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http://kevinbonham.blogspot.com/2021/01/the-federal-governments-majority-is.html The Federal Government’s Majority Is Three Seats, Not One

Very instructive mutual blunder in Anton - Tari. The ending was equal until: 52.Kf4?? 52...c3 53.g5+ Kf7 54.Ke3 c2?? 55.Kd2 and a draw quickly...

About which I've already posted here. I think it belongs in the Qld thread, as it's focused on a Qld player.

You can read the original article here, avoiding the paywall. I'm afraid Kevin is correct - there is not a single statistic to support his claims. ...

Correct.

And I assume that players who arrive after the round has started can be manually paired?

I would have thought the key word is "submitted". So long as the results can be read into the rating system they are just a set of data and are just...

Manual adjustments in the case you specified are permitted. Manually pairing the whole round isn’t permitted. You cannot use Swiss Perfect to do...

Thank you, Paulo. i will try to keep it going.

It will be interesting to see if any exemptions will be granted. I enquired about the circumstances that may warrant such an exemption and was told...

And now there is one: “From 1st June 2021 only tournaments that have been paired and submitted using either Vega or Orion will be accepted for FIDE...

And here is Kavalek's demolition of the young Karpov: https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1067536

Love the Ivanchuk's quote in your signature. Anyway, this is a highly complex struggle so its really hard to find the best continuations for both...

The area approximately bounded by Wallaroo, Kadina and Moonta on the Yorke Peninsula is known as the Copper Coast or Copper Triangle. Copper was...

I agree that these are all reasonable points. However it does not explain the difference in SEQ events and the national list of active players. ...

One might ask what has changed then because that op ed was pretty much an evidence free zone. Not that that is unusual since most op eds published...

Rd 5 he caught his biggest fish so far - MVL. So far, the non-elite players are holding their own against the elite ones!

Magnus once again not able to convert some advantage: https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2021-tata-steel-masters/05-Carlsen_Magnus-Donchenko_Alexander

Grandelius has outright lead on 3.5/5.So far so good but he still has Fabi and Magnus to come.

I know Sinclair from the time we were both at RMIT. Back then, he would always back up his clams by research/evidence. Re ''ABC'' bashing -...

Τhat's an amazing game very much to the tune of the classical masterpieces of attacking chess! However, I thought that the draw vs Bobby Fischer...

Interesting article about Kotov visiting QLD in 1963. ...

Reagan was notorious for watching Hollywood movies instead of reading briefs. Also notorious for enticing the religious fruit cakes into politics. ...

Trump did "retire' from office early in the context that didn't perform any formal duties for the past few weeks since January 6th upheaval. He...

The drop off in the category of 1200ish through to 2000ish doesn't overly surprise me, especially when considering those who are freshly minted...

Round 3 draw - not for Australia Day but the following Tuesday, 2 Feb. 2021 Rooty Hill Summer Swiss: Pairing of round 3, at 19:15 of 02/02/2021...

Below are the current list of byes that MCC has noted. Please contact the arbiter or the tournament organiser ASAP prior to the round in which a...

Hi all There has been overwhelming demand from players to enter the MCC Australia Day Weekender, for which MCC is grateful. We have now weeded...

Appreciate you putting those things together, very interesting indeed. I wonder what the solution to these challenges may be....

Thanks for the homework. :) The NVDG 2019 tells a similar story. Strong at the top, a hollowing out in the middle, and huge overrepresentation at...