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Some interesting discussions!

One thing I'd say is don't assume that there is a majority of chess players in favour of some kind of radical, professional overhaul - I think many are quite happy wit ...

Yes, interesting blog.
I don't think chess will be alone in relying on lots of unpaid volunteers - though it may be more extensive than in other sports, oops, I mean competitve sedentary pursuits.
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Yes, how right you are - absolutely shocking. It was much better when prime ministers were meeting him for a shot at his oil reserves. Wink

Can this problem with my grade be fixed, I wonder?

I'm only showing up at just over 1700, but I know that I'm a far better player than that and my grade should be much higher

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From what I can pick up on this forum, there are pretty powerful arguments against adopting the motion as it stands.

On the one hand, we have genuine and realistic concerns about the proposed chang ...

I can see the difficulties in this situation.

From what I can gather, most people seem to think there's no problem with Matthew Turner being able to cite Scotland as his country for FIDE purposes. ...

Mike, I know this will come as something of a bit of a blow, but I tend to agree with you. The motion seems very vague and doesn't seem to consider possible scenarios that might arise.

Motion 3 (Proposed by Andrew Muir, Seconded by Jacqui Thomas)
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 rati ...

EH

Eater of Hats, maybe? Errant Horse? I don't know.

@GN
Yes, I think with most people playing quicker chess, then three slightly shorter games in a day might become more popular. I wonder if the "congress-spread-over-two-or-three weekends" ...

WGAT?

Running it over two weekends seems a good idea to me.
I'd have thought it might encourage more people to enter and anyone who would've committed to a longer tournament would still be able to play i ...

I did not play in the Sam Collins' all-dayer, but I remember people who had saying that it was something of an experience!

Yes, I doubt there's a consensus; maybe economic necessities will build a consensus over the coming years!

I quite like three games on the Saturday, but it can be a bit tough going, especially the ...

I was wondering about playing rounds on Friday nights.

How much extra does this add to the cost of staging a congress? Maybe it's not much, because a three round on a Saturday congress would finis ...