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Good point! Interestingly, one of the players involved in the dispute played at the Brisbane Club when we were both there - it's a small world!

Thanks for changing all those names, Kevin. I didn't intend to create so much work for you, but I think it's a good decision.

Round 2 Pairings 1 = Clark,Peter ( 1.0) - De Winter,Stephen ( 1.0) = 1 - 6 = ... ...

Correct. Misuse of "forfeit" for these losses is a common issue, most often seen with "mobile phone forfeit" (most cases of which are defaults that...

Small technical point for those watching along at home. The result would be recorded as a double loss: 0 - 0, not double forfeit - - -. The...

Thanks; fixed.

Exactly. That's why I am leaning towards a double forfeit result. If he didn't report the result to an arbiter, and made an unannounced withdrawal...

A name still appears in post #11 in quoted section.

I assume that you spoke to him before you changed his result? So if he denied that his opponent claimed time, I'm not sure that the statement of a...

For those who are able to plan ahead somewhat, our local events early next year are online. Organised by the two local chess clubs....

Top 2 boards games can be viewed weekly via https://view.livechesscloud.com/#c6936b0c-94a4-4a1b-9950-f888c680a162

Results Round 1 1 = Thogata, Randheer ( 0.0) - Rashid, Russell ( 0.0) = 19 - 1 = 0 - 1...

Solomon's FIDE rating is 2307 not 2407. The easiest way to find someone's card and see their FIDE rating is often just putting their name plus FIDE...

Re ratings in Fide rating order: I do not think Solo is 2407 - he was 2300+ a short while ago...and then Pandemics happened so not clear where the...

As of Sunday April 11, 83 entries have been received for the 2021 Gold Cup FIDE Open on Friday night April 30 to Monday afternoon/night May 3 at...

Indeed it used to be "must" and was changed to "may", from memory for this reason.

I think everyone is in-need of talent: Australia, Nigeria, India etc - we should all try our level best a to keep our talented people and b) to...

This is an allegro, so it is rapid, and I assume the games were not recorded (etc) so the following applies concerning claiming a win on time: ...

It is one year since Atianne logged off. She achieved more in her short years that most accomplish in a lifetime.

The chess history on Chess Chat search file has, yet again, been updated.

https://tornelo.com/chess/orgs/melbourne-chess-club/events/mcc-tuesday-night-blitz-over-the-board--9/summary Next Tuesday's blitz is now open for...

Part of the problem was that the ''winner'' has withdrawn after rd 6 and left (I am yet to collect details why - will chat to him about it when I see...

No. He was eager to get that point. According to the witness, the opponent did claim time.

Did he clarify whether his opponent had claimed a win on time at any point?

You don't think developing countries are more in need of their home-grown talent?

Whoops, I forgot to move it back from offline! It's back now.

G'day J.K and T.K Have e-mailed you both! Cheers! E.

Good move! However, I can not find the thread itself anywhere now.

I'm a bit uncomfortable with the tone of some of the comments there about both players so out of an abundance of caution I've removed player names...

Arthur Miller's chess column in "The Mail" in 1954