Whoops, I misread it as being for under 1000, rather than over.
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There don't seem to be may around at the moment, so I created one : https://www.chess.com/tournament/improvers-1
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Yep Bored, I would just keep an eye on the upcoming tournaments page (on the 'Play' tab on the left of the homepage). I know I've said this before but if you can spare the cash I would highly recommend the £20 or £30 it costs for a year of premium membership as well – it allows you to play in multiple tournaments at once as well as accessing the massive section of lessons they've got, which go back years and years (I'm working through a bunch on endgames at the moment which, frankly, I wish I had done sooner, but there are loads of categories to choose from). For less than the cost of a pint each month I think it's pretty good value.
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I assume it's because the site's detective software concluded that he had breached the site's fair play rules. Typically, that's where they conclude that a player has been using computer assistance. I do wonder how safe those judgments are. I've never read the fair play rules (though there seems to be a link to them on the page for that disqualified player), so I don't know whether "gaming your rating" would be alterative grounds for disqualification.
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Yes, sorry for stretching it out. Should've probably waved the white flag earlier.
Wouter, I'm neutral on the timing of OTF 15 because I'll probably sit it out whether it starts soon or not for a while. I've got bits of travel coming up over the next 2 and half months with probably no wifi access, so accessing the site is likely to be tricky and/or expensive. So I don't think I'll join any new tourneys until after 19 August.
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As OTF 14 has finished, here's another ratings snapshot (timed in my case to reflect a 17 point drop I suffered from losing a non-OTF match against a much lower ranked opponent yesterday). Figures in brackets are the changes since the last snapshot (on 14 March, at page 81 of this thread).
Alex 1806 (-)
ad hoc 1659 (-)
Etienne 1557 (-7)
Levin 1531 (+33)
VT 1502 (+129)
Wouter 1441 (+8)
EEG 1407 (-9)
Sam 1276 (+30)
TPC 1202 (+17)
Bored 576 (+47)
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- Mar 2008
- 29882
- An oasis in the middle of Somerset
- Bath City FC; Porthcawl RFC;Wales in most things.
- Fig roll - deal with it.
I am happy whenever. Am playing this tournament that Etienne kindly set up for me but had a terrible first round of matches. Bit better so far but am not sure that it is going to help my rating that much.
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To return to a theme from a while ago, today's match in the British Championship between GM Chris Ward and IM Murad Abdulla saw the first capture on Black's 29th move.
White won on move 48, having missed a probably winning continuation whilst all 32 pieces were on the board.
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