: General Chess Chat Posted: Tue May 24, 2011 6:36 pm Subject: Candidate Matches |
| Come to think of it mostly the format is to blame as the players must be tiring by this stage. I don't blame Carlsen for pulling out if it makes Fide take notice. I had believed that Kasparov was behi ... | |
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