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 Topic: If you go down to the South next year..... |
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| Mike Scott Replies: 118 Views: 19203 |
 Forum: General Chess Chat Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 1:13 pm Subject: If you go down to the South next year..... |
| How about players bidding for the right to play on a live board? | |
| Topic: AGM |
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| Mike Scott Replies: 23 Views: 6054 |
Forum: General Chess Chat Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2011 6:10 pm Subject: AGM |
| Andy
f the motion is not passed then matthew will be left in limbo. I am sure that's not what people want One can not rush through a new rule, that would be applicable to many others and not just ... |
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| Topic: Gigafinal Results |
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| Mike Scott Replies: 0 Views: 863 |
Forum: Junior Chess Chat Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2011 4:46 pm Subject: Gigafinal Results |
| Update on results from the Gigafinals:-
Leora Wadler and Corbin Beaumont from Gillespies and Kevin Li from Sciennes qualified at the Gigafinal for the Challengers' event this weekend in Loughboroug ... |
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| Topic: AGM |
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| Mike Scott Replies: 23 Views: 6054 |
Forum: General Chess Chat Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2011 8:33 pm Subject: AGM |
| Must say that I find Andy's motion badly worded:-
A new category of Chess Scotland member shall be created. Members of this category will be entitled to have the code SCO in the FIDE rating list an ... |
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| Topic: Congress support |
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| Mike Scott Replies: 26 Views: 6034 |
Forum: General Chess Chat Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 5:34 pm Subject: Congress support |
| "Prep" is where you work on a specific opening but your opponent then plays something else. | |
| Topic: West of Scotland Championships 2012 |
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| Mike Scott Replies: 4 Views: 1906 |
Forum: General Chess Chat Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2011 11:41 am Subject: West of Scotland Championships 2012 |
| Would totally agree with Jacqui on the free entry - got that lesson as a social sec. : handed out loads of tickets but only a relatively small % turnout. Free entry can also be an indicator of a cheap ... | |
| Topic: Mureck 2011 |
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| Mike Scott Replies: 42 Views: 11458 |
Forum: Junior Chess Chat Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 9:39 am Subject: Mureck 2011 |
| Black had played e6
In response to R1d1 
Pass on our congrats to all the players and the support team - you all appear to have done an excellent job! |
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| Topic: CS to ECF conversion |
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| Mike Scott Replies: 25 Views: 5751 |
Forum: General Chess Chat Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2011 5:16 pm Subject: CS to ECF conversion |
| We entered this more as a training/development exercise, with the aim of getting a good number of tough games higher rated opponents.
So although I am sure he will have tough games whatever the gra ... |
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| Topic: ECF Grade Conversion |
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| Mike Scott Replies: 1 Views: 1244 |
Forum: Ask the Grader Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2011 1:51 pm Subject: ECF Grade Conversion |
| Has there been any further look at the CS conversion formula of ECF grades (10*ECF+180) to judge who accurate it is compared to the old one still used by the ECF? | |
| Topic: CS to ECF conversion |
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| Mike Scott Replies: 25 Views: 5751 |
Forum: General Chess Chat Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2011 1:41 pm Subject: CS to ECF conversion |
For a number of reasons - mostly because of wrong assumptions I made
 - Jonny is playing in an event next week (E2E4) in a section containing players that will be significantly lower graded th ... |
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| Topic: ECF President (CJ) barred from giving prizes at the British |
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| Mike Scott Replies: 27 Views: 6856 |
Forum: General Chess Chat Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2011 8:33 pm Subject: ECF President (CJ) barred from giving prizes at the British |
| Can I, for the reasons previously stated and so well expressed also by others, including in particular Craig, offer my whole hearted support to Lara. | |
| Topic: ECF President (CJ) barred from giving prizes at the British |
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| Mike Scott Replies: 27 Views: 6856 |
Forum: General Chess Chat Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2011 9:07 am Subject: ECF President (CJ) barred from giving prizes at the British |
| Ignore what the t-shirt was supporting and ask yourself whether it is really appropriate for a key figure in the prizing giving ceremony, at what should be one of the major UK chess events, to be usin ... | |
| Topic: Mureck 2011 |
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| Mike Scott Replies: 42 Views: 11458 |
Forum: Junior Chess Chat Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2011 2:54 pm Subject: Mureck 2011 |
| Some great results so far!
While as someone that is against quick draws, especially amongst juniors, I am pleased to see an organiser willing to enforce a rule I assume that is aimed at stopping t ... |
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| Topic: English Deregister Non-Members |
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| Mike Scott Replies: 118 Views: 20572 |
Forum: General Chess Chat Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 4:43 pm Subject: English Deregister Non-Members |
| David,
You seem to have done a body swerve - my comment was to address your previous suggestions that CS was 'bloated' and the general impression given in a number of posts that you believed that CS ... |
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| Topic: News System |
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| Mike Scott Replies: 5 Views: 1467 |
Forum: General Chess Chat Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 9:04 am Subject: News System |
| Nice one! | |
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