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Watching some of the days play in England between the rain breaks. Bumrah and Shami are a top quality opening pair. Bumrah got 3 wickets, Shami got...

But is that what Net Zero requires? I am not sure it is so the question is very biased.

Certainly airline travel causes Monkey Pox to travel around the globe but I am not sure it can be linked with Global Warning

We can change the question around to '' Would you be prepared to pay higher price for energy as well as slow-down development of the Australian...

Yes, that is the right decision. Disappointing China are not sending teams, in the womens they probably would be favourites. MVL and Firouzja...

It seems to be quite a biased way of asking the question and I am not surprised a majority agreed given the way it was asked.

Sprout reporting from da front lines on this war against da Rona Virus..... Today is Sat/July/2/2022......Here locally in Arizona we have 54+ last...

''The poll of 1,001 Australians undertaken in June for the IPA, asked respondents whether they agree or disagree with the following statement:...

We are talking about particular area. If a report claims that race factor is being considered - we should be able to assume that all of the races...

https://tornelo.com/chess/orgs/melbourne-chess-club/events/mcc-allegro-over-the-board---34/divisions/default/standings Today's allegro results. I...

Best of news so far is that the Russian teams are not participating.

Sprout as of late has heard thru fox news locally here in AZ We Gots a Confirm case of da Monkey Pox.... AUGH !!!! lol but on a more serious...

Broad totally lost the plot in that over and Bumrah swung at everything as hard as he could and was rewarded. Bumrah is captain because Rohit...

I completely agree with Andrew.

And who might that be?

Overall it seems like USA should win the open easily, the womens top 3 of India, Ukraine and Georgia look quite close.

Stuart Broad has bowled the most expensive over in Test history - bowling to Indian number ten Jasprit Bumrah, Broad bowled a wide that went for four...

I think it is clear that a player who plays Rounds 1-3, and then requests a half-point bye in Round 4, is still participating in the competition as...

Olympiad teams/seedings announced https://chess-results.com/tnr653631.aspx?lan=1&art=0&flag=30&zeilen=99999

Brisbane Chess Club's basic policy: 1 pre-announced half point bye allowed in the first four rounds of a 5 round event. 2 pre-announced half...

I think Nakamura's loss to Radjabov when he tried to win as black made him quite shy of trying to win with black against Nepo.

Interesting YouTube video by Nakamura explaining why he took the draw rather than avoid it. Playing for a win as black against e4 is risky and the...

If a tournament allows a half point bye in round N-1 wheree N is the number of rounds and a player correctly applies for a half point bye then that...

Hello Garvinator. That is true, you didn't mention a specific number of rounds in your more recent post. Though in your post on 7/4/2022 in this...

Hello Andrew, In my post, I never mentioned a specific number of rounds for the event. It could be a 5, 6, 7 or even 9 round event. The number of...

I think that if the player is entitled to a half-point bye for Round 6, and they claim it in the proper way, then they should receive it. What...

Another half point bye policy question for club chess. Different clubs seem to have different policies, or no clear policies at all. This could come...

Gold Coast CC Coomera June Blitz Cross Table at round 9 sorted by score Pos NAME Rtg T Fed Pts | 1 2 3 ...

I think you're right - it's surprising that nobody picked him in the poll, considering he did win the previous one.