Wednesday, 31 October 2007

Alternative Competition Formats - Episode 1172

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I am interested in alternative formats for chess competitions. And to the possible annoyance of the ACTJCL Development Squad, I sometimes tr...
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Tuesday, 30 October 2007

Tournament Withdrawers

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In Australia there has always been a strong disapproval of players withdrawing from tournaments. I suspect this attitude can be traced as fa...
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Monday, 29 October 2007

The earliest recorded Traxler

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As part of my duties as editor of Australian Correspondence Chess Quarterly (link on left, subscription button top right etc etc) I was flip...
Sunday, 28 October 2007

World Cup 2007

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FIDE have announced the first round pairings for the 2007 World Cup, to be held in Khanty-Mansiysk (RUS), between 22nd November and 18 Decem...
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Saturday, 27 October 2007

Mikhalevski wins Calvia Open

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GM Viktor Mikhalevski has won the recent Calvia Open with an impressive 8/9. Mikhalevski, who finished =3rd in the 2007 Sydney International...
Friday, 26 October 2007

ICCF President detained by Spanish Police

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According to the International Correspondence Chess Federation (ICCF) website, ICCF President Med Samraoui has been detained by Spanish Pol...
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Thursday, 25 October 2007

The Rate of Inflation

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Looking through a recent issue of British Chess Magazine, I saw a report on the the 40th Biel International, which was won by Magnus Carlsen...
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