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21-01-2021,
11:22 PM
MichaelBaron
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Australian chess history and publications (misc.)
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Australian Chess History
Interesting article about Kotov visiting QLD in 1963. ...
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131 replies | 21497 view(s)
21-01-2021,
10:36 PM
antichrist
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Reagan was notorious for watching Hollywood movies instead of reading briefs. Also notorious for enticing the religious fruit cakes into politics. ...
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1707 replies | 244920 view(s)
21-01-2021,
10:30 PM
antichrist
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American Elections and Politics
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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...
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6662 replies | 816723 view(s)
21-01-2021,
10:05 PM
Afitz
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Worlds Weakest Tournaments (by avg rating)
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Ratings Arena
The drop off in the category of 1200ish through to 2000ish doesn't overly surprise me, especially when considering those who are freshly minted...
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24 replies | 730 view(s)
21-01-2021,
08:47 PM
Adamski
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Rooty Hill Chess FIDE rated tournament starting Jan 12th
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Upcoming And Current Tournaments
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...
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13 replies | 799 view(s)
21-01-2021,
08:43 PM
Thai Ly
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2021 MCC Australia Day Weekender (22-24 & 26 Jan)
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Upcoming And Current Tournaments
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...
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9 replies | 1561 view(s)
21-01-2021,
08:38 PM
Thai Ly
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2021 MCC Australia Day Weekender (22-24 & 26 Jan)
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Upcoming And Current Tournaments
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...
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9 replies | 1561 view(s)
21-01-2021,
05:19 PM
Shaun94
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Worlds Weakest Tournaments (by avg rating)
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Ratings Arena
Appreciate you putting those things together, very interesting indeed. I wonder what the solution to these challenges may be....
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24 replies | 730 view(s)
21-01-2021,
04:51 PM
Desmond
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Worlds Weakest Tournaments (by avg rating)
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Ratings Arena
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...
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24 replies | 730 view(s)
21-01-2021,
03:28 PM
Patrick Byrom
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Rating Distribution in Different States
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Ratings Arena
Actually there was a regional adjustment in ratings made to the Gold Coast (and the ACT) about 20 years ago, as described here by the current ACF...
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7 replies | 149 view(s)
21-01-2021,
03:11 PM
Desmond
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GM Lubomir Kaválek, 1943-2021
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General Chess Chat
Did Kavalek ever come to Australia? I remember playing in a simul in mid-90s in Brisbane/Gold Coast against a foreign GM. Maybe 1995.
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3 replies | 92 view(s)
21-01-2021,
02:21 PM
Shaun94
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Rating Distribution in Different States
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I know that with the Queensland Junior Rating List David McKinnon makes regular adjustments for regions based on the results of state finals or...
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7 replies | 149 view(s)
21-01-2021,
02:16 PM
Patrick Byrom
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Rating Distribution in Different States
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Ratings Arena
The fact that ratings are normally (in a statistical sense) distributed is well known. I think that the difference between Qld and the other two...
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7 replies | 149 view(s)
21-01-2021,
01:59 PM
Capablanca-Fan
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Stop whinging. Trump was the greatest president since Reagan.
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1707 replies | 244920 view(s)
21-01-2021,
01:28 PM
Ian Murray
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I had in mind that AFR had been scooped up by News Corp. I stand corrected
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1707 replies | 244920 view(s)
21-01-2021,
01:25 PM
Shaun94
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Worlds Weakest Tournaments (by avg rating)
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Ratings Arena
Id like to point out that you ignored my previous reply almost entirely. You do raise some points worth looking into and I tend to agree with...
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24 replies | 730 view(s)
21-01-2021,
01:07 PM
TheThing
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Worlds Weakest Tournaments (by avg rating)
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Ratings Arena
50 years ago, juniors got onto to the rating list with 1200 rating. Players stayed until 40-50yrs of age making it easy for juniors to get to 2000...
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24 replies | 730 view(s)
21-01-2021,
11:23 AM
marlouc
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Team Rainbow 29th May
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Upcoming And Current Tournaments
I'm told it may be difficult for guests to access the flyer so Rainbow Chess Competition HOSTED BY Team Rainbow Inc DIRECTOR OF PLAY Martin...
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1 replies | 120 view(s)
21-01-2021,
11:15 AM
Kevin Bonham
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That's not correct; AFR is Ninefax. That said it is standard ABC-bashing by Sinclair Davidson, a typical IPA type, and there is an ABC response...
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1707 replies | 244920 view(s)
21-01-2021,
11:11 AM
Kevin Bonham
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American Elections and Politics
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Politics
I removed the Trump poll in order to put a Biden poll up but then I decided it was possibly better to wait a few months to give people time to form...
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6662 replies | 816723 view(s)
21-01-2021,
10:56 AM
Kevin Bonham
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American Elections and Politics
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Politics
The poll ran in two stages but nobody was right in both stages - the two posters who were on the winning horse in mid-2019 jumped off it! Stage...
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6662 replies | 816723 view(s)
21-01-2021,
10:52 AM
Kevin Bonham
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Cricket
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Yes it seems there is some objection to Maxwell that is not on sporting talent grounds, probably perceptions that he does not get on with others in...
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4474 replies | 646050 view(s)
21-01-2021,
10:39 AM
Kevin Bonham
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GM Lubomir Kaválek, 1943-2021
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General Chess Chat
Somehow the Chessbase obit has not included his most famous game, perhaps because they figured everyone knew it anyway: Gufeld - Kavalek 1....
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3 replies | 92 view(s)
21-01-2021,
09:16 AM
Ian Murray
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Move along, nothing to see here. Standard ABC-bashing by Murdoch media, trying to weasel some of their market. If the ABC is so bad, why is it...
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1707 replies | 244920 view(s)
21-01-2021,
08:41 AM
Ian Murray
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Donald Trump - Biggest Idiot of The Century. Here there everywhere.
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History Will Crush Trump The Bulwark ... So how will Donald Trump’s presidency be remembered by history? We already know the answer. He...
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949 replies | 60881 view(s)
21-01-2021,
06:39 AM
FM_Bill
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Famous Australians who play chess
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Australian Chess
I can confirm it. I once knew someone who worked with the comedian.
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60 replies | 23736 view(s)
21-01-2021,
05:48 AM
antichrist
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American Elections and Politics
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America may never recover from that four years. Intelligence corrupted maybe forever, nation divided for at least a generation, no respect for...
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6662 replies | 816723 view(s)
21-01-2021,
03:16 AM
Frank
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American Elections and Politics
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We have a new President and I dare to hope again.
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6662 replies | 816723 view(s)
21-01-2021,
02:51 AM
Capablanca-Fan
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GM Lubomir Kaválek, 1943-2021
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General Chess Chat
That's a shame. He was a dangerous sharp player and fine coach. Kavalek helped Short up to qualifying to play Kasparov, but then they had a bitter...
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3 replies | 92 view(s)
20-01-2021,
09:56 PM
Shaun94
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Rating Distribution in Different States
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Ratings Arena
Do you have a theory to go with the data? I think the image itself seems very interesting but would like to know your thoughts.
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7 replies | 149 view(s)
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